By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

It was a beautiful evening after all that rain and cold temperatures.  It was near 60 degrees and sunny.  Before I arrived, Lisa McK and Kathy O had texted that Beauty was chasing a whole bunch of Turkey Vultures out of the area and on her way back, she went after a Great Blue Heron that had been flying low over the river.  Kathy said that Beauty hit the heron 3 times.  She went over to check on it, and found a heron on the ground, near the library.  As far as she could tell, it was ok.

When I arrived on the Broad St Bridge, Kathy and Lisa were gone.  Beauty remained on top of the main camera (at the nest box), where they reported seeing her.

Beauty flew off main camera over to Camera #1, aka Pan Cam.

I looked around for Dot.ca (DC) from the Broad St Bridge, but could not find him.

It was time to drive around downtown to see if I could find him.  While I was searching, Kathy O called to let me know she was also looking for DC.

After driving all over downtown, and having no luck finding him, I returned to the Broad St Bridge.  From there, I could see a falcon on OCSR on the west corner of the top IBeam and Beauty was gone from Cam #1.  Kathy was closer and we both thought this falcon was smaller and lighter in color than Beauty.  After a few minutes, Beauty flew to OCSR and landed near Dot.ca on the top Ibeam.  She didn’t stay long, flying to Camera #1.  Kathy and I were both happy to have found both Beauty and Dot.ca together.

From the Broad St Bridge, I could see one of the eyases at the nest box.  Joyce texted to let me know that this was Cadence. Thanks Joyce!

I ended my watch at 7:30 pm.  All were accounted for.  All was quiet and peaceful, just how I like it!

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