By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Beauty! Kak!

Pigott! Ee-Chup!

BST! Yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m here already!

All three current Rochester Falcons accounted on my late afternoon Watch.

When I arrived downtown at about 4:00 pm, I found Beauty on the OCSR, top IBeam, SE side.

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It was lightly snowing, but thankfully the high winds of the previous day had subsided.  She seemed to be settled in, so I headed over to the BS location to find Pigott and BST.  I did find them both on the building.

Pigott was on a window one level below the tree ledge on the SE side.  BST was on the north side of the east extension three windows down.  He was already settled in their nighttime roost.

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I spent a little while with them before heading back downtown to spend some more time with Beauty.  I returned downtown to find out that Beauty had moved to Mercury’s moneybag hand.

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She was actively looking all around her, watching the small Starlings flying back and forth below her.  There was a line-up of Pigeons on the river side of the Blue Cross Arena (aka War Memorial).  They were very wise to stay where they were while Beauty was above them.  Beauty took off and flew towards the OCSR.  She veered right and headed over the river flying past the Radisson, heading east.  I lost her behind the Lincoln Tower, but saw her again when she passed behind it, heading south.  Past the Midtown Plaza and the Xerox Bldg.  Beauty flew out from behind Xerox and back again.  In view, out of view, over and over again, gaining altitude.  I thought she might land on top of Xerox, but she never got that high.  She headed south, where I lost sight of her.  I kept looking for a 2nd falcon, but never saw one.

There was no hurry in her flight.  Beauty seemed to be policing her territory, making sure it was secure.  The next time I saw her, she was back near the Lincoln Tower, heading towards the back of the B&L bldg, where she landed on the back of the building.  I drove around, to the north side of the building to verify she had landed there.  Beauty was up on the NE corner of B&L.

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That’s where I left her at the end of my watch.  It was time for me to head home, happy that I had found all three current Rochester Falcons.  Oh, and by the way, the Pigeons that had been patiently waiting for Beauty to leave made their way, one-by-one to their nighttime roost.  Many of them go to a spot on the river wall, just below the Convention Ctr.  There is a section of walkway that juts out over the river and they can fly up under it.  A very well protected spot for sure.

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