Morning watch 2-1-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
This mornings starting temperature was 28 (F) -2 (C) with dark overcast skies
Ive been having trouble finding Beauty first thing in the morning the last few days and today was no different-so after an hour with no success I drove over to the Brighton site (BS). Arriving around 8:30am I didn’t find a falcon there either, at first. I drove around the building with no sightings and as I sat in the east side parking lot I saw a large bird flying over in the trees of Highland Park. When it landed in a tree I drove over to have a look/see. I didn’t find it but when I got back to BS a few minutes later there was a falcon on the south side vent plucking feathers. It was Dot.Ca (DC) and he was pulling out feathers in large amounts.
He got to the meat of the matter and ate it pretty fast -spending only about 20 minutes on it.
Larry and his dog Harold came by and welcomed me back from my trip. As we were having a chat a few Blue Jays came thru and entertained us for a couple minutes. DC flew off and around to the west side. Larry drove over to check and I followed behind to find DC was now on the northwest corner of the northwest extension.
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We stayed a few more minutes then Larry and handsome Harold left and I followed suit a minute later around 9:10am. As I made my way down Exchange Blvd. past the Times Square building I glanced over at Widows Walk and spotted Beauty on the northeast corner. I pulled into the parking lot next to Times Square and barely had a chance to take a couple pics before she shot off to the north.
I drove down State St. thinking the Beautyful one had gone to Kodak Office (KO) but as I passed by the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT) I could see her on the northeast cube. I had troubles getting a good view of her because of how she was situated on it so I took pics from behind the Open Door mission on Montgomery Alley and from the City Hall parking lot.
Around 9:45am Beauty started whining as DC came flying in and came to rest on the northwest 2nd arm of FCT-he flew east after a few seconds and didn’t return.
Beauty started turning and looking east-she ended up facing north looking toward KO and then turned back around showing me her back.
Taking Beautys’ lead I drove over to KO and found DC on the northeast corner of the launchpad-he was facing north when I arrived.
I watched him for a few minutes then ended my watch at 10am with a smile! 🙂
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February 1st, 2014 at 8:15 PM
Wow, what an eventful morning!
What kind of dog is Harold? He is indeed handsome.
So glad you got to see so much today!!!
From the old days, Jim Pisello, used to post and bring his Huskies. Has he moved or stopped posting?
February 1st, 2014 at 11:45 PM
Nora, I’m not sure what Jim is up to these days-he hasn’t been involved with the falcons in a couple years or better. And I don’t know what kind of dog Harold is! 🙂