By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

For two days, Beauty has been on the Kodak Tower.  She’s been there before, but it’s been awhile since I’ve seen her there.

Friday – 2/1/13 (4-6 pm)

I arrived downtown a little before 4 pm and found Beauty on the top Ibeam of the OCSR.

My next stop was the BS location where I found both P&BST on the east end of the building.

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I didn’t stay long at BS because I wanted to check on Beauty one last time before heading home.  I looked all over downtown for her and couldn’t find her.  I even checked the elevator shaft, which still had the elevator in it.  Nope, not there.  I parked on the Andrews St Bridge and checked the north side of OCSR.  She wasn’t there.  Hmmmm.  Oh, well, it was time for me to head home.

While I was stopped at a red light on State St, heading north, I checked out the Kodak Tower through my binoculars.  Was there something up on the launchpad?  It sure did look like a dark lump.  I parked on a street on the east side of the tower, next to the condos that were located on what used to be the Kodak visitors lot.  From there I was able to see easily that there was a falcon up on the SE corner of the launchpad.  I was losing light by then, so I couldn’t be 100% sure that it was Beauty.  There were 100’s of Crows flying past the tower while the falcon watched from above.

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Soon after the red light at the top of the tower went on, the falcon took off head south towards downtown.  It had to be Beauty since she was headed directly for the OCSR, where I’m sure she made it up into the elevator shaft for the night.

Saturday – 2/2/13 (10:30 am to 1:00 pm)

My first stop was KP.  I didn’t find any falcons hanging out, but Big Momma Red Tail was in a nearby tree.

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Fellow Falcon Watcher Dana joined me.  We received MAK’s text that Beauty had been at the Kodak Tower and that she had flown off heading north.  We were north of the Kodak Tower.  We decided it was time to go look for Beauty.

When I arrived downtown, I found Beauty up on the Kodak Tower.  She was on a south side arch ledge, just above where Mariah and Kaver’s nest box had been located for so many years.  For those that weren’t around for the M&K years, this is where Rhea Mae, Quest, Linn and Diamante were born.  From up there, Beauty had a great view of the downtown area.

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Beauty seemed to be settled, so I headed over to the BS location, hoping to find Pigott & BST.  Dana was already there when I arrived.  We had no luck finding any falcons there.

Back downtown I went.  There was lots of traffic due to the Globetrotters being in town.  Plus the Boat Show.   Beauty was no longer on the Kodak Tower.  I looked back at the Times Square Bldg and saw that she was there at the base of the NE wing.

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It was time to  go.  On my way home I saw this really awesome wood carving. Hmmmm.  Wonder if they make stooping falcons.  🙂

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