Morning watch 3-13-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
Well, we survived the blizzard of yesterday-I reckon at my house I got around a foot and a half with drifts up to my hips. As I made my way downtown this morning it was mostly cloudy with a temperature of 9 degrees (F) -13 (C) and still windy but not like yesterday. Toward the end of my watch the sun broke thru making it very bright out with all the new fallen snow!
After a drive to the east side with no luck I stopped on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) and spotted Dot.Ca (DC) on the top ibeam of OCSR near the south corner around 7:30am. I went over by the Radisson Hotel at Main St. to observe him and check the elevator shaft for Beauty-she wasn’t there.
I left him after 10 minutes or so to look for Beauty and when I came back thru from the east side DC was gone from OCSR. I stopped on the Andrews St. bridge (ASB) and while I was there I spotted a small falcon (probably DC) flying over the river near the Radisson Hotel. It crossed the river heading west and then a larger falcon (probably Beauty) flew with it-they passed the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT) and out of view. I left for the Brighton Site after they didn’t return. Pigott was on the west end of the south side vent all foofed up and crouched down to stay warm as I arrived at 8:30am.
As I tweeted that Miss Pigott was there she flew off and I found her over on the southeast corner of the east extension. You can see that she has a small bulge in her crop so she did have a bite to eat.
I didn’t stay long for I wanted to get a glimpse of Beauty before ending my watch so back downtown I went. Spotting DC on the top ibeam of OCSR southeast side I went to the Radisson Hotel again to find that he had prey-he was ripping out feathers creating a feather flurry!
I left him to it and set out to check the Kodak Office Tower-I pulled over on State St. when I spotted the Beautyful one on the launchpad at 9:30am. She had her back to me as she was perched on the south side right above where the old Mariah & Kaver nest site used to be. She was watching something below her-probably a pigeon, as they like to hang out around the Kodak letters on the roof.
I drove around to the west side of KO to get a better angle but she was gone by the time I got there. I happily ended my watch at 9:45am with a smile after finding all 3 resident Rochester Peregrine Falcons unscathed by the blizzard of yesterday! 🙂
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March 13th, 2014 at 5:35 PM
Great pictures! So glad the blizzard is over.
March 13th, 2014 at 8:28 PM
Thanks Nora-me too! 🙂