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Morning watch 2-19-11

By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

When I left my house at 6:40am it was cold and windy but clear. As I arrived downtown it started snowing so instead of going to the Broad St. bridge I parked by Aqueduct Park and Main St. to have a better view up into the elevator shaft of the Old Changing Scenes Restaurant (OCSR) building. Beauty and Mr. T have been spending their nights there out of the elements. I pointed my trusty spotting scope and although it was too dark and snowing too hard to see up in there I did see one of them fly out to the top ibeam of the OCSR on the southeast side. I drove around the corner to Aqueduct St. to get a better angle for pics but the snowy and dark conditions made for very bad pics. Soon after both Beauty and Mr. T were on the top ibeam about 6 ft. apart. I could barely see them through the heavy snow that was coming down.

I decided to walk over to Subway to get breakfast and when I returned they were gone. I drove up and parked on the Broad St. bridge to have a look around while I ate. As I finished Dana came along to join the watch. I gave her the low down on things and said I’d drive to City Hall to check out the Frontier Communications Tower. Nobody there but before leaving I checked Kodak and lo and behold there I spotted the Beautyful one! I tweeted it out so Dana would know enough to join me and then headed over for a closer look and pics.

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The snow ebbed and flowed and I finally called it quits after it started coming down too hard to see Beauty anymore. I said goodbye to Dana and left. Another watch in the books! 🙂

Here are a couple pics from yesterday.

Beauty on Mercury 2-18-11

Beauty on Mercury 2-18-11

The Beautyful one

The Beautyful one

Red-tailed Hawk at Kodak Park 2-18-11

Red-tailed Hawk at Kodak Park 2-18-11

3 Responses to “Morning watch 2-19-11”

  1. Joyce Says:

    MAK & Dana – Thanks for venturing out in this weather. In spite of the winds, the pictures are getting better and better. Doing a good job.

  2. Shirley Liktor Says:

    Yes, a big thank you for your dedication to getting these pictures and giving us the blow by blow reports. Don’t know what we would do without all of your attention to keeping us fans aware of what is going on day by day with our special falcons…

    Stay safe and warm
    Shirley

  3. Sage Says:

    Great reporting, MAK! Thanks to you and Dana for braving the wintery weather!


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