Falcon Watch/Beauty,Dot.ca and Seth seen 8-23-17
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
Storms yesterday ushered in a cold front which got rid of the humidity. The temperature was a cool 57 (F) 14 (C)
I stopped on the Andrews St. bridge (ASB) my usual starting point and spotted Beauty on the base of Mercury and Dot.ca (DC) on the northeast side, top I-beam of OCSR.
Traffic was backed up because of construction all over downtown this morning and of course it was rush hour, which made it worse, but I managed to get to Bragdon Place for a closer look at DC before he flew off. He was preening in all his whiteness.
After a couple minutes I went over to the Court St. bridge to be a bit closer to the Beautyful one. She was just looking around as gulls were flying past her.
The water in the river is very low right now due to just a slow bit of water coming through the lock south of the bridge. Since the last time I checked, the construction workers have built what looks like a walkway that curves around the back of the Dinosaur Grill. Many of the ducks were dunking their heads in the current.
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I left to go walk Bella and when I returned to downtown I could only find DC tucked in the corner by the elevator shaft on the top I-beam, northeast side of OCSR.
When I got to Seneca Towers I found Seth from the Northridge Church parking lot. He was on the north side window ledge in hunt mode as he kept watching something very intently down below him.
After about 5 minutes he flew off into a stoop and didn’t return.
I ended my watch at 9:45am smiling after seeing 3 of our Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂
Click on the link below to see a short snippet video
August 23rd, 2017 at 3:59 PM
Hi MAK
Thanks for your update. The adults are hanging around, but it looks like the young ‘uns have fled the coop.
I am curious about the construction in the riverbed– are they putting in more locks, or replacing old locks? The pedestrian walkway looks like it will be a wonderful “over-the-river” walkway, creating a wonderful lookout for watching the ducks, egrets, herons down below.
August 23rd, 2017 at 4:37 PM
mak i never knew their was a walkway where you can watch the ducks- egrets- herons. i will make it a point to go there they are so beautiful. again thanks for your reports.
August 23rd, 2017 at 4:43 PM
Hi Mary, the construction is for building shops and other things along the river in order to attract people downtown. The locks will remain the same. 🙂
August 23rd, 2017 at 4:49 PM
Betty, they just started building that walkway recently-it’s not finished. It’s part of a plan the city has put into motion to build shops and other things along that side of the river to bring people downtown. 🙂
August 24th, 2017 at 12:57 AM
It looked like a beautiful day in Rochester! Thanks for your report, MAK. Three out of four isn’t bad! ;^) Maybe Billie will make an appearance later this week.
It’ll be interesting to see the finished project downtown. Thanks for the tour!
August 24th, 2017 at 7:25 PM
Yes, it will be very interesting Barb. Next time I’m downtown I’ll do a video of the whole area that’s been excavated so everyone can see and understand better. Thanks for commenting!! 🙂