Saturday Evening Falcon Watch – Three Seen Again – 9/27/14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
I started my watch at 5:30 pm, when I found Dot.ca, who I had not found last night, on the north side of OCSR on the top IBeam.
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He was looking around and bobbing his head a lot. I thought he was going to take off, but he never did while I was watching him. I decided to go look for Beauty. There was a lot going on downtown tonight. I found a spot on the Broad St Bridge and got out of my car to check the river on both sides. For the first time, I saw the Great Egret that MAK has been reporting about. A very beautiful bird and a skilled fisher-bird. There were also two Black-crowned Night Herons hunting on the river.
While I was watching all the birds gathered on the river, I heard a Peregrine vocalization and looked up to find Dot.ca had arrived. He was up on the northeast wing ledge on the Time Square Bldg.
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Something seemed to have his attention, but until he took off and sped towards the Hyatt, I had no idea what it was. I soon had my answer. Dot.ca dove towards the big Hyatt letters on the west side of the hotel and another Peregrine flew off. He chased it around to the east side of the hotel and then broke off the chase. Dot.ca returned to the Time Square Bldg and landed on the northeast wing ring at the very top of the building.
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While he kept guard over the nest box building, a streak flew in from the west, over the river and continuing east. It was Beauty and she was chasing the 3rd falcon. I lost sight of them when they passed behind the old Midtown Plaza. It wasn’t very long before Beauty returned and flew up to the south side of the Xerox Tower. This all happened just before 7:00 pm.
A little after 7:00 pm, Dot.ca flew to the Xerox Tower and landed on the west side, 3rd column in from the northwest corner. He’s been seen there a lot lately.
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I drove over to the Geva Theater area and was able to see both Beauty and Dot.ca on Xerox. Beauty was on the southside 4th column (not 5th as usual) from the southeast corner.
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I stayed and kept watch a little longer before the sun was setting and I was losing daylight. Both were settled in and all was quiet and peaceful when I ended my watch at about 7:15 pm. This is what I saw as I was leaving the downtown area. Something is definitely missing. 🙂
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I’ll leave you with a few pics I took during my evening Watch. Enjoy and goodnight!
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