A Wednesday Evening Falcon Watch – 1/9/13 – Falcons Seen Tonite: Pigott & BST
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
Today’s Late Afternoon/Evening Tweets:
3:20 pm – Joyce – “BS…while Steve was running Abby & Casey, BST was under tree on SE corner. He flew to E extension S facing windows top floor.”
3:30 pm – Joyce – “BS…coming around circle to E side of bldg, P was on E facing window opposite BST on the same level.”
3:50 pm – Joyce – “DT…no sign of B, but on the way we checked for eastern screech owl and found it home sleeping.”
4:20 pm – Carol P – “DT. Like Joyce I checked all over DT and can’t find Ms Beauty. It is getting really windy out here!”
4:40 pm – Carol P – “BS. Both Pigott & BST here on the east end of the bldg. Pefa tree is covered in crows.”
5:40 pm – Carol P – “BS. Came back thru DT. Dark now. Cannot tell if she is in elevator or not. Heading home.”
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As I headed downtown, I received tweets from fellow Rochester Falcon Watcher Joyce. She was at the BS location with Steve and she had located both Pigott and BST on the east end of the building. They then checked the downtown area and had no luck finding Beauty.
When I arrived downtown a little before 4:00 pm, I could not find Beauty either. It wasn’t as cold as it had been in the past week, but it was getting windy and colder by the time I got downtown. I was sorry I had missed Joyce, but was really glad to hear that she was feeling better and that she was out and about with Steve’s help, looking for falcons.
After circling the downtown area a 2nd time, it was time to check out the BS location. I found Pigott on the SE corner and BST was on his favorite window on the east end, south side.
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There was a lot of noise coming from the wooded area to the south. There were Crows in almost every tree including the Pefa Tree.
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As day started to fade into night, I decided to go back downtown to see if I could find Ms. Beauty. I again looked all over and again had no luck finding her. I parked where I could see up into the OCSR elevator shaft. But, it was so dark up there, I couldn’t tell for sure if she was there or not. Here’s a picture that shows how dark it was. I did lighten it quite a bit, but was unable to see her.
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I waited til 5:40 pm before calling it a night. It was time to head home after seeing two of the three current Rochester Falcons. Not a bad day at all!
