Morning Falcon Watch 12-1-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
A dark overcast morning with a temperature of 41 (F) 5 (C)
As I got parked on Seth Green Dr. I spotted Seth on the southwest corner below the railing at Seneca Towers and Billie on the west side railing at the other end of the building as I started my watch.
Seth flew off soon after I arrived while Billie remained. I drove over to East Ridge Rd. to take a look and found Seth in his spot on the north window ledge.
I left for downtown at that time and as I arrived just before 8am on the Andrews St. bridge I found Beauty on the top I-beam of OCSR near the west corner.
I went over to State St. close to Church St. to watch the Beautyful one for a while. She had her back to me the whole time looking over her shoulders here and there.
I left her to look for Dot.ca (DC) then returned after failing to do so. I was determined to find him since I didn’t see him yesterday. After a check on Beauty I took another trip around town and this time I found DC in the OCSR elevator shaft from Bragdon Place at 8:34am. The only way I was able to distinguish it was him is that his tail was hanging down in front of the lighter colored cement below the south ledge.
DC came out farther and turned momentarily before turning his back to me again.
Satisfied that I had found him, I left downtown checking to see that Beauty was still on OCSR before heading to the Medley Centre. While checking the north side parking lot at 9am, I found a falcon on a light pole and I got all excited that it was Big Frank as she hasn’t been seen since November 10th. She showed her left leg band showing black/green, 77/AX and that’s when I knew I was looking at Buffalo Billie.
She took off a couple minutes later heading southwest and didn’t come back.
I went home to Seneca Towers thinking Billie had gone there but I found Seth instead. He was on the west side railing near the northwest corner.
I ended my watch at 9:30am with a smile after seeing 4 of our Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂
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