By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was overcast with light rain falling for most of my watch and a mild temperature of 37 (F) 3 (C)

It took a while to find a falcon this morning as nobody was at Seneca Towers and when I got downtown I drove around 3 times before I noticed Beauty flying above Xerox.

She hovered up there for a couple minutes then she put on the after burners and flew off into a stoop toward Cornhill to the southwest. Beauty was unsuccessful in her attempt to catch breakfast and ended up over on the top I-beam southeast side of OCSR. I observed her from the hole parking lot.

At 8:13am the Beautyful one spotted something to the south and flew off over the river. She didn’t return and so I went looking for Dot.ca (DC).

When I didn’t find DC I decided to check out the Brighton site. As I pulled into the driveway around 8:30am I spotted a falcon on the northeast extension in on the roof a bit eating. Based on size, I believe it was a female Peregrine.

When she was finished she came out to the corner and revealed her unbanded legs and then she flew northwest.

I left and a few minutes later Larry reported seeing a falcon on the northwest extension. Downtown once again I was unable to find DC but I spotted Beauty on the northeast cube of the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT). I watched her for a few minutes from the Hochstein School of Music parking lot at Church and Fitzhugh St.

I left after 9am to check the Medley Centre. I didn’t find a falcon but I did spot a big, beautiful Red-tailed Hawk (RTH) on a light pole at the west end of the mall in hunt mode.

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She took off around 8:25am and flew east and didn’t return.

It was time to go home and when I pulled over on East Ridge Rd. I saw a  large bump of a falcon on a transformer at the northwest corner of Seneca Towers with her back to me.

I took a shot of her and then I drove around to Seth Green Drive where I could see the front of Billie. She was looking to and fro, obviously in hunt mode.

I shared space with Buffalo Billie, albeit long distance, until 10am. I ended my watch smiling after an all female watch! 🙂

Click on the links below to see today’s videos

https://youtu.be/-HCgteoRVYM

https://youtu.be/-jIZlef7WRg

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