By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Brrr this  morning with a starting temperature of 26 (F) 3 (C) , a coating of icy snow and a wind that made it feel like 18.

From the Broad St. bridge (BSB) I spotted a falcon on the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR. I drove to the hole for a closer view but it had its back to me and it was too dark out still to ID it, although I suspected Dot.Ca (DC) because of the tiny bit of white I could see.

I got tweets from Donna and then Annette that they could see  a falcon on the Mercury money bag (MMB). From where I was I couldn’t see Mercury and by the time I did get a look it was gone. Thank you for your help ladies! When I looked back to OCSR there were 2 falcons both facing me and clearly by the naked eye I could see Beauty had joined DC with 4 windows seperating them. I drove over by the Radisson Hotel and Main St. for a more open view of things.

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The conditions were bad for picture taking this morning but I did get a few that were usable. DC left at 7am after spending about 10 minutes with Beauty. Even with the dark conditions I couldn’t help but notice the reflections of Mercury on the shiny newly cleaned windows of OCSR.

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I shared space with the Beautyful one for half hour or more when I decided to check the Brighton location (BS) to see if DC had gone there since I wasn’t able to find him downtown. I arrived at 8am finding DC was on the southeast corner of  the southeast extension and Pigott was on the east end of the south side vent. Pigott  flew off and DC followed behind going very fast to the southeast beyond the trees and started stooping on something that I couldn’t see.

<Pigott> <DC>

When they returned, DC went to the east end of the south side vent and Pigott to the east side upper roof.

<DC      Pigott>

About 5 minutes later Miss Pigott flew south and returned to land on the southeast corner of the southeast extension. They stayed in these spots for the next 45 minutes preening and looking around. Just before 9am Pigott flew off going southwest this time followed again by DC and were harassing a gull this time. She came to rest on an east side window ledge and he to the southeast corner of the southeast extension.

<DC <Pigott> <DC

Only a couple minutes passed when I caught a glimpse of them flying toward the northwest quickly leaving my field of vision behind the building. I waited 10-15 minutes but they didn’t return so back downtown I went, finding Beauty and DC back on the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR in pretty much the same spots that they had been before I went to BS. I left them like this ending my watch at 9:30am.

I must say DC was a busy boy this morning and it’s starting to look like he may be staying for the winter. They sure do keep us guessing don’t they!? Something else they do is make me smile! 🙂

Click on the links below to view videos from my watch

http://youtu.be/zpCxJqyuSMA
http://youtu.be/5ZJfX5YJP_8
http://youtu.be/lH4DHNwSGOI

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