Morning watch 3-20-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
On this dark overcast morning it was 36 (F) 2 (C) with a little wind and a forecast for those winds to pick up later in the day. It rained lightly off and on with some snow mixed in
Half hour into my watch as I was returning from the east side I spotted Beauty on the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR around 7:30am. I went over to the hole to observe her.
A few minutes later the Beautyful one flew off to the east over the river and out of view.
Instead of taking a ride to look for her I left to check the Brighton site (BS) at this time as I had a shortened watch due to an early appointment this morning. I arrived at BS just before 8am and didn’t see a falcon anywhere on the building until I drove out to the back service road where I wasn’t so close and had a broader view of things. That turned out to be a good call as I spotted Pigott on the southwest extension back on the roof away from the edge. I had time for 2 pics -one on the roof and one as she flew off headed south.
I waited a couple minutes for her return but she didn’t so off to downtown for one more check I went, finding Beauty on the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR around 8:30am.
While I was taping the river Beauty flew off and I didn’t know what direction she went so after a look around I set out to find her.Once again as I was coming from the east side of the city I could see beauty up at the nest box from the Broad St. bridge.
That’s it in a nutshell-I didn’t see Dot.Ca but I did see our 2 resident female Peregrine Falcons sending me off with a smile at 8:50am. 🙂
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