By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

6 – 8:30 pm  Temps in the 70’s (F)

Watchers: Brian H, Dan, Lisa McK, Dana and me, Carol P.

Another gorgeous evening to watch falcons.  We ended up seeing both Dot.ca and Beauty, but missed seeing any of the juvies.

At 6:00 pm, I joined Brian H and Dan on the Broad St Bridge, after driving around downtown Rochester and not finding any falcons.  Lisa McK and then Dana joined us soon after I arrived.  Brian and Lisa found two of the Black-Crowned Night Herons in the library tree.  One of them was very sleepy with head tucked into his/her chest.

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After awhile not seeing any falcons, I decided to go to the pedestrian bridge.  Dana joined me.  From there, we could see a falcon on the southeast box on the Frontier Communication Tower.

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We drove over to the Frontier Communication Tower for a closer look.  It was Dot.ca!

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While we were taking pics of Dot.ca, Beauty flew in from the north, heading south.  She was carrying prey.  I quickly tweeted that she flew by us heading south.  Hoping that the folks on the bridge would see where she went. But by the time I arrived back on the Broad St Bridge, Lisa was gone and Dan & Brian had not seen where she went.

We were starting to lose light and the Swifts were  out enforce.  The sky was filled with them.  There was a banquet of small moths that were on tonight’s menu for the swifts and the Cedar Waxwings.

While we were watching the Swifts buzzing around and comparing them to tiny falcons, Dana yelled out, “there’s a falcon!”  🙂  Beauty was flying over heading downtown and still carrying prey.  We watched as she flew behind the Xerox Tower.  While she was back there, I am almost certain that I heard the vocalizations of a juvie, but we never did see one.

A few moments later, Beauty appeared on the southwest corner, lower ledge, of the B&L building.  It looked like she may have had what remained of the prey and was caching it there.  But due to low light, it was really hard to tell.

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She was still there when the remaining watchers ended the evening fledge watch at 8:30 pm.  Tonight we saw both adults but saw no juvies, although we may have heard one of them behind the Xerox Tower.

Tomorrow is Friday, and it sounds like it’s going to be a wonderful weekend.  Take care and goodnight everyone!

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