By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Another chilly start to the day with a cool 40 degree start and partly cloudy skies

I found Beauty and Dot.Ca (DC) on the north side of HSBC -he was on the northeast corner and she was near the northwest corner. When I got to my spot on Chestnut St. DC was running along the ledge toward Beauty and midway he flew off  to the west but Beauty stayed.

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She had her back to me as we hung out for the next 15 minutes and then she was gone flying west as well.

I followed suit and went westbound down Broad St. to the bridge where I spotted DC under the northeast wing of the Times Square building. I drove down to the hole and parked next to He’s Chinese for the best view of our handsome DC. He was in definite hunt mode, watching every little thing that moved in the area and just before 8am he flew off in a hurry to the northeast.

I next went to the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT) where I found the Beautyful one on her northeast cube.  She too was looking for a tasty treat.

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I didn’t stay with her for long as I left to check Brighton as I keep thinking DC is going to catch up with UT over there and battle with him. When I arrived at 8:30am UT was on the southeast corner of the east extension with his back to me as I parked in the busy east side parking lot to watch him. Pigott was not anywhere on the building that I could see.

After 10 minutes he flew to the southeast corner of the southeast extension for less than a minute stretched out his wings and then flew southeast. He obviously saw something and a few minutes later I would find out what it was that he saw.

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I sat there waiting to see if he would come back and just as I was ready to leave I spotted a falcon to the north of the building flying over the main road and then there was another that came up from behind it-both flew very low, probably 15-20 ft. above the ground and then they disappeared in the trees. Soon after I lost sight of them one came back into view flying to the northwest end of the building followed by another a few seconds later. I got a call from good friend and fellow falcon watcher KathyO to hurry and get over to the west side because she had Pigott and UT real close to each other-the closest she’s ever seen them.

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Kathy had to get to work but it was great to see her tho briefly. After she left a third flyer came into the picture.

Miss Pigott seemed like she had food as she was hunched forward and every time she moved a bit UT would look at her feet. He was being very silly cranking his head every which way making my neck hurt just watching him and yelling at some geese.

Pigott moved in on the roof where I couldn’t see her while UT continued to entertain me.

I drove to the back service road to get some distance in order to see Pigott. She had moved to the west side of the northwest extension still very close to UT.

As it turned out Pigott didn’t have food. I left them to it, returning downtown only to find no falcons anywhere. I really like Mr. UT-he makes me smile! 🙂

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