By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Really-  24 degrees (F) -4 (C) after 80’s over this past weekend-enough already! There were snow showers off and on with sunny blue skies during my watch

As I made my u-turn on the Broad St. bridge (BSB) to face the Times Square building (TSB) I witnessed a food exchange over the intersection of Exchange and  Broad St. Dot.Ca handed off to Beauty and went to the nest box while Beauty took her food gift to the northeast corner of Widows Walk. I drove to Fitzhugh St. for a closer view but she had other plans and left with it while I was on my way over there. I found her on the base of Mercury at 7am plucking feathers as I pulled over on Broad St. by the Blue Cross Arena first and then up to the BSB to see the front of her.

The Beautyful one didn’t eat much and flew off with it 10 minutes later headed west. I caught up with her under the southeast wing of TSB.

I went down to the hole behind Keybank to observe her. She wasn’t eating so I assume she cached her food somewhere. Beauty did some heavy duty preening while she was up there.

I left her to it and went to check the Brighton site around 7:50am but again no Pigott and no juvie were found. I stayed about 20 minutes then headed back downtown. I had a little trouble finding Beauty as she was no longer under the wing. I made a trip over to the Andrews St. bridge to look around but ended up back near the TSB where I spotted Beauty on the southeast corner ledge which is one level higher than the nest box just about 8:50am. The best spot to view her was from Broad St. by the Democrat & Chronicle.

Beauty didn’t stay long and just as I started tweeting her location she flew off to the northeast. I found her over on the OCSR near the elevator shaft 2nd ibeam down and she was eating. I went down to the hole on Bank Place where it meets Aqueduct St. to watch.

Beauty didn’t eat for long-when she was finished she did some feaking and cleaning up before flying off at 9:17am to the TSB.

Beauty came to rest under the southeast wing again and she was sporting a very full crop!

I thought to myself-that will make a nice pillow when she goes to incubate her eggs next time. Beauty got some nice down time this morning stretching her wings to fly some and do some preening and eating after laying on her eggs all night. I wanted to wait to see DC but my time is limited for the next couple weeks or so until after I move, so I ended my watch at 9:20am and left for home smiling after seeing that huge crop on Beauty! 🙂

Click on the links below to see videos of the Beautyful one

http://youtu.be/TyTVz3ogqpg

http://youtu.be/bkmXYgVPdIw

http://youtu.be/U1i9iV-AQus

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