By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

This December weather has been something else as I started my watch with a temperature of 48 (F) 9 (C) and rainy overcast conditions

For the 2nd or 3rd day in a row I didn’t see Billie or Seth at Seneca Towers. I saw Beauty and Dot.ca (DC) for a fleeting moment as I found them on Widows Walk from the hole after checking the rest of downtown. I drove over to Fitzhugh St. to check them out. I arrived just in time to get one pic of the Beautyful one before she flew off the lower north side ledge. DC turned around to watch her fly east before following from the northeast corner below the railing.

I never found them again and as I drove around downtown I took pics of the Times Square tree while stopped at the traffic light at Broad and Exchange Blvd. Then, from the Main St. bridge I took a pic of the lights on the walkway that connects the Radisson Hotel and Rochester Convention Center.

I had to walk Jeanne’s dog, Isabella, so I checked on the Brighton site first and voila, there was a falcon with its back to me on the top window ledge where the north and east extensions meet This where Pigott used to roost before she went to Syracuse to establish a new territory.

I stayed maybe 10 minutes then moved on. After walking Bella I headed over to the Medley Centre-there I found Big Frank (BF) aka (Frankie) on the north side parking lot eating a gull. Watcher Dick was pretty close to her in his car when I got there. I also found a huge pile of bread not too far away from BF with pigeons eating that.

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Frankie would eat some then move further away from where Dick was parked-she repeated this a few times.

Frankie is quite an impressive female PEFA as she almost dwarfs the gull below her. I was very happy to see BF again but I couldn’t stay to see her finish her big breakfast. I ended my watch just before noon at a falcon-less Seneca Towers. Downtown watcher Pat reported seeing DC on the Mercury money bag at 12:30am. I was smiling for having seen a falcon at the Brighton site and BF at the Medley Centre along with our tried and true downtown pair Beauty and DC! 🙂

Click on the links below to see today’s videos

https://youtu.be/7goxQRiuBe0

https://youtu.be/hzAbHSKR0yA

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