By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Today the starting temperature was 54 (F) 12 (C) with fog burning off early from the wonderful sun breaking out!

I drove to the hole first thing as is my daily routine now, arriving at 5:20am but didn’t see Dot.Ca (DC) so off to Brighton I went. Pigott was on the east extension at the corner where it meets the southeast extension 2 windows down.

Another trip around the building to make sure I didn’t miss DC anywhere and then I settled for about half hour to observe Miss Pigott as she preened and rested.

I returned to downtown where I found DC on the main cam and Beauty on OCSR top ibeam south corner so I parked in the hole where I had a close view of both of them. I also saw that Dan was on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB).

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Around 615am DC flew toward OCSR then turned right going into a stoop down toward the river and out of view. While I watched him Beauty left OCSR and went to the Mercury Money Bag (MMB) and a minute later flew south.

<DC  Beauty>

It was time to join Dan on the BSB so I could see what our falcons were up to. Dan told me that Beauty had caught a pigeon and went behind Thomson Reuters with it. I walked down to Falcon Watcher Central to check the area but didn’t see her. During this time DC landed on the MMB.

As I walked back to where Dan was on the bridge Beauty snuck into the nest box with her catch as reported by cam watchers Donna and Annette. Thank you ladies! DC also flew over to the Times Square Building (TSB) landing under the northeast wing at this time. Game on as he was in full hunt mode after seeing Beauty with food. They seem to compete with each other for feeding the kids which is a good thing for well fed eyases!

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As DC flew off TSB Dan decided to end his watch at 6:45am so I went in search of DC. After checking the east side I found him 20 minutes later on the south corner of OCSR top ibeam where he quickly flew off to the ledge under northeast wing again. I drove down to the hole for closer viewing.

5 minutes later Beauty flew over to the base of Mercury and DC to the 2nd ibeam south corner of OCSR.

<Beauty      DC>

He was plucking feathers from prey-not sure whether it was cached or caught by him. Beauty hid up on the base for a few minutes and then she flew out and up to the heel of Mercury while DC flew over to the nest box with his package.

As you can see from that last pic Beauty had something to say about DC taking food to the kids. She had just finished feeding them so she must have felt they had enough for she flew to the nest box and as Donna told me, gave DC the boot! He took his tasty treat to the heel of Mercury and started munching on it.

Since the sun was behind DC making for dark pics I walked up to the BSB and watched DC eat his fill, then cache a tiny amount of leftovers behind the knee of Mercury at around 7:30am.

DC then flew to the top ibeam of OCSR south corner. I could see Beauty perched on the front ledge of the nest box at this time as well.

I walked back down to the hole to watch DC as he napped a little and cleaned his talons. He eventually turned his back to the world so I ended my watch at 8am with everything peaceful.

Keep smiling everyone! 🙂

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