By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

47 degrees (F) 8 (C) was the starting temp this morning as I left for my watch-the sun came up with no clouds to interfere with it

The sun peeking thru an opening in the trees

I found Beauty on the southwest corner of HSBC again only I parked on Court St. to watch her today. A few minutes after I arrived she started plucking feathers and eating a small package she had up there.

Beauty spent a good 35 minutes eating and when she was done she wiped her beak off on the edge of the building, which is called feaking and then flew off heading west.

And as is her pattern, she went to the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT) where I saw her from the Broad St. Bridge which is my patter- I check from there after Beauty leaves HSBC. I parked in front of City Hall on Fitzhugh St. to watch the Beautyful one at 7:53am. She was showing her big yellow feet (BYF) a lot today as she scratched and pulled out little white feathers.

I left her after 20 minutes or so to go over to the Brighton Site. I arrived there around 8:30am spotting Pigott on the west end of the middle part of the front of the building-a spot I’ve never seen her on before this morning. I searched the building 2 more times for UT but didn’t find him.

I didn’t stay with Miss Pigott for long as I got a message from cam watcher Donna that Beauty was at the nest box and there was another falcon that flew by. Thanks a bunch for your help Donna! So I flew back downtown and as I approached from Exchange Blvd. I could see a falcon under the southeast wing of the Times Square building. It was gone when I got to Broad St. and pulling into the hole I could see no PEFAs in the area so I then drove over to the FCT. It was just about 9am when I arrived finding Beauty on the northeast cube from the City Hall parking lot with her back to me. I decided to go down Fitzhugh St. where I could see the front of her but she moved in further where I had a hard time finding her, at first I thought she had flown off while I was enroute. I saw some movement which led me to not only Beauty but also a napping DC right below the platform.

Again I went back to the parking lot where I could see both of them clearly on the north side of the tower and both with their backs to me.

<DC <Beauty

This is how I left them as I ended my watch around 9:30am. Keep smiling! 🙂

Check out the links below to view a photo album and videos from my watch

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AaN3DFm0ZMWqixw

http://youtu.be/JIfoYh74LSc

http://youtu.be/lW9zCKAvPjs

http://youtu.be/jYzE7z7Dnpc

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