Has Dot.ca been seen at the nest box or with Orion or Beauty since the banding? I'm a bit concerned.
Dot in PA
I think we need to be cautious in how we're interpreting what we're seeing or not seeing.
From the cameras we have a very limited view. Dot could be on the ledge above the nestbox all day and we'd never see him. Without having a watcher sitting on Broad St. from sunrise to sunset there's no way to know who is downtown other than what we see on the cameras. And Broad St. has a limited view too.
And even that can be tricky. Last year I sat on the 2nd Ave. garage for 3 hours-then another hour by the library-then a drive around DT with Joyce & Brian. Not a single falcon to be seen. Got a text from Donna after a while-cam 1 was turned & Beauty was on the west corner of OCSR the whole time.
Yesterday afternoon there was a watcher DT. She didn't see Dot. But we heard him come in with food on the cams. It was definitely his voice. But we didn't see him because Beauty went out to get the food from him. If I hadn't been sitting here listening I'd never have known that's where the food came from.
When Beauty was out yesterday someone stopped on the platform for a minute. We thought it was Beauty. But it might have been Dot. The bird didn't stay long enough for a good picture.
One thing we know for sure-Dot.ca is alive & well. So is Beauty & Orion.
