Mornng watch 11-14-13
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
Todays starting temperature was 34 (F) 1 (C) much more manageable than yesterday. It was clear with sunny blue skies and a brisk biting wind.
My first found falcon wasn’t until 7am and it was Dot.Ca (DC) on the top ibeam of OCSR near the south corner. He left shortly after when I wasn’t looking.
I did a search of downtown but didn’t find anyone so I drove to Brighton. There, I found Pigott on the northwest corner of the middle front of the building. I almost missed her as she was back on the ledge showing only the top half of her and she was eating but not for long as a couple minutes later DC came flying thru vocalizing and she in turn spoke back to him.
Pigott
He went around the back of the building and flew above her again almost hovering at one point. DC was looking to see if Pigott had food and then he landed over on the northeast corner of the northeast extension and planned his strategy. Pigott had stopped eating when DC came on the scene and stood over top of her treasure.
DC
DC soon flew off and advanced toward Pigott as she got down in a defensive posture telling him he wasn’t getting any. He landed a few feet from her and the standoff began.
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After a minute or so Pigott started pulling out big clumps of feathers as I think she was trying to lighten the load as fast as she could so she could fly off with it before DC made his move.
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At about 7:55am he couldn’t take it anymore and rushed her-she flew off with her meal and he was left with one little crumb to swallow.
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After checking the ledge unsuccessfully for any more pieces he flew off to the back of the building.
I drove around the property 3 times and didn’t see Miss Pigott or DC anywhere in the vicinity. We’ll never know if she shared with him or not but while I was watching there was no intent to do so. I left to go back downtown and on my initial look around could find no falcons. As I approached the Broad St. Bridge from checking the east side I saw Beauty land under the northeast wing with her back facing out. I ended up parking on Exchange Blvd. in front of the Blue Cross Arena to get the best angle on her.
The Beautyful one just hung out blowing in the breeze, preening a little, watching north a lot and looking great with the blue sky behind her.When she flew off the back of the ledge and took off over the Thomson Reuters building out of sight I ended my watch a little after 9am.
There’s nothing that makes me smile more than seeing all 3 resident Rochester Peregrine Falcons on my watch. 🙂
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