Morning Falcon Watch 9-2-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
Another hazy humid morning but a bit brighter than yesterday with a starting temperature of 65 (F) 18 (C)
Billie and Seth started the morning with me on their north end top window spots as I looked on from below at the back of my parking lot at Seneca Towers.
They don’t do much other than gaze across at each other when the day starts so when someone stretches I get all excited. Seth stretched, Billie and I watched and that was it for action. lol
I left them to it and headed downtown where I spotted a falcon from the Andrews St. bridge (ASB) on the base of Mercury with its back to me.
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I set out immediately for the Broad St. bridge but it was gone when I got there. As I sat there in my car I noticed the sun in my side view mirror peaking out from behind HSBC-the haze muffled its brilliance so that you could look at it without squinting. I then went to the east side to look for falcons and again the sun got my attention as I was behind HSBC at this time.
No PEFA sightings on the east side but I did find Dot.ca (DC) around 7:15am on the northeast corner of the Kodak Office launchpad. I drove to my spot near Brown and State St. to face him as he looked to the north. He pooped then turned his back to me.
A minute later DC ran down to the southeast corner of the launchpad showing me his back again so I moved down State St. further by Platt St. to get a side view of him.
DC looked over his shoulder in my direction every once in a while and at 7:47am he flew off to the east and that would be the last I saw of him or any falcons downtown.
Beauty is in vacation mode I think, where she leaves downtown on and off either keeping track of her kids or just enjoying her freedom. I made a few more trips around but gave up and left to check out the Medley Centre. No Big Frank and no juvie seen there this morning so I headed home after a few rides around the mall. As I pulled over on East Ridge Rd. by St. Paul St. I spotted Buffalo Billie on the northwest corner of Seneca Towers eating just around 9am.
She had quite the bulge in her crop that was hanging over the food. She stopped eating only a couple minutes after I arrived then turned her back to me. With that, I took off for Seth Green Dr. where I could see the front of her. To my delight Seth was on the west side railing not too far away from his mate. Now I knew why she stopped eating-didn’t want to share her breakfast with him.
Seth turned around and spread his wings which prompted Billie to mantle her food. He then walked down closer which made her give him a verbal warning that he was close enough.
Seth gave her a half hearted Falcon Power sign then flew off to the north, circled around and landed farther down on the west side railing which seemed to satisfy Billie as she started eating again. He kinda looked my way as if to say she won MAK!
I ended my watch at 9:45am not only smiling but chuckling out loud from what I had just witnessed! 🙂
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September 2nd, 2015 at 2:46 PM
Well, I see that Cadence gets her preference for walking from her dad, and Billie and Seth are starting to behave like an old married couple, either that or a pair of non-sharing siblings. Thanks, MAK! 🙂
September 2nd, 2015 at 3:58 PM
Pat, I love to watch Billie and Seth interact. They’re very attentive to each other when they’re together. Nobody walks as much as Cadence!!! 🙂
September 2nd, 2015 at 7:23 PM
Looks like DC has his own version of skywriting! Billie and Seth are a hoot. They seem suitable for one another. Thanks for your report, photos and videos, MAK.
September 2nd, 2015 at 8:26 PM
You got it Barb! Yeah, that poop had an exclamation point!!! haha! Billie and Seth are a joy to watch. 🙂