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Morning watch 11-20-14

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

This morning was 10 degrees warmer than the last 2 at a temperature 0f 26 (F) -3 (C) and overcast conditions. There was about 4 inches of light fluffy snow to clean off my car before I could get to my watch. No biggie at all!

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I saw no falcons at Seneca Towers or Hawkeye today. When I arrived downtown it was still a bit dark out so I thought I’d check the OCSR elevator shaft first to see if I could catch someone up there before they left. There was one falcon with its back to me on the north side ledge that I could barely make out the shape of it. I shot over to the hole and found Dot.Ca (DC) on the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR which told me it was Beauty in the elevator shaft.

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I went over to Graves St. next to Aqueduct Park for a closer look. DC was watching the area and did a little stretching.

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Beauty flew past DC a couple times then landed next to him at 7:41am. He watched her every step of the way.

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10 minutes later DC flew south as Beauty watched him fly away, then she followed less than a minute later.

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Upon my second trip to Kodak Office (KO) looking for falcons I spotted Beauty up on one of her favorite winter time perches around 8:30am-the south side arch above the playpen where Mariah & Kaver’s nest box used to be located.

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10 minutes later DC arrived coming to rest on the southeast corner of the KO launchpad. The Beautyful one watched from below as he joined her on the tower.

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DC turned his back to us after a bit so I drove down State St. to get a few shots of his white front.

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I left them to it and headed on out happy to have seen them both and of course, with a smile on my face ending my watch at 9:05am! 🙂

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2 Responses to “Morning watch 11-20-14”

  1. Patricia Rose Says:

    Nice to see the two of them spending time together! Good spot to catch the sun on KO! 🙂

  2. MAK Says:

    Yes Patricia, good on both counts. 🙂


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