By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

It was time to go out for my weekend falcon headcount and I was happy to have my friend and fellow Watcher Kathy O join me.  It was an absolutely gorgeous fall morning.  Here’s what we saw.

Downtown, we found both Beauty and Dot.ca together on the Frontier Communication Tower’s northeast box.  They do so enjoy each others company.  🙂

The roof of the nearby church was covered in pigeons.

Our next stop was the Brighton Site (BS) where we found our unbanded female in flight.  This was a first for both of us.  She’s usually settled on one of the window ledges on the east side of the building, sleeping.  We enjoyed watching her fly over the building for a few moments before she headed south..  We waited for awhile, but she did not return.

We did check Medley Center, and found no falcons there.  I checked the area carefully for any evidence of falcons being there recently, but found nothing.

At Seneca Towers, the only thing we saw was a Coopers Hawk flying high above the gorge.  We lost site of it when it stooped behind the building.

Kathy ended her watch here and I continued on to the Charlotte/Summerville area.  Genesee was home on top of the Shumway antenna/tower.

I was joined by Dana and Lou.  Genesee was hyper-aware of his surroundings, watching everything that passed by.  After about a 1/2 hour, he took off heading northwest.  We followed, and Dana spotted him chasing off a Red-tailed Hawk. Before ending my watch, I checked out the area one more time and found G on top of the Coast Guard Tower (CGT).  I texted it out so that Dana and Lou were able to find him.  It was time to head home.  🙂

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