By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Let me just start by saying I had a great time the last few days with my good friend Donna who came for a visit from New Jersey. She got to see all of our Rochester falcons except for the one that has been seen at KP(Kodak Park) plus got to see falcons in Buffalo at UB(University of Buffalo) and CT(Central Terminal). Plus a bonus sighting at Irondequoit Bay of an Osprey! I have several videos of the Osprey that are on a cell tower in Avon which Joyce and I visited this afternoon and evening but I will not be uploading them all tonight due to time. Joyce and I will be meeting Carol,Kathy,Lisa and Dana in Toronto tomorrow morning for yet another banding. This one of the lovely Chessie and Hurricanes babies at the William Osler site. We will be leaving Rochester in the wee hours so I must get a few hours sleep tonight.

This morning before taking Donna to the train station we stopped by Times Square and saw Dot.Ca on the Wilder building green strip in the bright sunshine looking just as white as he could be.

After taking Donna to the train station I went to KP where I found a falcon on the floor in front of the red door on the east stack.

I checked in with security and settled in for a while watching a big flock of starlings that kept getting closer to the plant and the Peregrine. I prepared myself for the main event which I thought might be a stoop but no, something even more extraordinary happened…I saw 2 falcons! The red door falcon met another one on the north side of the plant where they both disappeared behind the blue building never resurfacing. It all went down within seconds so I got no pics and couldn’t even say for sure if there was a size difference between the 2 of them. One was behind the other and hadn’t quite caught up with the other before I lost them. So it seems we are getting to be a popular place for Peregrine Falcons here in Rochester. I just hope they can all get along with each other in such close proximity.

I never found them again so I left setting my sights for BS ( Brighton) and the adorable Miss Pigott. I was not graced by her on this trip and so I went downtown to try my luck there. At first I saw nothing but eventually I spotted a falcon fly out from the nest box area over the river and then to a column to the south(left) of the nest box.

I left at this point for I had to return the vehicle I borrowed for  which to transport Donna and I around this past weekend. It was nice while it lasted!

Next stop was Avon,NY with Joyce to check on the Osprey nest there. We had 1 in the nest and 1 on a post that was part of the cell tower in which they built their nest. Joyce also saw at least 1 juvie briefly in the nest.

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We returned to Rochester and visited BS where Jeanne joined  us to see Pigott come flying in with DC right behind her landing on a northeast rooftop where he had a small bit of dinner for her. She whined,grabbed it and away she went with it to a west side corner to eat. When done she flew to the south side vent on the back of the building to perch while DC remained on his northeast corner in the front of the building.

It was just about dark out when we called it a watch and left for home. It’s been lots of fun the last week with Donna and our other watcher friends with plenty of smiling going on! 🙂

Click on the links below to see photo albums and videos from the past few days. Enjoy!

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http://youtu.be/jc5knv8zNk0

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