By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

An unbelievable temperature of 49 (F) 9 (C) on a mid December morning in Rochester, NY with overcast conditions

I didn’t see Billie or Seth at Seneca Towers at the start of my watch. Once downtown, I found Beauty on the southeast side,top I-beam of OCSR near the south corner. I watched her from the Radisson Hotel near Main St. as she preened a little, watched for prey birds and tried to extract a pellet from her crop.

At 8:03am Beauty flew south over the river and chased a flock of pigeons before disappearing near Cornhill. A couple gnarly take off shots as she caught me off guard when she flew off.

I drove to the east side to have a look around and as I was pulled over on Wilbury Blvd. I spotted who I believe was Dot.ca (DC) flying above Legacy Tower. He was riding the strong wind currents and then he flew south toward the river and went into a stoop just before he left my field of vision.

I never saw DC again but as I was crossing the Broad St. bridge I noticed the Beautyful one was back on OCSR perched pretty much in the same spot as before on the top I-beam southeast side. I drove down to the hole where Bank Place and Aqueduct St. meet to watch for a few minutes before leaving for the Medley Centre.

I didn’t find any falcons there but as I was crossing the Veteran’s Memorial Bridge I saw a falcon fly off the north end window ledge of Seneca Towers-probably Billie as there was another falcon on the ledge where Seth usually perches. So I ended my watch at around 9:15am smiling as I saw 4 Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

Click on the links below to view today’s videos

https://youtu.be/cru490qF0bY

https://youtu.be/2tBO8CWF5Ak

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