By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

I found heavy frost on my car windows this morning which was no big surprise since the temperature was 23 (F) -5 (C) under clear skies and the sun shone bright once it came up

My first sighting of the day was Beauty on her favorite (and mine) winter perch the Mercury money bag (MMB). I pulled over on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) to observe how truly Beautyful she is!

The rising sun tends to give a glow to things and Beauty was really lit up this morning. After 20 minutes with her she stooped out of sight at 7:03am.

I found Beauty a few minutes later on the north side railing of Widows Walk (WW) -she had her back to me but when she turned her head I could see she had a fascinator (feather) on her beak .

She seemed content so I left to check the Brighton site for Pigott. No luck there so I left after half hour-as I was leaving I got a tweet from Donna that she could see a falcon on the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT). That was a big help as I knew right where to go-thanks D! As I approached on Fitzhugh St. I was nearly blinded by the bright white of Dot.Ca (DC) on the top arm east side of FCT and Beauty was a few feet away on the west side arm.

DC had a full crop-I could barely see his head behind it! lol At about 8:45am I noticed Beauty was gone and 5 minutes later DC flew southeast. I arrived on the BSB at 9am just in time to see Beauty fly north from under the northeast wing of the Times Square building (TSB). I went in search of and spotted Beauty on the south side of the FCT platform railing  from the Andrews St. bridge.

I drove to Church St. to watch her. She kept looking below her and I thought she was watching little birdies but now I wonder if DC was down there because she flew off after a while and just as she did DC flew to the small tower with prey. I didn’t see where she went as he distracted me.

<Beauty>   <DC

DC started plucking feathers right away and he even ate some even tho he had a full crop. 5 minutes later Beauty landed next to him and he took off with his leftovers-she followed right behind and so did I.

<DC> <Beauty>

I found DC on the 2nd ibeam northwest side of OCSR near the north corner with his prize. He suddenly walked away to the corner and the reason became  apparent as Beauty flew in next to the food. DC was sharing food  instead of begging Beauty for a change-sweet!

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DC ended up walking down the other side of the beam out of view as Beauty began eating.

<Click it <Beauty

While I was tweeting the events that had taken place, Beauty left and I couldn’t see DC so I ended my watch at 9:45am. They sure keep me smiling! 🙂

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http://youtu.be/v-NEilGqBv0
http://youtu.be/aWE3suU4A24
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