By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

The temperature was 89 (F) 32 (C) with high humidity and a very busy breeze as a cold front approaches to bring cooler temperatures

A falcon has been seen at the Brighton Site (BS) for the last couple days so I have checked out the sight while walking fellow watcher, Jeanne’s dog Bella. Yesterday we didn’t find it but today there was one that looked small to me-perhaps, a male with no leg bands that I could see. I’ve not done any falcon watching lately so I’m rusty and so it could very well be a female. This PEFA was on the east side of the building on a window ledge 4 floors down in the corner where it meets the southeast extension. When we first pulled into the parking lot he was standing sideways giving us a profile shot.

This falcon was in the shade and panting slightly to keep itself cool from the heat. I took a couple more pics then Bella and I went for a short walk in the shade.

When we got back the falcon had its back to us.

This is how we left the falcon as it didn’t seem like it was going to be doing much more than trying to stay cool. On my way home, I checked downtown but came up empty and the same thing at Seneca Towers (ST). This morning I took a few pics from my living room window of the west side river gorge and Seth Green Park trees-the leaves have been changing for a while now.

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It seems that most of them are dead brown leaves rather than colored-this is due most likely to the extra hot weather and severe drought conditions this summer. It was good to see our visitor at the BS location-it put a smile on this watchers face! 🙂

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