By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was overcast with a temperature of 68 (F) 20 (C) with a few sprinkles of rain on and off

I checked the Veterans Memorial bridge from the west side balcony and found a falcon on the south side ledge. It had its back to me-it had white on the tips of its tail feathers which usually indicates a juvenile. However, it had the steel gray colored feathers of an adult so maybe a sub adult. I left it to eat my breakfast and when I returned it was gone.

When I arrived downtown on the Andrews St. bridge, I spotted Dot.ca (DC) on the southeast cube of the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT). I drove over to the City Hall parking lot for closer viewing.

While I was scoping out the rest of the tower with my binoculars DC left. Next stop was the Court St. bridge (CSB) where I checked out the river between CSB and the Broad St. bridge (BSB). Ducks and gulls only were present.

I spotted a falcon on the top I-beam of OCSR near the west corner so I left for the hole (Aqueduct St.) in order to ID it as DC. He had a full crop.

I was pleasantly surprised when I spotted Beauty on the Wilder building green strip. She was snoozing on and off.

The Beautyful one woke up on and off to watch sparrows zipping around below her. She didn’t appear to have anything her crop so I’m sure breakfast was on her mind.

While I was checking on DC over on OCSR Beauty flew off and half a minute later DC followed.

I wasn’t able to locate them again and when I got home to Seneca Towers I spotted a falcon fly from the north end of the building to the east. I ended my watch around 10:40 smiling as I hadn’t seen Beauty and DC for a while and was happy they both showed up for me! 🙂

Check out the link below to see snippets from today’s watch

https://youtu.be/9l_u-MSqZ5w

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