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Friday Falcon Watch – Beauty & Dot.ca, Billie & Seth Seen – 3/4/16

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

It was a very cold day, temps in the 20’s and it was lightly snowing at the beginning of my watch.  It did stop though, and the sun came out.

I found no falcons at the Brighton Site (BS), so I headed downtown.  From the Broad St Bridge, I could see no falcons.  I headed over to the Andrews St Bridge.  From there, I could see a falcon on the OCSR, top Ibeam, west corner.  A few minutes later, a 2nd falcon flew in and landed on the top IBeam, near the first one.  They both had their backs to me and the lighting wasn’t very good, so I could not tell which was which.  That is until I made my way back over to the Broad St Bridge, after the corner falcon walked to the south side.  Bright white greeted me.  The corner bird was definitely Dot.ca. lol

Beauty and Dot.ca on OCSR North Side -3-4-16Beauty on OCSR -3-4-16

Beauty and Dot.ca on OCSR North Side -3-4-16Dot.ca on South Side OCSR -3-4-16

I got out of my car to check out the river.  It was running high with very little rocks above water.  There were no birds down on the river.  But there were a lot of Ring-billed Gulls and Pigeons flying around the area and landing on the nearby buildings. Here are a few pictures I took while checking out the Genesee River.

Trees Caught by Main St Bridge -3-4-16River Ice -3-4-16Gulls Want Fish!  :) -3-4-16

All was peaceful and quiet, so I headed over to Maplewood Park to check out Seneca Towers.  Both Billie and Seth were on the building at the southwest corner.  Billie took off and flew over the river gorge, returning to land next to Seth.

Billie and Seth at ST -3-4-16Billie and Seth at ST -3-4-16Billie and Seth at ST -3-4-16

I was happy to have found two of our resident pairs at home.  Over the next few days, our weather will be improving.  They are calling for temperatures in the 60’s (F)!  🙂

2 Responses to “Friday Falcon Watch – Beauty & Dot.ca, Billie & Seth Seen – 3/4/16”

  1. Alison in Indiana Says:

    Is anyone laying bets about the first egg for Beauty and Dot.ca?

  2. Carol P. Says:

    Not yet. They continue to visit both nest boxes. Which will Beauty choose to lay her eggs in?


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