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Morning watch 2-25-15

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK It was snowing and blowing when I left this morning with a temperature of 20 (F) -7 (C) conditions were changing in intensity but the sun broke out just before I ended my watch

I started my watch at 6:45am about 5 minutes before sunrise checking the south side ledge of the OCSR elevator shaft from Bragdon St. I could barely make out the frame of a falcon thru the darkness and snow that was falling and blowing sideways.

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After finding nothing on the north ledge I made my rounds checking the east side, Times Square area and when I looked at Kodak Office (KO) from the Andrews St. bridge I spotted a falcon on the southside arch. When I arrived in my spot on State St. I thought it was Beauty and tweeted it was her and that DC was the one in the elevator shaft. It wasn’t until Beauty flew in and landed and on the opposite side of the arch that I realized it had been DC up there and Beauty in the elevator shaft. I just love it when they switch up their routines to fool me!

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When the snow started to come down hard DC moved to the back of the ledge until it let up-Beauty just foofed up her feathers and took a nap.

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When the sun came out they both started preening

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I had to leave our beloved pair after a short watch and on my way to an appointment I passed by Seneca Towers to check for Billie and 99-no luck there.

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I didn’t see them when I got home either but the sun was shining brightly and after the weather we’ve been having that is reason enough to smile! 🙂

Click on the links below to see today’s videos

http://youtu.be/Mj2RyNWpWtQ

http://youtu.be/jl6otIBgfJw

http://youtu.be/eb7FFL9HKQs


2 Responses to “Morning watch 2-25-15”

  1. Ciuciek Says:

    american kestrel was here today 😀

    http://peregrinus.pl/media/kunena/attachments/1974/Ciuciek2248150225.jpg

  2. MAK Says:

    Good catch Ciuciek! 🙂


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