By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Monday – December 3, 2012

Tweets for 12/3:

7:30 am – Larry O – “Brighton falcon drive by. 1 Falcon on Northwest extension, might be hunting.”

4:30 pm – Carol P – “Checked DT & could not find B. At BS now with P I believe on NW corner. No sign of BST. Crows coming in.”

4:40 pm – Larry O – “Brighton Falcon watch drive by. 1 Falcon on West extension.”

4:50 pm – Carol P. – “Checked all over DT again. No luck finding B again. Too dark to get a good look into the elevator shaft.”

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When I arrived at the BS location at 4:30 pm, after looking all over downtown for Beauty (with no luck) I found Pigott on the west end of the building.  She was looking towards the south watching the 1,000’s of Crows streaming in, heading north towards downtown Rochester.  I had no luck finding BST, which is the name we have given the unbanded tiercel that has been hanging out with Pigott at the BS location.  We decided on BST which just means BS Tiercel.  Joyce, Dana and I thought that would be a good name for him at least for now & easy to text.   😉  Here are a couple pictures of Pigott from Monday evening.

Tuesday – December 4, 2012

Tweets for 12/4 (I will only include the tweets of the Watchers that do not post Falcon Watch reports in my report):

9:10 am – Joyce – “Our BS Tiercel is on the east corner next to the tree looking as cute as ever. No sign of Pigott.”

9:50 am – Joyce – “BST took off flying the thermals of the building and then slowly drifting to the south.”

11:40 am – Shaky reports to RFalconcamNow – “Beauty is on FCT below the platform.” (Seen from Camera #1)

11:50 am – Joyce – “Beauty on FCT perched on the NE cube. It is warm and breezy.”

4:00 pm – Carol P. – “DT. Beauty is on Mercury’s money bag hand.”

4:10 pm – Joyce – “I see B too.”

4:20 pm – Carol P. – “DT. Joyce joined me for a few moments. B still on Mercury. Its starting to rain and I have to go.”

4:30 pm – Lisa McK – “At BS, 2 falcons. 1 on corner of east extension. The other flew to front of bldg.”

5:00 pm – Joyce – “The falcon on corner of the east wing looked like P. Lisa & I couldn’t find BST. He seems to settle in for the nite first.”

5:10 pm – Joyce – “P left the corner & I found her on a set of double windows where the E & NE wings meet. She was 3 floors down from the top of the E wing.”

5:30 pm – Joyce – “I circled bldg 1 more time looking for BST-no luck. P moved & scooted over next to the column. You could barely see her. Thnx Lisa for tip.”

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Today was a record breaker for Rochester, NY.  The old record high temperature was 66 degrees (F) for this day and we made it up to 70 degrees!  🙂  Needless to say, it was a beautiful December day.  Too bad by the time I was able to get downtown, dark clouds and rain had moved in.  That’s ok.  I was still able to get my falcon fix for today. 🙂

I arrived downtown at about 3:45 pm.  From the Andrews St Bridge, I could see a falcon up on Mercury’s money bag hand.  I parked on Broad St and got out to take a few pictures before the rain arrived.  It was definitely Beauty and she was facing west, watching over her nest site.  When I see her here before dark, that is always the direction she is looking.  I noticed that the pigeons were in panicked flight over the river and I soon saw why.  There was a Coopers Hawk in their midst.  Eventually the Coop took off heading south down the river and the pigeons headed north.  I looked up at Beauty to see what her reaction was to this hunter in her territory.  She just looked over her shoulder a few times, but she  seemed unperturbed.

Joyce joined me for awhile and then headed to the BS location where she met up with Lisa McK, where they found both Pigott and BST.  Just before I left, the sky darkened and it started to pour.  Beauty remained in place on the Mercury statue standing in the warm rain.

So today all three current Rochester Falcons were accounted for.  This was always a good thing!

Tomorrow we return to winter with temperatures in the 30’s and possible snow.  I can already hear the winds picking up outside, which will usher in the cold air.  What a difference a day makes!

I think by posting the tweets sent in by the non-reporting Rochester Falcon Watchers & my own, it gives you a better picture of what’s happening during the day and what falcons are being seen or not seen.  This way all the Watchers observations will be noted.  MAK will certainly post her own observations.

Here are a couple pictures of Beauty on the Mercury statue.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LARGER VERSION OF THE PICTURE, JUST CLICK ON IT.  THANKS!

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