Morning watch 5-12-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
Todays starting temperature was 54 (F) 12 (C) with hazy sun and calm conditions
Upon my arrival downtown at 6:20am I found Beauty, big as life on cam 1 from the hole.
Make sure to click on all my pics to see the full version
She spent quite a bit of time gaping-which is the term used when they throw their head back and open their mouth. She also did some stretching.
And of course there’s usually hand gestures, er talon gestures! lol
At 7:05am The Beautyful one spotted something to the east, spread her wings, flapped a couple times, turned slightly to the north and took off across the river very fast.
While searching the east side for Beauty I spotted a flag flying on top of Midtown-this is new and nice to see!
20 minutes later as I was scanning the roof tops from the Broad St. Bridge (BSB), I spotted Beauty on the northeast corner of the Court Exchange Building. I believe this is the first time I’ve ever seen her on this building. I then drove to the Court St. bridge (CSB) to get an up close and personal view of her.
I moved down Court St. right next to the Blue Cross Arena (BCA) and directly across from Beauty as she was watching something .
Then things got serious when Beauty zeroed in on something and flew off at 7:28am flying directly over my head and out of sight.
I went over to the BSB and spotted Beauty on the southeast end of the BCA perched on the roof railing and still looking at something down on the roof.
At 7:34am Beauty jumped down on the roof and I didn’t see her again for about an hour.
I waited, watched and wondered what she might be doing up there. I went back to the CSB for another angle but couldn’t see Beauty. The little bug catcher birds were swooping and catching bugs above the area Beauty went and I thought maybe there was a nest or cached food but I never saw any feathers floating in the air. I never saw Beauty leave either, but when I decided to take a ride and look around I spotted her on the west corner top ibeam of OCSR.
She appeared to have a little food in her crop so she ate in that hour I didn’t see her. I ended my all Beauty watch at 8:30am smiling for having seen some different spots our downtown matriarch chose to perch on! 🙂
One link to click on to watch a video of Beauty gaping
