Morning Falcon Watch 8-26-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was overcast with a temperature of 59 (F) 15 (C)
I found a falcon on the north end of Seneca Towers (ST) top window ledge with its back to me. I have no idea who it was but it was on Seths’ spot-it could have been a juvie, I just don’t know. It flew off when I was looking at the pic of it.
No other falcons seen there today so I left for downtown. I spotted Dot.ca (DC) from the Andrews St. bridge as he was on the north corner top I-beam of OCSR with his back to me.
He couldn’t be seen from State St. so I drove over to Bragdon Place at the north end of the Radisson Hotel to observe. From there I still could only see his back until he turned his head and stood up to stretch.
I stayed with him for nearly 2 hours as he stayed perched in the same position barely moving. He pulled out a feather as he is in a molt and he usually is pretty inactive during that time as witnessed today. Molting is hard on them. I left DC once during that time to look unsuccessfully for other falcons and returned.
The pigeons and gulls that hang out in the Sister Cities Pedestrian bridge/Radisson area kept me entertained as the pigeons would gather then fly straight toward me. That was a cool sight to see and there was an especially pretty one preening on top of a lamp post while the gulls took turns knocking each other off the flag poles on the bridge.
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I believe DC was napping-at any rate I left him about 8:20am to go in search of and I spotted Beauty on the northeast corner of Widows Walk (WW) from the Court St. Bridge. On my way to Basin St. in the hole to watch her I took a pic from the intersection of Broad St. and Exchange Blvd. while stopped at the traffic light.
She did some preening and stretching while I taped her, then she flew off at 8:51am. It happened fast and I was fixed on her in my little LCD camera screen and didn’t see DC fly up to take her place right after. When I checked my snippet video I saw him fly up to the corner his mate had been on seconds before him. I was busy watching the Beautyful one fly over to the base of Mercury. I thought I saw movement on the northwest corner of Widows Walk and so I drove to Fitzhugh St. to check it out but DC was gone when I got there.
In my travels today I saw 2 more murals painted by Sarah Rutherford on a liquor store on South Ave.
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I had to get going and ended my watch at 9:15am with smiles for having seen both of our resident downtown adult Peregrine Falcons! 🙂
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August 26th, 2015 at 8:20 PM
I don’t believe Sarah collaborated on the wall murals at South Ave Wine & Liquor. It was MRPRVRT and AVISUALBLISS on the hawk/graphic side. The egret side was LI-HILL and MRPRVRT. Sarah signs her wall murals as MSSHAFTWAY. She and MRPRVRT did the falcon mural on Andrews St.
Many have see the birds of prey wall paintings at Wild Wings. They were done by MRPRVRT.
We are so lucky to have such talent in Rochester!
August 27th, 2015 at 9:21 AM
Smiles for Dot CA and Beauty..and a wow for the artists ( whoever they are) of birds on the lucky walls of Rochester…Thank you for bringing it ALL to us!!!And YES I’m smiling, too! J.
August 27th, 2015 at 3:46 PM
I love hearing that you’re smiling too June!!! There’s lots of art on the buildings of Rochester if ya look around you. 🙂
August 28th, 2015 at 12:25 PM
Have been catching up on past few weeks of “watches” Enjoy seeing our falcons and hearing all the news about them.The murals are so beautiful,lucky us to be able to enjoy.I am always amazed at the creative talent among us.
Thanks again for all you do MAK in bringing us the falcons and other beautiful birds in our area.
August 28th, 2015 at 12:40 PM
Diane, I hope you’re having a great time with your sister! Or maybe you’re home now. You know I love bringing my findings to y’all!! 🙂