Late Thursday Afternoon Falcon Watch – Plus a Video of UT From Sunday (3/17) – 3/21/13
By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.
The Watch Reports being posted by MAK and I are literally like night and day or should I say day and night. My side of the day is very quiet and calm. No aggression, no swooping, no Dot.ca. Just Beauty keeping guard over her territory.
When I first arrived downtown before 4 pm, I found Beauty on top of the Times Square Bldg on the NE wing ledge. She was alert, keeping an eye on her surroundings.
At 4:05 pm, Beauty took off from the Times Square Bldg and flew over the river, circling back and landing on the OCSR, SE top IBeam. This is the only flying or activity I saw for an hour and a half.
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I was parked on the Broad St Bridge, keeping an eye on Beauty. My friends and fellow watchers Debbie H and Pat stopped by for a few minutes before heading home for the day. We are so very lucky to have watchers that work downtown and are able to keep an eye on what is going on with the Rochester Falcons during the day and reporting what they see. Thank you all!
Also, many thanks to our on-line watchers that tweet and text what they see on camera to the watchers on the street. Your input is invaluable. Thank you all.
I ended my watch at 5:30 pm, when Joyce tweeted that she was at the BS location with Brian and later Kathy O. Dot.ca and Pigott were there enjoying a meal. They all left at about 6:50 pm.
Larry O continued the downtown watch after I left. He reported that Beauty remained on the same spot I left her, on the SE top IBeam on the OCSR. He left at about 6:35 pm.
While I was watching, clouds moved in and the temperature was about 27 degrees with light snow. Rochester is under a snow advisory tonight, expecting 1 to 3 inches of snow overnight, with a couple more possible tomorrow. I’m so glad that spring has arrived. 🙂
On my way home, I checked out the LT location and KP and found no peregrine falcons. There was a pair of adult Red-tailed Hawk at KP that had just flown in to the nearby wooded area just after I arrived. Gorgeous birds. It was a nice way to end my day before heading home.
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I wanted to leave you with a video I took on Sunday, St Patrick’s Day, 3/17/13. In my report from that day, I mentioned that a group of starlings landed on the west end of the fire escape below Beauty when she and UT the unbanded tiercel were on the Wilder Bldg. UT landed on the east end of the fire escape to check out these daring little birds. Here’s the video from that day, the last day I saw UT before Dot.ca arrived. Just click on the link below. Sorry, it’s a little shaky. That’s what happens when I zoom in too far.
Enjoy!
