By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

I left the house with a few snow flakes in the air and as my watch went on the intensity picked up a bit-the temperature was 25 (F) -4 (C) with overcast conditions

I spotted Beauty on the southeast corner of HSBC in hunt mode at 7:15am. I parked next to the Midtown Manor apartments on Broad St. to observe her.

She stayed half hour and then flew off to the west-I watched her as she turned south when she got past Bausch & Lomb (B&L).

I drove down Broad St.crossed the bridge and went over to the Court St. bridge to have a look at the east side buildings and found the Beautyful one on the west side of B&L near the northwest corner.

She was still in hunt mode. At 8:05am Beauty flew off headed straight toward me-she glided right over me heading southwest toward the jail tower. The next few pics are a sequence of Beauty flying off B&L-you must click on pics for the full version.

I lost her briefly and then she showed up over the river chasing a pigeon. The rock dove escaped her, veering off to the east and she continued down river. The last I saw her, she stooped near the Andrews Place apartments. I left for the Brighton Site (BS) after a quick look around downtown. When I arrived there I ran into Larry and Harold-there were no falcons present. I had a chat with Larry, then I returned downtown to find Beauty and DC on the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR at 8:40am. When I first spotted them I was in the hole (Aqueduct St. and it appeared that DC was eating something.

I then drove over to my spot by the Radisson Hotel by Main St. to watch our downtown pair, as the snow fell on us DC was no longer hunched over like he was eating.  Beauty and DC faced each other from just a few feet away. I had to leave at 10am but I left with a big old smile on my face-I love it when they hang out so close together! 🙂

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