Morning watch 5-30-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was a chilly start with a temperature of 46 (F) 8 (C) with mostly sunny blue skies
When I arrived downtown Dot.Ca (DC) was on cam 1 and Donna informed me that Beauty had just brought in a BIG breakfast for the kids. Thanks D! Most likely DC delivered it to her as he was napping on and off-obviously tired from hunting!
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I viewed him from the hole parking lot by He’s Chinese. DC did some stretching in between snoozing and standing guard over his precious family.
At 7:17am DC spread his wings flapped a couple times and lifted off of cam 1 heading northeast. He looked like daddy long legs on the take off! lol
DC had flown over to OCSR top ibeam west corner and stayed just a few minutes before flying to the deck and into the nest box. Beauty made her appearance on cam 1. She too, snoozed in between looking around the area.
At 7:37am DC flew out the nest box right over to the 3rd ibeam south corner of OCSR and started watching prey birds down below him while scratching a little too. At 7:48am Beauty went down to the nest box and hung out with the eyasses til 9am and I would not see her again on my watch.
DC poohed a little bullet and at 8:14am flew off OCSR heading southwest.
While scoping out the territory from the Andrews St. bridge I spotted a bump on the Frontier Communications Tower. I drove over to Plymouth Ave. and found DC tucked up under the platform on the west side of the tower in hunt mode around 8:30am.
The back lighting was horrible and the bright sun was in my eyes so I went to Church St. for a different angle but DC was gone when I got there. I left to check near the Times Square area but never got there because I spotted DC from State St. on the top ibeam of OCSR near the west corner with his back to me.
I stayed til 9am and called it a watch with a smile! 🙂
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May 30th, 2014 at 10:08 PM
Nope, DC did not deliver that BIG breakfast! He was on Cam 1 when Beauty brought it in!! He fed them a morsel just before that!! I like how he looks around the nest for a scrap to feed them. He has the “NEED TO FEED”! 🙂
May 30th, 2014 at 10:29 PM
MAK, fantastic pictures of DC on cam 1!
May 30th, 2014 at 10:40 PM
Well thank you for your most informative comment Donna! It’s a good thing that he has a “NEED TO FEED” cuz he has 4 kids that will be needing more and more food! I think cam watchers should write reports too!!! 🙂
May 30th, 2014 at 10:41 PM
Thanks NCA! 🙂