By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

After a long day at work, it was time to go out and check on the falcons.  I checked out the KP area a little before 4 pm.  I had no luck finding KPF.  It was very cold and it was starting to rain, so I decided to head downtown.

I first checked the Kodak Tower and then the Frontier Communication Tower, no falcons seen.  My next stop was the Andrew St Bridge (ASB) to get a look at the north side of the buildings.  After parking my car, I noticed two falcons flying around the OCSR.  It was Beauty and Dot.ca and they were flying together back and forth.  Passing each other and then coming apart again.  Beauty flew up into the elevator shaft and Dot.ca flew around to the north side of the building and landed on the top IBeam at the north corner.  Beauty flew out of the elevator shaft, past Dot.ca and then around to the south side.  I waited to see if she would come back around, but she didn’t.

A few minutes later, Dot.ca took off.  He flew over me heading north towards the brewery where I lost him.  He was in a hurry, wings beating quickly.  Again I waited to see if he would return and he didn’t.  It was time to check on Beauty.  I drove over to the Broad St Bridge and found her up on the top IBeam on OCSR on the south corner.  It was really hard to see her in the rain, especially since she was facing the building most of the time I was there.

I decided it was time to check on Pigott at the BS location.  I quickly found her on the south side of the building and guess who was there with her?  You guessed right!  Dot.ca had joined her.  He sure does get around!

Pigott took off and flew back and forth in front of Dot.ca.  She then came back to the building and landed on the east end of the vent.  Dot.ca took off and they both flew around to the north side of the building and quickly returned to the south side.  Pigott landed on the west end of the vent and Dot.ca landed on the roof above the east end of the vent.  Pigott then ran across the top of the vent so that she was right below him.

At 6:00 pm, it was dark, cold and rainy, so I decided to leave.  But, on the way home, I checked KP one more time.  I saw no falcons, but I did see the beautiful red fox that lives there.

Tomorrow is supposed to be more rain on and off, but sun is being forecast for Sunday.  I can hardly wait.  Oh, and remember that Daylight Savings Time ends on Sunday.  Always nice to gain an hour.  🙂

One last picture.  I took this one last weekend.  Here are the new residents of the Kodak Tower.  REMEMBER TO CLICK ON THE PICTURES IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LARGER VERSION.

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