A Record Breaking Temperature for a Saturday Falcon Watch! – 1/12/13 – Falcons Seen Today: Beauty, Pigott & BST
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
Tweets from Late Morning/Afternoon:
10:10 am – Dana – “DT falcon watch- B took a bath on a lower roof south of FCT, then flew to preen on the ne portion of FCT below base.”
11:20 am – Carol P – “At KP. Big Momma Red Tail in hunt mode. Gorgeous gal. No falcons seen.”
12:00 pm – Carol P – “BS. Very quiet here. No falcons seen. Watch out for low flyng hawks! One flew in front of me into the median of 390. No snow, good hunting!”
1:00 pm – Carol P – “DT. From Andrews St Bridge I can see Ms B on the FCT below the platform on NE box. May be the same place Dana saw her.”
2:40 pm – Joyce – “BS drive by – 1 falcon on NW corner of west extension. Looks like P. Check back after doggie run.”
2:50 pm – Carol P – “DT. Dana with me. After many false starts B took off heading NE and came back empty taloned landing on same spot on FCT.”
3:00 pm – Joyce – “BS – BST on east corner next to the roof top tree. P still on NW corner.”
3:10 pm – Carol P – “BS. Was here in time to say hello and goodbye to Joyce & Steve. lol Both P&BST still here.”
3:30 pm – Joyce – “DT. On ASB – see falcon on Mercury.”
3:50 pm – Joyce – “DT. Beauty stayed on Mercury for us to get a closer view, then she took off in NW direction. Checked FCT but not there. Heading home smiling.”
4:40 pm – Carol P – ” DT. Left P&BST at BS. Found Beauty in the OCSR elevator shaft on the south ledge. Goodnight Ms B!”
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Today’s high temperature of 58 degrees was a record breaker for Rochester, NY for this day! The average temp at this time of year is 32 degrees (F), so this was a very welcome break from our winter weather. Much of the snow has melted, except for the large piles that accumulated from all the snow we’ve had over the past month. On my way to the BS location, I spotted quite a few Red-tail Hawks in the trees lining the expressway. One flew low in front of my car and landed in the median of 390. I looked over as I passed the hawk and saw that s/he had caught something. Now that the grass is showing again, the hungry hawks will have a better chance of successful hunting. But watch out for low flying hawks!
The tweets listed above tell the tail of what happened on my watch today. It consisted of watching gorgeous Peregrines preening, stretching and pooping. The only real activity besides that was when Beauty flew off to the NW and returned to the same spot on the FCT that she had been on for hours. I was very happy to meet up with fellow Watchers Dana & Joyce. Thanks very much Steve for getting Joyce out today to see our falcons. 🙂
It was a very peaceful and quiet day and after seeing all three current Rochester Falcons and my Watcher friends, it was a very good day!
Here are some pictures from today’s Falcon Watch. Remember to click on any pictures you would like to see in a larger version. Enjoy!
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