Morning watch 11-13-13
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
COLD slapped me in the face as I stepped out the door this morning with a temperature of 18 (F) -8 (C) It was fairly clear with a dusting of snow to brush off the car
I found Beauty at 6:45am under the northeast wing of the Times Square building (TSB) to start my watch. She had her back to me but I could see that she was eating something.
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I took a ride to the Andrews St. Bridge to have a look around and from there I spotted Dot.Ca (DC) on the top ibeam north corner of OCSR. I could also see the Beautyful one on Times Square.
At 7:10am DC flew north out of view so I returned to hang out with Beauty at Times Square. DC just happened to be under the southeast wing across from Beauty when I arrived-the little rascal doubled back on me. I observed them from the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) and the hole.
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At 7:40am DC tried sneaking off the back of the ledge but I did manage to get him in the frame as he flew southwest. He was playing games with me today! lol
I gave it about 15 minutes then I left to see if he went to the Brighton location since that’s the direction he flew and he had done that yesterday morning. I got over there about 8:10am to find Pigott but no DC. She was on the southeast corner of the east extension eating a small tidbit of food.
She turned her back to me and flew a few feet forward with what was left of her meal, kicking up some snow as she took flight.
She finished it and did some feaking and cleaning up. She turned around again so I changed my position and got quite a jolt when I saw her bulging crop. Seriously, she couldn’t have stuffed any more in if she tried! Miss Pigott couldn’t even reach over it to scratch her face!!! lol
She obviously wasn’t going anywhere for a while so I left to re-check downtown. I always have such fun watching Pigott as she is so entertaining! Anyway, as I approached the TSB I saw who I thought was Beauty, but turns out it was DC fly from the northeast wing area and head east. I then saw Beauty on the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR and I thought she was DC because the sun shone so intensely on her that she looked white. I could see that she too had a full crop. So both girls ate well this morning.
This is the only pic of Beauty that wasn’t washed out white
DC returned and landed under the northeast wing of the TSB. However, his crop was not full as he was scrunched down, feathers fluffed to keep warm on this cold morning. I bet he was wondering why he wasn’t down south basking in the sun and surf. So I ended my watch at 9am and left the city smiling after a frozen fun falcon watch in which I shared space with all 3 resident Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂
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