By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

This morning was not quite as humid as yesterday but it was just as dark and overcast with a temperature of 66 (F) 19 (C) at the start

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I started my watch today at the City Hall parking lot after spotting a falcon on the top arm of the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT) from the Andrews St. bridge (ASB). It was Dot.Ca (DC) and he was looking for a meal-watching something down below him.  5 minutes later he was outta there as he flew east toward the river out of view.

I too went east hoping to find him or Beauty or maybe even a juvie. As I pulled over on Woodbury St. I spotted Beauty on the 5th column of the south side of Xerox-she flew off just as I stopped going around to the west side and out of sight. After a ride around downtown I ended back on the ASB where I spotted 2 falcons on FCT-both were on the platform railing opposite each other. Back to the City Hall parking lot where I identified DC as the one on the north side then down to Fitzhugh St. by the Sister Cities garage to ID the one on the south side as Beauty.

DC moved down  near the northeast cube then to a beam by the southeast cube. Beauty started to whine at him.

I moved down under the tower to see DC better but he was in where I could only see his tail feathers so I went back over by the garage to watch the Beautyful one.

Beauty was very relaxed as she preened-she would look back over her shoulder now and again to have a look at DC, then she’d give out a little whine and continue preening. She lost her footing once and righted herself by spreading out those id wings of hers.

They both seemed to be content and settled in for a while so I chose to end my watch at 8:30am and get on with my day. It so makes me smile to see our resident downtown Rochester Peregrine Falcon pair spending so much time together these days! 🙂

Click on the links below to check out the mornings videos
http://youtu.be/QGq29xNPLyU

http://youtu.be/TQp3sSP7ewU

http://youtu.be/9rqrNMMExNI

http://youtu.be/Ja9gI3KJzKE

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