By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Rochester Falcon Watchers Out Today:  MAK, Dan, Barbara, Brian, Dana, Lou, Joyce, Kathy O, Christiane & Tom and Carol P.

Today was so much fun being out with friends and fellow Watchers that I hadn’t seen in quite awhile.  Watching two very active Peregrine Falcons is what we love to do.

Beauty and the new tiercel, UT (for unbanded tiercel).  Again, when we know he is staying, a name will be chosen for him.

My first stop this morning was the BS location to check on Pigott.  I really wanted to make sure she was ok.  Sorry to say, Pigott was not there, but there were lots of Canada Geese on and surrounding the building.

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Not to worry about Pigott.  Joyce checked the BS location this afternoon and Pigott was there.

After looking for Pigott and not finding her, I headed downtown and joined MAK on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB).  What happened before I had to leave to run some errands is in MAK’s watch report.  The most exciting part was when we were buzzed by both Beauty and UT chasing the Starling down the length of the BSB.  Tandem hunting at its’ best.

When I returned downtown at 12:30 pm, Dan and MAK were gone.  The BSB was packed with cars, but I got the last spot on the north side of the bridge.  There were high school basketball games being played in the Blue Cross Arena aka War Memorial.

Beauty was on Mercury’s moneybag hand and UT was buzzing around, as usual.  lol

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While Beauty watched from above, UT flew up to the riverside of the Thompson Reuters Bldg. and landed on a windowsill below the Mercury Statue.  He seemed to be fascinated with his reflection in the window.

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UT stayed on the windowsill for quite awhile, checking out the “other falcon”.  Then he took off and swooped down the length of the Broad St Bridge, passing me at eye level, before flying up and over the buildings at the east end of the bridge.

He did a lot of soaring, circling higher and higher, patrolling his new territory.  A Red-tailed Hawk flew through north over Main St and UT went on the attack, chasing the RTH out of the area.

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Beauty did her share of protecting the territory by going after the Crows in the park just north of the Mercury statue.  She stooped on them a few times.

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I witnessed 4 attempted copulations today, none were successful.  I do think it’s just a matter of time if this tiercel remains here in Rochester.  Of course Dot.ca might have other plans if he returns.  I’ve been watching the Rochester Falcons for many years now and I’ve learned that nothing is for certain when it comes to them.  Change can be swift.  So we watch and we wait and report what we see.

I was joined by Brian, Dana, Lou, Joyce, Christiane & Tom this afternoon.

Here are pictures of the area that MAK and I saw UT diving repeatedly on early this morning.  After he left, I went down to see if I could see what he had been after.

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I couldn’t see anything and wondered if whatever he was after went into the old subway bed below the Broad St Bridge.  Lots of Pigeons go there.

Earlier this morning, a fog bank moved in over the city that covered the sun we were enjoying and making it hard to see the top of the Xerox building.  Thankfully it didn’t last too long, because without the sun, it got really cold.

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Here was our view from the middle of the Broad St Bridge, looking west towards the Times Square Bldg.

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Tomorrow promises to be a much warmer, springlike day with temps near 60 degrees.  Remember to spring ahead one hour tonight before you go to bed!

I’ll leave you with this picture I took of Beauty on Mercury with a jet passing overhead.  I just really liked it.  🙂

REMEMBER TO CLICK ON ANY PICS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE LARGER.

Good night everyone!

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