Friday Afternoon Falcon Watch – 12/26/14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
12:30 – 2:40 pm
Bring on the sunshine! Temps in the 40’s (F). The sun and the fresh air felt so wonderful today.
I didn’t have to search very hard for a falcon today. As I approached the Kodak Tower from the west, I could see a falcon on the northeast corner. I drove around to the east side and found TWO falcons on the northeast corner of the playpen. Dot.ca was on top of the netting and Beauty was below him at the base of the playpen.
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For the one and a half hours I watched, Beauty walked back and forth on the east side of the base of the playpen. Dot.ca took off twice and flew around the tower. He stooped twice and then returned to the tower. The first time he landed on the antenna that sticks out from the northwest corner of the playpen. The 2nd time he ended up on the east side arch ledge. That was the only activity during my downtown watch by Beauty and Dot.ca. Here are some pictures from my watch. I was shooting directly into the sun which was behind the tower, so the lighting is not very good.
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I left Beauty and Dot.ca on the Kodak Tower and checked Seneca Towers. One falcon was on the northwest corner and I’m pretty sure that it was eating. I was not able to ID this falcon.
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I checked all sides of Seneca Towers and could not find a 2nd falcon.
I ended my watch with a stop at Russell Station where I found no falcons.
December 28th, 2014 at 7:30 AM
As much as the folks at the now much diminished Kodak seek to discourage the falcons, they are still drawn to this most desirable location in the city. Nostalgia sweeps over me as I sit in my bathrobe before the computer to cyberbirdwatch.
December 28th, 2014 at 8:54 PM
I agree Alison. This was the building that the experts thought would be most like a falcons natural nesting area. Lots of ledges and nooks and crannies. Love seeing them there.