By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

A chilly start to the day with a temp of 44 degrees (F) 7 (C) and just a few clouds making for mostly sunny skies and another nice sunrise

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I found Dot.Ca  (DC) on the northwest corner of HSBC to start my watch. He was on the railing at first but the wind kept making him lose his balance so he flew out and returned landing near the corner. I wasn’t sure if it was him at first because his chest didn’t look as white as usual, funny how lighting plays tricks on your eyes.

DC started eating and as time went on the tail of his victim hung over the edge revealing that it was a cardinal as it was red. They are my favorite song bird so I was in mourning for a bit. He finished eating after 10 minutes and flew west at 7:20am.

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10 minutes later I spotted DC on the southeast corner of the Kodak Office (KO) launchpad as I was stopped on State St. I drove down to the  Browns Race/High Falls area and parked on Mill St. to observe him. It was then that I noticed Beauty directly below him on the southeast corner of the playpen. DC was keeping an eye on Beauty and she was keeping an eye on birds below as she was in hunt mode.

Around 8am I decided to go check the Brighton Site (BS) and as I started to make a k turn 2 Rochester Police squad cars came up and blocked me in front and back. A female officer walked up to me with a male officer standing by the back of my car. She said a call came in about someone taking pictures and the other one asked if I was watching hawks. I pointed to Beauty and DC, showed them some pics from my camera and gave them a quick run down about our beloved PEFAs. No worries as we all drove off smiling. 🙂

I made it over to BS at 8:30am only to find that there were no falcons around. Hmm, had DC chased off  the unbanded tiercel (UT) or did Pigott and UT go flying off somewhere together. Anyway, I returned to downtown stopping on State St. near  KO  I saw that Beauty and DC were still on their previous spots.

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I drove on to check Hawkeye and Seneca Towers. The juvie that has been seen at those places is not there in the mornings but is seen almost regularly in the afternoon and evening and today was no exception-not seen! Returning to State St. only DC remained on KO-the Beautyful one was gone. DC was facing the sun looking like my knick name for him-Whitey.

I left DC and checked out  the High Falls overlook off of Commercial St. in Browns Race for a change of pace. It was neat to be closer to the falls and looking down on them. And I couldn’t resist taking a couple pics of some holly bushes there.

When I was done I drove over to the Frontier Communications Tower to see if  Beauty was there and she was, hiding very well under the platform near the southeast corner. I was there only a few minutes as her eyes were getting heavy and she was ready to nap.

And that’s all she wrote-I ended my watch just before 10am with a smile on my face! 🙂

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