Confirmed leg band-Dot.Ca returns

[margaret]

are there any other tall buildings near there that would allow a box?

I think the other nest box is still on the Powers Building where it has been as long as the TSB nest box has been in place.  I don't think anyone has ever even approached it...except for a few wee birds out exploring.
The other prime space would be back on the Kodak Office tower, but I think that is wishful thinking right now.  I think MAK is right; Dot Ca wants the penthouse that is Times Square Building, and he wants it for Pigott.   Have to admire Beauty and her fierce territorial protectiveness. She is one tough PeFa!

[Bird Crazy]

are there any other tall buildings near there that would allow a box?

I think the other nest box is still on the Powers Building where it has been as long as the TSB nest box has been in place.  I don't think anyone has ever even approached it...except for a few wee birds out exploring.
The other prime space would be back on the Kodak Office tower, but I think that is wishful thinking right now.  I think MAK is right; Dot Ca wants the penthouse that is Times Square Building, and he wants it for Pigott.   Have to admire Beauty and her fierce territorial protectiveness. She is one tough PeFa!

actually DC went to the Powers nest box last year and checked it out. But I meant a tall building near BS and put a box out there for Pigott

[Dumpsterkitty]

are there any other tall buildings near there that would allow a box?

I think the other nest box is still on the Powers Building where it has been as long as the TSB nest box has been in place.  I don't think anyone has ever even approached it...except for a few wee birds out exploring.
The other prime space would be back on the Kodak Office tower, but I think that is wishful thinking right now.  I think MAK is right; Dot Ca wants the penthouse that is Times Square Building, and he wants it for Pigott.   Have to admire Beauty and her fierce territorial protectiveness. She is one tough PeFa!

The Powers box & Kodak Tower are WAAAAY too close for another pair. I don't really know of any really tall buildings in Brighton.

[Bonnie]

Get ready for another roller coaster ride with these three.

[jeanne]

I think DC  must want the code name Thumper.  Sheesh.  Strong Memorial Hospital has tall buildings but construction is going on.  Monroe Community Hospital might be interesting but who knows where they go when they fly from BS.  I keep wanting them at my school (RIT) but so far nada.  Too bad too cause we have a bird banding station right on campus.

[WLABarb]

Interesting, Jeanne, that RIT has a bird banding station on campus. I'm curious as to why? Is there a bird studies program at RIT?

[jeanne]

Interesting, Jeanne, that RIT has a bird banding station on campus. I'm curious as to why? Is there a bird studies program at RIT?

Hi Barb!  Yes, there are a some classes.  I think they have a station approved by the Braddocks Bay folks.  I didn't realize there was a station until a couple of years ago! 

[Carol P.]

Sorry to say that the city of Rochester is a one peregrine falcon pair city.  Unlike Toronto, the falcons in Rochester have a line-of-sight view of every building in the city and the surrounding area.  From the Times Square Bldg, Beauty can see the BS location.  In fact, Beauty came into the city from the BS location probably because she could see the falcons in the city.  From the Kodak Tower, a falcon can easily see Kodak Park and points north.  The buildings in Rochester are not tall enough or dense enough to allow another pair to use the city.  This is only my opinion.

[gr0tt0]

I think I need a scorecard for this soap opera.

It sounds like we have 3 falcons: Male Dot.ca and Females Beauty and Pigott?  Beauty is the resident at the Times Square site.  Dot.ca last year had two households - one with Beauty at Times Square and another with Pigott somewhere else?

Do I have this right?  Are there any other falcons known to be in the area?

Thanks for any help.

[Dumpsterkitty]

I think I need a scorecard for this soap opera.

It sounds like we have 3 falcons: Male Dot.ca and Females Beauty and Pigott?  Beauty is the resident at the Times Square site.  Dot.ca last year had two households - one with Beauty at Times Square and another with Pigott somewhere else?

Do I have this right?  Are there any other falcons known to be in the area?

Thanks for any help.

That about sums it up. There may have been a pair coming through at one point, but it seems to be just the 3 now.

[dale]

Sorry to say that the city of Rochester is a one peregrine falcon pair city.  Unlike Toronto, the falcons in Rochester have a line-of-sight view of every building in the city and the surrounding area.  From the Times Square Bldg, Beauty can see the BS location.  In fact, Beauty came into the city from the BS location probably because she could see the falcons in the city.  From the Kodak Tower, a falcon can easily see Kodak Park and points north.  The buildings in Rochester are not tall enough or dense enough to allow another pair to use the city.  This is only my opinion.

well, it sure seems to be the case in Rohester...I can only figure that it is because of what you said - the line of sight. We have so many pairs, relatively close together, and have for so long...in the downtown area, yes, there are a lot of tall buildings.  The distance between the 5800 north site and the Uptown Theater falcons at 4400 N, however, is a mile and a half, a bit more, without much obstruction at all...