Afternoon Falcon Watch – 11/15/16
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
Woohoo! for the weekend! 🙂
I couldn’t get out until the afternoon. But I was happy to finally get downtown after a long work week. While I was checking out the BS location and finding no falcons there, I received a text from Brian H. He was downtown and reported seeing a falcon under the northeast wing on the Times Square Bldg (TSB). Since there was nothing to see at BS, I headed downtown, meeting Brian on the Broad St Bridge.
It was a very cold afternoon with temps in the mid-30’s. Brian was on foot, so I invited him into my warm car and we moved closer to the Times Square Bldg. From Aqueduct St, aka “the hole”, we saw two falcons! Beauty was the falcon under the northeast wing and Dot.ca was on Camera #1, aka Pan Cam, near the nest box. I had reported that it was Beauty on Pan Cam, but after checking my pics, I see it was Dot.ca. So it was Beauty above him with her back to us, all poofed up in the cold.
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After taking Brian home, I returned to the Times Square Bldg. Of course both Beauty and Dot.ca were gone. I looked all over, but was unable to find them.
So I headed to Seneca Towers (ST) to see if I could catch Billie or 99 there. I did find one falcon on top of the building at the north end. Based on size, I believe it was Billie. I was facing directly into the sun, so it was hard to get a good look at the falcon.
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As I was leaving Seneca Towers, I saw this old historical marker sign on the side of the road. I’ve seen it before, but never took the time to read it. I can’t remember if anyone has posted a picture of it before, but it was very interesting information about the area.
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My last stop, before heading home, was Russell Station (RS). I checked all sides and could only find a Red-tail Hawk hunting off the east end of the plant. Since the hawk wasn’t being harassed by a falcon, it was safe to say there was no Peregrine nearby.
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It was a nice way to end my Saturday afternoon falcon watch!
