By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

I like quiet and I like peaceful.  Both describe my watch tonight.  After a very dramatic day yesterday, with Pigott’s brief visit to the TSB downtown nest box, this kind of watch is very welcome.  🙂

I arrived downtown just before 4:00 pm and parked on the Broad St Bridge (BSB).  At first, there were no falcons or falcon watchers in sight.  Soon after I settled in for my watch, Joyce pulled in behind me.  She had been at the BS location for much of the early afternoon with Pigott and Dot.ca.

It was a little after 4:00 pm when I saw a peregrine falcon fly in from the east.  It was Beauty and she was carrying prey towards the Times Square Bldg (TSB).  She landed on the SW wing ledge at the top of the TSB.

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She didn’t stay long.  I believe she cached her meal, tucking it in close to the base of the SW wing.  She flew out and landed on the SE wing ledge.

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At 4:20 pm, Joyce returned to the BS location and I remained downtown parked on a very busy BSB.  There was an Amerks game tonight and Amerks fans were filling all the parking spots on the bridge.  Kathy O joined me for awhile, getting one of the last parking spots.

Joyce tweeted the following from the BS location:

4:35 pm – BS – 2 here on south side. One on roof above vent. Other on SE corner.

4:45 pm – BS – more mating, then P flew to scrape while DC did circle around building. Both back where they started.

Downtown at 4:50 pm, Beauty vocalized just a bit and flew over to the NE wing ledge.  She ran up to the base of the wing and pulled out some cached food, which she started eating.

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Beauty flew into the nest box at 5:05 pm, the same time Dot.ca arrived.  He first zipped around the building a few times and then landed on the SE wing ledge.

Again I want to thank all my virtual watcher friends who confirmed that Beauty was in the nest box.  At this time of day, I am facing directly into the sun and it is very hard to see.  So tonight I thank Donna, Ei,  & NCAfalcon!

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Joyce’s Tweet at 5:10 pm.- “BS echupfest – P & DC were at scrape. P on SE corner again preening. DC gone. Their bonding doesn’t disturb nesting geese.”

I questioned Joyce about when Dot.ca left the BS location, just to make sure we didn’t have the unbanded male that MAK saw earlier on her watch.  Joyce confirmed that Dot.ca had more than enough time to get downtown between when she saw him leave and I saw him arrive.

Dot.ca took off at 5:25 pm and returned to the SE wing ledge just about the same time Kathy O joined me on the BSB.

At 5:46 pm, I tweeted that Dot.ca stooped off of the SE wing ledge heading north.  I never saw him come out the other side of the Cross Rds Bldg.  Just a few minutes later, Joyce tweeted that Dot.ca had arrived at the BS location.  It’s amazing on quickly he can go back and forth between the two locations!

At 6:00 pm, Kathy and I reported that Beauty left the nest box and landed on the SE wing ledge.  At the same time, Joyce and Lisa McK reported that Dot.ca and Pigott had copulated.  This was the 3rd time that Joyce had witnessed this on her afternoon watch.

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With the sun directly in my eyes at 6:30 pm, I was not able to see where Beauty was.  It was time for me to leave, but on my way out I checked the downtown area, but couldn’t find her.

Joyce stayed for another hour at the BS location and reported the following:

7:35 pm – “BS echupfest – P & DC were at scrape. P on SE corner again preening. DC gone. Their bonding doesn’t disturb nesting geese.”

7:40 pm – “Both are perched on opposite corners south side. Had so much fun watching P & DC this afternoon. DC is truly a sky dancer.  Nite all!”

So the late afternoon watch turned out to be a very quiet one, for which I was very happy.  Quiet is good!  Even Buddy thinks so!  🙂

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I’ll leave you with this very peaceful picture of Rhea Mae sleeping on her and Tiago’s two eggs she laid recently.  Could #3 be on its’ way?

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Goodnight Rhea Mae and everyone!

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