Morning watch 3-10-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
When I left home this morning it was 29(F) -2(C) and overcast. The sun has been trying to break thru the clouds all day-as I write this it is 42(F)degrees out
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So I think the eating on Legacy Tower routine may be over with since neither Beauty nor Dot.Ca (DC) were there again today first thing when I arrived downtown. I started in the hole on Basin St. observing the back of the Beautyful one under the northeast wing of Times Square (TSB). Not too long after Beauty spotted DC, turned around and flew down to the deck. DC came flying in chirping and landed next to her, then they went forward toward the nest box out of my view.
At 6:56am DC came shooting out of the nest box like he was shot out of a cannon, made a U-turn over the Philipone building and went over to cam 1 where he spent a lot of time preening his gorgeous white chest. I figured he got dirty from digging in the pea gravel of the nest box trying to dig out a scrape for his and Beauty’s eggs.
Beauty remained by the nest box and DC on cam 1 for the next hour when DC decided to stretch his wings. He first flew out over the river then went over to the west side railing of Widows Walk momentarily then off again. I took off looking for him and ended up on Troup St. to watch him on the top arm of the jail tower. He wasn’t there but a couple minutes then he was off again heading west. Go west young man go west! ha!
I drove around down to Exchange Blvd. and spotted Beauty out in front of the nest box so I pulled over in front of the Blue Cross Arena just before she took off from there. She ended up flying to the northeast wing ledge where she wasn’t visible from there. So back down to the hole on Basin St. I went where once again Beauty had her back to me, just as I had first found her earlier when I arrived downtown for my watch.
DC never surfaced again as I left Beauty just before 9am to go home to Seneca Towers to check for Buffalo Billie and 99. I pulled in the Northridge Church parking lot and noticed both of them instantly. Billie was on the northwest corner and 99 on the top window ledge north end of building. 99 had a full crop but Billie didn’t look to have anything in hers.
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Billie kept busy preening and stretching and looking down into the river gorge-she stooped at 9:36am down into the gorge. 99 flew over to take her spot on the northwest corner and probably to see where she was as they keep pretty close tabs on each other. 5 minutes later Billie returned to the corner and 99 moved over to give his big girl mate room to land.
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Billie appeared to be bowing to 99 but he didn’t bow in return-maybe he was too full to bend over! heehee.
I left them on the corner to do their thing and ended my watch at 10am. I was smiling after a second day in a row of seeing all 4 Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂
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March 10th, 2015 at 5:20 PM
Another nice day- not as sunny, but almost got to 50! Whoo hoo! Lots of great pics today, MAK! 🙂
March 10th, 2015 at 5:21 PM
Thanks Patty! I’m good with 50 and no sun-it’s so much better than 0 and no sun!!! 🙂
March 10th, 2015 at 8:54 PM
Every time I read 99 I think of the old comedy show “Get Smart” – but that 99 was the falcon, not the tiercel. It did seem that Maxwell Smart was about a third smaller than his sidekick. 🙂
March 10th, 2015 at 9:19 PM
Quite true Alison. haha! 🙂