By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

I arrived downtown a little after 7:00am and after checking the Broad St. bridge(BSB) area I went over to the east side. Having found no falcons I returned to the BSB. Within a few minutes Beauty showed up on the base of Mercury.

While I hung out with her  a couple Starlings started to have a conversation about who was going to eat the bugs that were stuck in a spiders web on the bridge railing. They were quite comical to watch so I made a short video to share with everyone. At about 8:00am Beauty walked to the far side of the base out of view except I did see part of a wing as it flapped. I didn’t see her fly off so when I finally looked up at the Times Square building I spotted a falcon under the northeast wing. I figured it was her until I noticed another falcon next to the main cam on the deck.

They both had full crops so I knew they weren’t going anywhere any time soon so I decided to check BS for Pigott. She wasn’t there  so I returned to downtown to find our pair in the same place as I left them. Now both my batteries were dead so I went home to do a quick charge and mow the lawn before heading over to KP to look for the bird that’s been seen there. No luck at KP but as Carol tweeted seeing this falcon heading east I took a romp down Ridge Rd. heading east. I parked behind the Source jewelry store where I used to go to look for Unity when she was first discovered to have a look see. Nothing on the Kodak building there which is where Carol works and reports from during the day. As I was waiting for traffic to pull out I saw a flock of pigeons flying in panic mode, so I grabbed my trusty binocs in time to spot a falcon in close pursuit before I lost them behind the Kodak building down at Ridge and Lake Ave.  I searched for quite some time but never found it again.

I then returned to downtown and found nothing so I went back to BS one last time.  I located a falcon on a window ledge in a southeast corner on the back of the building. I saw some color on the chest and thought Pigott but after checking my pics I concluded that it was Dot.Ca.

He had a full crop still and seemed pretty settled. I stayed for a while longer thinking perhaps Miss Pigott would show herself since she had been seen at BS last night with DC. I ended my watch without having seen Pigott so I guess she is just a wanderer at this point of her life and it’s going to be hit and miss for seeing her. It was nice to be able to drive around and look for falcons rather than staying downtown for my entire watch. Of course as long as I see a falcon or two or more I’m smiling! 🙂

There are 4 videos today and the links are below for you to click and enjoy

http://youtu.be/eJqcEM1XlUI
http://youtu.be/xhZ0FG9cAqY
http://youtu.be/0vySvs4E4DI
http://youtu.be/JzLCkynLKuc

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