By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

51 (F) 11 (C), showery,overcast were the conditions when I started my watch.

As I was about to pull out of the driveway for downtown I got a tweet from Annette saying Dot.Ca (DC) had relieved Beauty on their eggs. When I arrived on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) I didn’t find Beauty initially. 10 minutes later she appeared on the base of Mercury with her first meal of the day.

She spent 45 minutes preparing and consuming her prey. When Beauty was done it started to rain. 10 minutes later Beauty flew to the nest box and DC went to the Mercury money bag (MMB).

He would stay there for 10 minutes and then he flew off to the southeast.

I decided to go check the Brighton site at this time. Arriving about 7:30am I found Pigott on the southwest corner of the southeast extension.

Miss Pigott was there for maybe 2 minutes when she flew east with her powerful wings flapping and then all of a sudden she went into missile formation and stooped on something leaving my field of vision. I waited a while for her to return but she didn’t so I drove back downtown. Arriving around 8:30am on the BSB I could see no falcons. Annette once again reported that there had been a switch in the nest box and DC was on the eggs. I made a couple trips around looking for Beauty and as I approached from the east side I spotted the Beautyful one on the base of Mercury.

Beauty was just hanging out looking around the territory every once in a while with a full crop.

Everything was quiet so I ended my watch just before 9am. Seeing all 3 resident Rochester Peregrine Falcons makes me smile every time! 🙂

Click on the links below to view a few videos if you so desire

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http://youtu.be/XDCuFxH2RKk
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By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

I too want to start my falcon watch report by sending my condolences to my friend Jeanne for the loss of her dog Mariah.

I was out quite a bit on Saturday and out late today (Sunday).  With brooding in high gear on the eggs in the nest box on the Times Square bldg, I didn’t see much of Beauty at all while I was out.  I did see Dot.ca a lot, both downtown and at the BS location.  Pigott was out out at the BS location both days.

Saturday – 4/27/13

When I arrived downtown yesterday, I found Dot.ca on the green stripe on the south side of the Wilder Bldg.

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Since it was quiet, I headed over to the BS location and found Pigott plucking her lunch on the SW corner of the west extension.  This is a favorite spot for her to eat her meals.

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Below her was a Groundhog munching on greens.

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After eating her fill, Pigott took her leftover meal on a trip around the building, finally caching it on top of the south side vent.

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Joyce joined me, and we kept track of Pigott as she moved around the building.  Pigott had settled on the SE corner of the building.  I drove closer to her position and Joyce went to the back of the building.  Pigott took off heading north and I drove around to the north west corner of the building where I could see Pigott flying fast to the north.  She met up with another Peregrine and they battled for awhile before the intruder headed north and Pigott flew back towards the BS bldg.  Just before she arrived, a streak flew in and landed on the west side of the NW extension.  It was Dot.ca.  I thought he might have seen Pigott battling from his position downtown and flew over to support her.

Pigott flew in and landed near Dot.ca, vocalizing loudly.  She then flew into the cubby and Dot.ca landed above her.  Joyce joined me and I explained what happened.  Pigott continued to vocalize until Dot.ca flew down to the outer edge of the cubby.  She was finally mostly quiet after that.

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After Dot.ca flew out of the cubby, he and Pigott flew around the building quite a bit.  Lisa McK arrived to join the watch.

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Piggot retrieved her earlier meal and carried it to the NE corner of the building where Dot.ca joined her.

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Dot.ca left for downtown soon after this.  Pigott flew back to the south side vent.  That’s where she was when I left Joyce and Lisa to check out the downtown area before I headed home.

Just as I arrived on the Broad St Bridge (BSB), Dot.ca left the nest box platform and landed on the Mercury statue’s moneybag hand.

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I remained downtown for about a 1/2 hour before heading home.

Sunday – 4/28/13

I wasn’t able to get out til very late today.  I first stopped on the Broad St Bridge, downtown.  Beauty was inside the nest box brooding the eggs and Dot.ca was above the nest box on the NW wing ledge of the Times Square Bldg.

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Next stop the BS location where I found Pigott on the NW corner of the building looking north.

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Joyce pulled in behind me and we spent a few moments chatting.  Unlike yesterday’s gorgeous blue sky, it was overcast this afternoon and threatening rain.  Joyce had to take her dogs for a run, but then she met me downtown.

Beauty was in the nest box and Dot.ca was on the top SW Ibeam of the OCSR.  All was quiet at both locations.

Many thanks to Rfalconcam forum members Kris G, NCAFalcon and Ei for their assistance both days.  Thanks ladies!

Be sure to click on any pics you would like to see larger.

Now for the off-topic Rochester News.

If you haven’t heard already, starting Tuesday, 4/30, a film crew is in town to film a chase scene on Main St West.  The buses that normally have their scheduled route on Main St will be transferred over to the Broad St Bridge.  The watchers normally watch from Broad St, so I’m not sure how this will affect our watches for the week or so that they are filming.  We’ll have to wait and see.  Thankfully this is a slow time while they brood the eggs.

I’ll leave you with a few pictures of the Spiderman chase scene vehicles parked in a lot on Exchange St.  Rochester will look a lot like New York City very soon.  Enjoy!

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

I am dedicating this watch report to Mariah a Sharpei dog, whose mom is friend and fellow watcher Jeanne-she had to be euthanized today.

It was 44 (F) 7 (C) as I started my watch and when I arrived about 5:50am there were cops blocking off the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) for the Flower City Challenge running event.

I went to the hole (Aqueduct St.) and could hear Beauty whining-I thought she was in the nest box but then I got a tweet from Annette saying the switch was made and Dot.Ca (DC) was on the eggs. Thank you!  I managed to spot Beauty on the base of Mercury where she was blending in with the green on the base in the predawn darkness. I went down by falcon watcher central which near the stairs that lead up to Broad St. where I could see Beauty clearly.

Beauty does a series of wing and leg stretches every morning after a long night laying on the eggs.

I don’t think Beauty was there more than 5 minutes when she flew to the top ibeam west corner of OCSR.

After 15 minutes there, Beauty stooped off the back of it to the north side out of view.

I drove to the Andrews St. Bridge to look at the north end of the territory and found Beauty on the top ibeam north corner of OCSR.

At 7:30am I was told they were going to block me in unless I left so I did and had to exit downtown by going down alleys that had not been blocked off for the race. I left for the Brighton site to check in on Pigott.  I found her on the west end of the south side vent at 7:50am.

Miss Pigott and I had a peaceful time with only the sound of songbirds in the background as she preened and stretched.

Around 8am both Donna and Annette tweeted that Beauty had taken over incubating the eggs, thanks! Pigott never left that vent in the 45 minutes that I spent with her.

My watch ended at 8:30am when Jeanne texted that she was at the vet with Mariah, so I left to be with her when the sad news was delivered. Keep smiling even if you don’t want to! 🙂

Only 2 videos today-links are below to view them

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http://youtu.be/f6mexL1J78U

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

The morning weather is getting better as each day passes today I started my watch 5 degrees warmer than yesterday at 38 (F) 3 (C) with little wind, very few clouds and sweet sunshine.

I’m having computer issues so I couldn’t do a thing with my pics in Picassa or put together a photo album-I hope you enjoy them just the same. You can see larger versions by clicking on the pics.

I just missed Beauty and Dot.Ca (DC) make the switch on the eggs this morning by literally seconds. As soon as I saw Beauty on the base of Mercury I knew I was too late. I had stopped by the Blue Cross Arena (BCA) on Broad St. and while I tweeted it out Beauty left so I continued up to the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) where I found Dan sitting in his lawn chair waiting for me. He saw the switch but couldn’t see where Beauty went as she was on the blind side of the base for him and he missed her leave. There was a big bright moon in the morning sky.

About half later I spotted Beauty gliding in from the east side over the river in the shape of a stealth bomber with a small package in her talons. I pointed her out to Dan as she made her way to the base of Mercury. She went right to town on plucking the feathers and boy were there lots of them floating every which way.

35 minutes later a little past 7am when Beauty was done eating she flew to the deck and relieved DC of his incubation duties. He then flew to the Mercury money bag (MMB) where he preened a bit. He did a lot of head scratching this morning. He would soon fly off and pass right above the nest box only to return to the MMB as I captured his take off and returning approach.

As Dan was leaving DC flew off chasing a pigeon over the river and quickly aborted it to fly back to the MMB.  Only a couple minutes later DC stooped down into the hole, which I couldn’t see from the BSB and having missed returned once more to the MMB. A minute later DC flew over to the Times Square building and came to rest under the northeast wing. He preened a little then took off fast to the east.

About 10 minutes later I spotted DC on the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR with a catch and there was a blizzard of the feathery kind all around him. There were many spider webs that were catching all the feathers, maybe they were planted there by the  crew that’s going to be filming here next week for the new Spiderman movie. lol

At 8:17am DC flew to the deck and switched with Beauty. I thought he had taken a small chunk of leftover with him but I was wrong for Beauty went to the base of Mercury with nothing.

I left our little darlings at this time to check the Brighton site. I was lucky to find Miss Pigott home perched on the front edge of the cubby.

Pigott stayed there for the next 15 minutes and then flew north. I was just about to leave for downtown when Pigott showed up on the southwest corner of the southwest extension at 9:10am. She stayed there preening for the next 20 minutes of our lives and then she flew west only to return and land on a  top floor west side window  situated between the cubby and the west extension.

Around 9:30am I said goodbye to Miss Pigott and  headed for downtown. I received tweets from Annette and Shaky that Beauty was now on the eggs and DC was on Mercury. Thank you for your support!  As I passed by Plymouth Ave. while heading downtown via Exchange Blvd. there were 3 cop cars blocking traffic for a small parade of people led by a bagpipe band. Onward I went to find DC on the MMB.

I called it a watch at 9:45am leaving Beauty and DC in a tranquil city.  Keep smiling! 🙂

I was able to upload some videos- the links are below

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

I wasn’t able to get out for my watch until after 6:00 pm.  Joyce and Lisa McK were at the BS location and they were watching a juvenile Peregrine that was hanging out on the south side vent.  I decided to head there instead of downtown since Beauty and Dot.ca were sharing egg brooding duties and all was quiet there.

When I arrived, Kathy O had joined Joyce and Lisa, so the four of us settled in to keep watch on this young falcon.  Joyce believes that this falcon is banded with silver on one leg and black on the other, which means he was banded in Canada.

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At about 6:45 pm, Pigott came in with food and landed on the SW corner of the west extension.  The juvie started to vocalize.  It was such a familiar sound to us.  Definitely a juvenile asking/begging for food.  Due to his smaller size, we believe he is  a tiercel (male) and may be the same one seen by other Watchers earlier this month.  He took off and flew up to the SW corner where he could see Pigott.  She took off and chased the young falcon to the east side of the building, but he wasn’t leaving.  Pigott ended up on the south side vent and the juvie landed just above her.

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There were a lot of starlings flying around the building and one got the juvie’s attention.  He did a very nice stoop down the face of the building while Pigott watched.  I give him a 10!  🙂

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He missed the starling and Pigott took off flying around to the NW corner of the building.  The juvie landed in the same spot she vacated on the south side vent.

At approximately 7:30 pm, Dot.ca flew in and the chase was on without much vocalization.  Just some high pitched squeaking sounds.  No alarm kakking.  Dot.ca chased the juvenile to the SE end of the building and they locked talons.  We watched as they tumbled towards the ground, neither letting go!  Just as they were about to hit, about a foot off of the ground, they finally released their grips and gained altitude.  We were all relieved.

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As they both gained altitude, the chase continued.  From east to west to north, we watch Dot.ca chase the young Peregrine out of his territory, until we could not see them anymore.  In the meantime, Pigott brought her food to the south side vent and was plucking what looked like a pigeon.  Within a few minutes, Dot.ca returned and landed on the east end of the south side vent.  Pigott did quite a bit of vocalizing as she ate her dinner.

Dot.ca flew around to the north side of the building and Pigott remained on the vent on the south side.  It was after 8:00 pm, and it was time to head home for everyone.  On my way out, I circled to the north side of the building and could not find Dot.ca.

Kathy O and I stopped downtown for a quick look from the Broad St Bridge.  Beauty was in the nest box on the eggs according to the cameras and we could not find Dot.ca.

With the weekend ahead of us, I’m sure that there will be many Rochester Falcon Watchers out and about.  I know I will be!  Goodnight everyone and be sure to click on any pictures to see the entire picture.

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Another chilly start to the day with a temperature of 35 (F) 2 (C) a bit of a breeze and clear skies.

Stopped at the traffic light at Broad and Exchange Blvd. where you can see the Wilder building south side green strip I could see that nobody was there. After pulling over on Broad St. by the Blue Cross Arena (BCA) where you can see Mercury and some of the south side of OCSR I continued up to the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) after I didn’t see any falcons. Facing east I check all the buildings on the east side of the Genesee River and if I find nothing I make a u-turn so I’m facing west looking at the Times Square building (TSB),Mercury,the jail tower,Kodak tower and the whole south side of OCSR. This is my usual morning routine when I first arrive.

The last 2 days Dot.Ca (DC)has showed up at the nest box to relieve Beauty of incubating duties at 6:54am while I was enroute downtown. He was 2 minutes earlier at 6:52am today as  I made my u-turn this morning just in time to see DC fly up to the deck and Beauty fly to the base of Mercury.

I had gone down to the hole (Aqueduct St.) for a better view of Beauty but when I got there I couldn’t see her so back up to the BSB  I went, finding her on the other side of the base with her back to me.

Beauty stayed there for the next 25 minutes in which time a starling perched on the cement wall under the railing on the bridge and started singing to me.  A bit later 2 pigeons with no fear landed on the Thomson Reuters roof  right below the Beautyful one.

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At 6:25am Beauty took off fast past the south side of the TSB out of sight to the west. 3 or 4 minutes later she showed up on the base of Mercury with breakfast which was a small bird with dark wings that were flapping when she first landed but stopped soon after when she started plucking feathers to prepare it for consumption.

Beauty finished eating and shortly there after just before 7am DC came flying over to her and they mated. It was a very quick one lasting only a few seconds and then DC flew to the northeast wing of the TSB and Beauty went to the nest box to cover the eggs.

As I drove down to the hole DC made the short flight over to the Mercury Money Bag (MMB) staying only about a minute and leaving while I was tweeting.

I went to the Brighton Site (BS) when DC didn’t resurface after 10-15 minutes. I arrived there at 7:20am and didn’t see or hear any PEFAs. I returned to downtown and checked all around but still didn’t find DC so once again I drove over to BS. Bingo-this time I found Pigott on the southwest corner of the southwest extension at 8:20am.

Just a couple minutes later DC came screaming in past Pigott and to the cubby-she followed right behind him and loud echupping ensued. They were in there for a couple minutes when DC bolted out of there flying north in the direction of downtown. Miss Pigott flew across to the southwest corner of the west extension facing north.

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At 8:30am Pigott flew around the building aborted an attempt to land on a south side window and continued on to fly north. I  too headed north to downtown when she didn’t return arriving around 9am. Donna had reported that DC was on the eggs as I was enroute. As I turned onto Broad St. and stopped by the BCA I spotted 2 birds flying in front of the south side of OCSR-1 flew up into the elevator shaft (it looked like a pigeon to me) and the other definitely a falcon. I went down to the hole lickity split and found who I thought was DC at the time but it turns out it was Beauty on the 2nd ibeam south corner of OCSR.

She left after half a minute flying west and returned a minute later coming to rest on the Mercury money bag.

I shared space with her for the next 20 minutes and then ended my watch at 9:35am. Thanks to Annette and Donna for their help watching the cams to let me know who is on the eggs. After not seeing Miss Pigott since Tuesday it was good to find her this morning. I left with a smile on my face as I was able to say I saw all 3 Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

My watch started at about 3:45 pm.  It was a gorgeous afternoon, but I knew it wouldn’t last.  Clouds were moving in.  I looked all over for Beauty, knowing that DC was in the nest box on the eggs.  I ended up in Aqueduct St aka “the hole”, called that because you are surrounded by buildings and lose sight of the falcons pretty quickly when they fly overhead.  Today was no exception.  A few minutes after I parked my car, Beauty came flying in from the NW.  She flew over me and then up to the Times Square Bldg (TSB) landing on the SE corner of the ledge above the nest box.  Loud ee-chupping filled the air as Beauty and Dot.ca vocalized together.  (4:00 pm).

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Beauty took off and flew over me heading west.  I lost sight of her quickly, so I did not see where she went.   I drove up to the Andrews St Bridge (ASB) to check out the area from the north and found Beauty on the base of the Mercury statue.  I quickly tweeted that she was there and then made my way to the Broad St Bridge (BSB), where I was soon joined by Joyce and Brian. (4:10 pm)

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From the Broad St Bridge (BSB), we watched as Beauty preened and stretched.  She was just soaking in the sun and keeping an eye on her nest box.  Brian, Joyce and I were enjoying the sunshine too, watching Beauty and all that surrounded us.  There is so much to see.

The Genesee River was much lower than it had been in a long time, leaving some of the rocky areas exposed.  This gave this group of Pigeons a chance to take a bath in the cold, clear water.

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Looking north down the river, we noticed that the whole length of the Main St Bridge is loaded with trees debris, lots and lots of trees!

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Oh, and we now have new garbage receptacles on the Broad St Bridge.  🙂

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During our Watch, we spotted 4 Turkey Vultures soaring over the Xerox Tower.  As the clouds moved in and the temperatures dropped, Brian spotted a Broadwing Hawk and an Osprey moving north to south and over the downtown area.

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Beauty remained on the base of the Mercury statue until about 4:55 pm.  We didn’t see her take off, so we thought that she might have walked around to the other side of the base and out of sight.

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Joyce and Brian had to leave, so I drove around looking for Beauty and could not find her.  I drove over the the BS location at 5:15 pm and did not see or hear any falcons over there.  Back downtown at 5:40 pm.  Beauty had taken over the brooding of the eggs at 5:15 pm, so I drove around the downtown area looking for Dot.ca.  I had no lucking finding him.  Joyce tweeted that she was out at the BS location and Dot.ca was not there either.  At approximately 6:00 pm, it was time for me to head home.

I want to thank RFalconcam Watchers NCAFalcon and Braveheart for the assist this afternoon.  I am unable to check to see if there is a falcon in the nest box while I’m downtown, so your assistance is much appreciated.  Thank you!

Also, just to let you know, Rochester Falcon Watchers Joyce and Lisa McK were at the BS location after I left and they saw Pigott on the vent on the south side of the building.  So, all three Rochester Falcons were seen this afternoon, making it a very good day indeed!

I’ll leave you with this picture I took on my way over to the BS location.  I do love spring flowers!

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Up and down,up and down that’s how spring temperatures go-today when I started my watch it was 36 (F) 2 (C) some 20 degrees colder than yesterday. No matter, because the sun was out!

As I made my way to the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) a tweet from Annette came in saying that Beauty was out of the nest box and Dot.Ca (DC) was on their eggs. Thank you Annette and Donna too who helped me this morning! I found Beauty on the base of Mercury her favorite perch lately.

15 minutes later as I watched from the hole (Aqueduct St.) my favorite  watching spot lately lol,  Beauty flew west out of view.

She returned to Mercury a minute or 2 later , staying 5 minutes then stooping down to the river toward the Court St. bridge. I drove up to the BSB but couldn’t see Beauty anywhere so I took a ride around downtown twice. As I was stopped on the BSB at 7am I spotted her on the 3rd arm down of the jail tower.

I quickly drove over to Troup St. for closer viewing but just as I got there Beauty took off very fast flying north. I  went  searching stopping at the Pont De Rennes pedestrian bridge at High Falls which is right next to the Genesee brewery to check out the city from there.

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I ended up on the Andrews St. Bridge (ASB) at 7:35am and could barely see a falcon on the base of Mercury. Bet you can’t guess who! lol Of course it was the Beautyful one!!

I made it to the BSB just in time to see Beauty stick her tail up in the air for DC who flew in to mate with her.

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DC flew to the northeast wing of the Times Square building (TSB) and Beauty went to the nest box when they were done.

DC did some preening in the 10 minutes that he was up there. Just before he took off he launched a great big poop and then flew northwest.

I went to the Brighton site (BS) when DC didn’t return right away. For the 3rd or 4th day in a row I had no luck in seeing or hearing Pigott and DC wasn’t there either. I returned to downtown about 8:45am and from the hole I found DC on the well wall.

He walked from the north end over to the end next to the deck and back before flying over to the southeast corner of the deck to stare at Beauty in the nest box.

DC got his point across to Beauty as she flew over to the base of Mercury and he sat down on their eggs.  His favorite spot lately! lol  10 minutes later just before 9am Beauty flew over to the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR.

She hung out there as I watched from the hole for the next 25 minutes and then she went to-yes that’s right, the base of Mercury!  It was around this time that I observed city workers placing many garbage cans on both sides of the BSB-YAY maybe there won’t be so much garbage all over it now. Anyway, Beauty stayed 20 minutes then stooped down to the river toward the Court St. Bridge once again.

I drove up to the BSB and saw Beauty fly  above the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que and circle a couple times. She had nothing in her talons so I knew she missed whatever she had stooped on. I lost sight of her behind the Rundell library and that would be the last time I saw her as I ended my watch at 10:20am. I had a real nice watch this morning which sent me home smiling!! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

55 warm degrees (F) 13 (C) out this morning when I left for my watch and I didn’t need a jacket. It started to sprinkle when I first arrived on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) and picked up to a light rain shower by the end of  my watch.

I made my way downtown at 5:50am after checking the cams to find Beauty on her eggs before I left home. Dot.Ca was late to sh0w up this morning and so to satisfy my curiosity I went over to the Brighton site (BS) to see if he was there. Arriving at 7:15am I saw no falcons on my first trip around the complex and I heard nothing from the cubby. My second time around I spotted DC flying near the west side-he circled the building once and then flew north. Pigott was not seen anywhere so I headed for downtown knowing that DC was going to Times Square. Sure enough 2 minutes later Donna let me know DC was there and on his eggs. Thanks for your help as usual Donna! And also thanks to Annette who tweeted out about the switch. When I reached the BSB I spotted Beauty on the base of Mercury so I drove down to the hole to observe.

She was just finishing up eating and started cleaning her talons.

Around 7:30am Beauty flew to the nest box and switched with DC who flew to the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR and started preening in the rain. Thank you to Annette and Donna for letting me know of that switch.

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He stayed there 25 minutes while I watched  from the hole and then Graves St. by Aqueduct Park. At 7:55am DC took off and so I went looking for him. As I pulled over on Broad St. by the Blue Cross Arena where I have  a view of  Mercury,the south side of the Wilder building and the southwest and southeast sides of OCSR.  I spotted DC on the south corner second ibeam of OCSR and he was standing up looking very white thru the rain.

10 minutes later he stooped on something that I couldn’t see as buildings blocked my view.

From the hole I saw that he had gone to the Wilder green strip. He had his back to me pretty much the whole time.

At about 8:45am DC flew over to the deck by the main cam where he tried to convince Beauty to let him sit on the eggs. She would have none of it so he left 5 minutes later and flew east toward the river out of sight.

After a ride around downtown and no luck finding him I went to BS arriving at 9:20am. DC was not there and once again Miss Pigott was not seen or heard. As I was leaving to go back downtown I was informed by both Donna and Annette that  DC was on the eggs. You guys do a great job of helping me out and I appreciate it tremendously! When I arrived at about 9:30am I went to the hole when I found Beauty on the base of Mercury once again.

I drove up to the BSB for a view of her front side and hung out with her for the next 20 minutes before ending my watch just before 10am.

Things will slow down now that the eggs are being incubated and it’s probably a good thing so I can rest up because if all 4 eggs hatch I will definitely be getting a workout come fledge time. Keep smiling! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon  Watcher Carol P.

I arrived downtown about 3:45 pm.  I assumed that Beauty was in the nest box, brooding her newly arrived 4th egg and her other three eggs of course, but I wasn’t sure.  I looked all over for Dot.ca and could not find him.  I tweeted that out and immediately received texts from  Watcher Lisa McK and Rfalconcam Forum member NCAFalcon letting me know that Beauty was indeed inside the nest box.  I remained for a little while before heading over to the BS location.

Just as I drove up to the building, I heard alarm calling and saw Pigott leave the cubby.  She went up to meet a Turkey Vulture that got a little too close for her liking.  She returned to the lip of the cubby and was quiet.

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After checking all over for DC and not finding him, I decided it was time to head back to downtown.  On my way, I received a text from Forum member Ei saying Dot.ca was now in the nest box.  When I arrived on the Broad St Bridge (BSB), I found Beauty eating on the OCSR, on the 2nd Ibeam down on the west end.

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This Mourning Dove landed near me while I was watching Beauty and then left after a few moments.

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At 6:20 pm, after finishing her meal and preening a bit, Beauty spread her wings and headed towards the Times Square Bldg where she landed on the well wall, just to the right (north side) of the nest box platform.  She was in no hurry to enter the nest box, she just sat there for a few moments before Dot.ca flew out of the nest box and then walked in to take over brooding the 4 eggs.

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Dot.ca left the nest box and flew down to the green stripe on the south side of the Wilder Bldg.  From there he had a good view of the Times Square Bldg and the nest box.

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I was ready to end my watch at 6:20 pm, when fellow Watcher Kathy O joined me.  I stayed with her until 7:00 pm when it was time for both of us to head home.

So, all three Rochester Falcons seen this afternoon plus the arrival of Beauty and Dot.ca’s 4th egg.  This all made it a very good day indeed!

Goodnight everyone and remember to click on any pics you would like to see larger.