Frigid morning Falcon Watch/Winter arrives 1-4-16
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was blustery and snowing lightly when I headed out this morning with a temperature of 13 (F) -11 (C) and it went down to 10 (F) -12 (C) by the end of my watch. Winter has most assuredly, arrived in Rochester, NY but we had a great run of pleasant temperatures thru the first half of the winter months
I was surprised when I looked up at the south end of Seneca Towers from Seth Green Dr. and saw a falcon on the south window ledge. As I drove around to St. Paul St. to ID who it was, I thought to myself that it made good sense to be there, as the building blocked the cold north wind there. It was Seth who was up there looking around his territory.
I left him after a few minutes as the snow was blowing in my face. As I was turning onto the Broad St. bridge from Exchange Blvd. I saw Dot.ca (DC) fly over the Philipone building heading north. I had a hunch on where he was going and sure enough when I went over to the Radisson Hotel to check the OCSR elevator shaft I spotted him on the north ledge.
DC is whiter than snow, otherwise I wouldn’t have seen him thru the blowing snow!! This is one instance I’ll refer to him as Whitey. I left him to hang out in his man cave to look for Beauty. As I made my way over to the east side of the river to Elm St. I saw the Beautyful one fly off one of the northeast corners of Legacy Tower and head east as I was making a K-turn. I was unable to find her again or any other falcons at the Medley Centre or Seneca Towers. I was happy to see 3 of our Rochester PEFA’s on such a blustery day and so I ended my watch at 9:30am smiling! 🙂
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