Morning Falcon Watch 10-1-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was a chilly start to the day with a temperature of 49 (F) 9 (C) and mostly cloudy
I was waiting for the elevator to go down and start my falcon watch and as I looked to the east side balcony on my 16th floor I saw a falcon fly by from the north heading south. Nobody was on the north end but I found Billie on the south end of the building on the top window ledge when I checked from Seth Green Dr.
I watched her a few minutes then headed downtown. From Woodbury Blvd. on the east side of downtown I spotted Beauty on one of the northwest corners of Legacy Towers (LT) and Dot.ca (DC) on the 4th column from the southeast corner on the south side of Xerox around 7:45am. They both had their backs to me.
While I was tweeting my findings the Beautyful one flew over to the southwest corner of Xerox. I drove over to Chestnut St. in front of Martin Luther King Jr. Park to get a better angle.
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At about 8:10am a third falcon flew in from the south past Beauty, she took off less than a minute later to the northwest, the same direction the other falcon had gone. I believe it was probably Genesee.
I left DC after a few minutes to look for Beauty and the other falcon-I found her on the west corner top I-beam of OCSR from the Broad St. Bridge. I went down to the hole to watch from a closer spot. She moved off the corner a couple steps and then DC joined her. He went to the south corner top I-beam at first, then like his mate, he too moved in off the corner. I believe they may have done that so a certain juvie couldn’t fly in and knock them off. lol
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I left them around 8:45am and headed over to the Medley Center.
I found Big Frank (BF) on the pointed peak glass roof-I watched her from the east side of the mall until she flew west soon after I arrived around 9am.
I drove around to the south side and found her at the front of the roof above the carousel. BF was in hunt mode and it seemed like she was watching something thru the glass roof. There may have been a bird or birds inside the mall that caught her eye.
BF moved down a couple steps before flying off up to the vent cap on the carousel roof.
I got a glimpse of the black/black band on her left leg, that plus the fact that there was no band on her right leg confirmed that it was indeed BF. She flew off at 9:32am heading north and landed back on the pointed peak roof where I first found her.
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I ended my watch at that time with a smile! 🙂
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October 1st, 2015 at 7:31 PM
This was a good watch morning .Some good shots of Beauty and DC,makes my day.I was intrigued with the video of BF.Does she have a mate and do you know where she came from??Thanks again for your efforts MAK>
October 1st, 2015 at 8:18 PM
Diane, Big Frank was named after a dear friend, who was from the Canadian Peregrine Foundation-he passed away in 2013. They didn’t know for sure if she was a male or female-she is also referred to as Frankie. She was born at the Sunlife nest site in Toronto, Ontario Canada in 2013. She has been seen with an unbanded male but we aren’t sure if they are a bonded pair. Hopefully we will figure it out as time goes on. 🙂
October 2nd, 2015 at 8:17 AM
This was an amazing watch! SO-o-o many PEFAs, including the very special BF and the returning Genesee: deserves giggles along with the daily smiles!! I really enjoyed the pictures today!! J.
October 2nd, 2015 at 12:14 PM
Glad you enjoyed the watch June! Love to hear that people have joined me on watch- if only thru my reports, pics and videos!! 🙂
October 2nd, 2015 at 12:48 PM
Thanks for feedback on Frankie.I researched the Canada site and read about her.Hope we continue to see this falcon!Thanks MAK. PS Have sent message to Sharky for help.Thanks for that info.