By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

First day of October, 68 degrees, cloudy and hazy.  Not good lighting for taking pictures.  Oh well.  (6:00 – 7:15 pm)

I started my watch at the Kodak Tower aka the AK Tower, now that the KOD of the large Kodak letters on the south side of the building are unlit.  I found no falcons there.

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I turned the corner and parked in front of Frontier Stadium.  From there I had a really good view of the Frontier Communication Tower (FCT).  Bingo! Both Beauty and Dot.ca were there.  Beauty on the southwest box below the platform and Dot.ca on the middle arm above.

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I drove over to the parking lot next to the Hochstein School of Music on the south side of FCT.

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At about 6:20 pm, Beauty took off, heading south towards downtown.  Dot.ca remained on FCT.

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I headed over to the Broad St Bridge to see if I could find her.  While I was watching the Great Egret hunting on the river on the south side of the bridge, I was joined by Larry O.  I was pretty sure I knew where we would find Beauty, so we drove over to Woodbury Blvd and parked near the Geva Theater.  By this time it was dark and very hard to see anything on top of the Xerox Tower.  We could just make out the familiar shape of a Peregrine Falcon on the south side, 4th column in from the southeast corner.  Beauty was settled into her nighttime roost.

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I liked the different view of the Times Square Bldg from this location.  It shows the front and south side with the Widows Walk behind it.

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At 7:15 pm, it was too dark to see anything, so Larry O and I ended the evening watch.

Here’s one last look at the AK, I mean Kodak Tower as I left the downtown area.  🙂   Goodnight everyone!

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