Morning watch 5-9-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
The morning started out partly sunny with a temperature of 56 (F) 13 (C) on its way up to the middle 80s
There was a switch on the eggs just before I landed downtown and when I arrived I found Beauty on the base of Mercury. She was half hidden from where I was observing on Bank Place at Aqueduct St.
The Beautyful one came out front and center for me before flying off to the nest box at 6:48am
Dot.Ca (DC) flew out and straight over to the heel of Mercury and started preening immediately
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Being that I was behind him down in the hole I went up to the Broad St. Bridge to see him from the front
As you can see DC is a perfect subject for photo shooting as he is always posing. At 7:22am he stooped straight down going between the legs of Mercury after a small bird. I watched as he came into view over the river but he was below the bird and just missed grabbing it. He returned to Mercury and came to rest on the money bag.
DC did some scratching and preening before flying off once more going into a stoop then going over to OCSR unsuccessful in his hunt. He landed on the south corner 3rd ibeam down and I went back down to the hole to watch.
At 8:47am DC flew off heading toward Times Square-I lost him momentarily and thought perhaps he went top the nest box when suddenly he appeared from behind the Times Square building. He flew around the area and made his way to the nest box.
Beauty came out from the nest box flying straight at me then flew over to the 2nd ibeam south corner of OCSR.
It was almost 9am as I decided to end my watch and get on with my day. Another great watch with our Rochester Peregrine Falcons sending me on my way with a smile! 🙂
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May 9th, 2014 at 2:21 PM
Great shots of DC in front of Mercury’s butt crack, MAK! 😀 And those two stooping shots are excellent!
May 9th, 2014 at 2:47 PM
Thanks Pat! LOL 🙂
May 9th, 2014 at 10:35 PM
I so enjoy your pictures ,narrative and the videos. Such amazing shots,so clear and concise. I appreciate your efforts and am learning a lot about the falcons. Thanks again.
May 10th, 2014 at 3:12 PM
You’re so very welcome Diane! We all are learning as we go. And I appreciate your comment! 🙂