Morning watch 10-5-13
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
Overcast and gloomy with a temp of 60 (f)Β 16 (C) it was raining by the end of my watch
I found Beauty on the southwest corner ofΒ HSBC at 7:10am-I parked on Chestnut St. near the Hotel Cadillac to watch as she was looking for a prey bird. They were hiding or sleeping in for I didn’t see any other birds in the vicinity.
10 minutes later Beauty flew off to the west quite nonchalantly. I left to look for her but was unsuccessful so I checked Hawkeye and Seneca Towers-nothing at either location was seen.
I returned to downtown at around 8am and from State St. saw a falcon fly in from the west to land on the northwest corner of the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT) platform railing. From the City Hall parking lot I was able to ID it as the Beautyful one!
At first I thought it was Dot.Ca (DC). I didn’t stay for long and left to check the Brighton site. Arriving there just before 8:30am I was disappointed to find that yet again Pigott wasn’t home. Despite that and the dreary weather I did have a bright spot-some vivid mums on Mt. Hope Blvd.
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My next stop was the Broad St. Bridge where I found a Great Blue Heron shopping for breakfast, 2 cormorants and a gull hanging out in the river.
No falcons around there so I took a ride down State St. to the Andrews St. Bridge to have a look from there. The last place I checked with my binocs was the Kodak Office tower and bingo, I saw a PEFA on the southwest corner of the launchpad. I stationed myself on State St. near the intersection of Platt St. for a closer view. I determined that this was DC and he was definitely in hunt mode as it began to rain.
I left him after a brief stay thus ending my watch at 9am. 2 bright spots on this dreary morning that made me smile were mates Beauty and DC! π
Click on the links below to view todays videos
http://youtu.be/9Puwwewvm_w
http://youtu.be/ZmNQNl0tQc4
http://youtu.be/NkXEFCUD0Uc
October 5th, 2013 at 1:17 PM
Those mums are gorgeous! Wonder when DC will take off for the winter? I’m glad you got to see the downtown duo, at least. Thanks!
October 5th, 2013 at 2:34 PM
You’re welcome Kris! I love mums!!! No way of telling when DC will go since we can’t really go by last year-it was a late season with Orion. Thanks for commenting. π
October 6th, 2013 at 12:11 AM
Beautiful mums!
And I loved the videos and the pics! Thanks so much MAK! π
October 6th, 2013 at 6:22 AM
You’re welcome so much Ginny and I;m glad you enjoy them so much. π