Morning Falcon Watch/Billie and Seth seen 12-18-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
Cloudy and overcast with a temperature of 36 (F) 2 (C)
As I was making my U-turn on Seth Green Dr. to check the south and west sides of Seneca Towers I spotted a falcon on the west railing that flew north out of view before I could get parked. I thought it was Seth at the time -I drove over to East Ridge Rd. to find who I now believe was Billie on the north end of the upper roof with her back to me.
She stooped down into the river gorge then returned to land on the northwest corner below the railing.
I left Buffalo Billie at 8am and headed downtown. As I was checking the east side I stopped to check out the pretty wreaths on St. Mary’s church. The reflection in the window is Washington Square Park.
Finally, I discovered Dot.ca (DC) from Broad St. next to HSBC-he was on the east side of Xerox, 6th column over from the southeast corner. He had quite the full crop as he monitored the area which was full of flying pigeons. Let me just assure you that there is no shortage of pigeons in downtown Rochester!
I left DC around 8:45am to look for the Beautyful one, but it didn’t happen and while I was gone DC left Xerox. One more unsuccessful trip around downtown and then I headed over to the Medley Centre. I had no luck there but as I pulled over in my spot on East Ridge Rd. I spotted Billie and Seth on Seneca Towers. He was on the north railing and she was taking off from the northwest corner below him.
Seth stretched his neck to follow where his girl went as she landed on the north end of the upper roof, east corner. Billie immediately flew over to the west end as Seth took off to the north.
Billie followed him as they flew out of sight out over the river together.
I happily ended my watch smiling at 10:05am after seeing the Seneca Towers pair for the first time in 3 or 4 days! 🙂
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