A Tuesday Evening Watch 1/8/13 – Falcons Seen Tonite: Pigott & BST
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
Today’s Tweets:
4:20 pm – “DT. Been all over. No sign of Ms Beauty.”
4:30 pm – “BS. Falcon on SW corner with a very full crop”
4:50 pm – “BS. BST was just in the pefa tree. Took off heading NW. Pigott still on west end of bldg.”
5:10 pm – “BS. Larry O stopped by. P still on SW corner. Have not seen BST return. Heading home via DT.”
5:30 pm – “DT. Way too dark for me to see if B is inside the elevator shaft. Time to head home.”
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I arrived downtown at my usual time, just before 4 pm. I looked in all the usual and not so usual spots and could not find Beauty. No one was home inside the OCSR elevator shaft. and Starlings had taken over the Mercury statue. Just more proof that she wasn’t close by.
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Next stop, the BS location, where at 4:30 pm, I found Pigott on the SW corner with a very full crop. She obviously had enjoyed a very large meal recently.
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When I circled the building, I checked out the tree line on the south side of the building. The Pefa tree was occupied and on closer inspection, it was BST, who now seems to favor this spot. Dana and I had first seen Pigott there the day the Crows ousted her. It’s been BST in this spot ever since. Here are a few pics I took from a distance. The 4th one was zoomed to the max in low light. I had to lighten it to even see it and I really like how it came out. Not clear by any means, very fuzzy, but interesting. Low light is not good to my camera as you’ve probably noticed from my evening shots. lol 🙂
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I only had about 5 minutes to get a few pictures before BST took off, heading NW. I looked back at the building and Pigott was still on the SW corner.
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I waited for awhile to see if he would return, but as far as I know he hadn’t. After circling the building one last time, I left Pigott on her corner and headed home via downtown.
At 5:30 pm, I checked out the downtown area and the OCSR elevator shaft one last time. The elevator shaft was dark, so I can’t be 100% sure she wasn’t up there. I strained to see her, but couldn’t. At the best of times, it sometimes hard to see a falcon up there. I was happy that MAK had seen her this morning.
It was time for me to head home. Hopefully tomorrow, I will see all three!
