By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Sunshine and temps in the 40’s (F).  It was a very nice afternoon.

I’ve started to check out the west end of Kodak Park again.  This is a location where we usually see some Peregrine activity during the winter.  So far, I’ve only seen the local Red-tailed Hawks.  Today was no exception.  There was one Red-tailed Hawk near the west end of the complex.

My next stop was the Rochester Airport.  A Snowy Owl had been spotted there recently, so I wanted to see if I could find it.  Sorry to say, I had no luck.

At the Brighton Site (BS), I found a Merlin (at first I reported it as a Kestrel) hunting off of an antenna on the south side of the building.  It stooped towards the wooded area on the south side.  The first time it returned to the antenna.  After the 2nd stoop, it did not return.  I hoped that it had a successful hunt.

Larry O tweeted a reminder that he had seen a Peregrine Falcon at BS yesterday.  Today, I had no luck finding her.

I headed downtown to find Beauty and Dot.ca.  From the front of the Raddison, I found both Beauty and Dot.ca on the OCSR. Beauty was in the elevator shaft on the south side ledge.  Dot.ca was on the north side top Ibeam at the north corner.

I found a spot to park my car, where I could watch both of them.  Dot.ca was attentively watching all of the activity on the river below him.  It was like watching a cat ready to pounce.  lol

Beauty flew out of the elevator shaft and landed just to his left on the top Ibeam.

I thought that Dot.ca had flown from the building, but he popped up now and then at the north corner.  From the Andrews St Bridge, I was able to get a better view of him.

I remained for a little over an hour.  During the time I was on watch, it was very peaceful and quiet.

My next stop was Medley Ctr where I did not find any falcons.  I slowly drove around the area looking for prey remains.  I couldn’t find any.  There was a lot of Ring-billed Gull activity and a few pigeons and crows.

Seneca Towers was my last visit.  From Maplewood Park, which is across the river to the north, I was able to see both Bille and Seth on the north end window ledge.  The first picture below shows my view from Maplewood Park.

I was happy to end my watch after seeing Beauty, Dot.ca, Billie and Seth at their nest sites and that all was quiet.

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