By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Hazy and humid is the way it’s been around here and the forecast doesn’t call for anything different until the middle of next week. The sun broke thru the haze somewhat with a starting temperature of 69 (F) 21 (C)

Billie and Seth greeted me once again from their spots up on the top north window ledge at Seneca Towers. I didn’t stay more than a few minutes with them this morning.

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I checked all the usual spots downtown and as I was crossing the Court St. bridge to check the east side I saw a dark figure on the west side ledge below the roof on the Rundell Library . I backed up and pulled over on the south side of the bridge to observe Beauty who was eating on the ledge.

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She ate for a few minutes then stopped and looked around for a while. She turned outward while and I got the feeling she might be looking for one of her kids to share the fresh red meat she had.

The Beautyful one resumed eating around 7:20am. She has a lot of loose white down feathers as she continues the molting process.

When Beauty was finished eating she roused and started feaking and picking lots of leftovers off her talons.

As soon as Beauty was done cleaning up she flew off to the north then she headed west after she got behind OCSR toward the Frontier Communications tower (FCT).

The take off shots show evidence of the many white down feathers that are just waiting for her to pick or shake off. I left for the City Hall parking lot as I was sure Beauty had gone to FCT. I found her on the north side platform railing and upon checking below the platform I spotted Dot.ca (DC) on the east side red section.

They weren’t doing much of anything so I left them to rest around 8:30am as it was starting to heat up.

I drove to the Medley Centre mall in Irondequoit to look for Little Big Frank (BF) and I wasn’t disappointed as he was on a round vent cap just northeast from the carousel roof. He was hunting and keeping a low profile.

BF was facing the north mostly as I was on the south side of the mall. A Great Blue Heron started circling above then made its way out of the area heading toward the Irondequoit Bay.

At about 9am BF flew north out of view to the other side of the mall so I drove around to check it out as he was in hunt mode. I found him on the tallest peaked glass roof.

BF spread his enormous wings and took off  in a big hurry heading west. I circled the mall a couple times but he didn’t return.

I ended my watch at 9:15am after seeing all four resident Rochester Peregrine Falcons and a potential resident named Little Big Frank. Smiling-you bet! 🙂

Click on the links below to see today’s videos

http://youtu.be/cRrAe3u0lRc

http://youtu.be/7HakOwy-w1A

http://youtu.be/X0X5JBalldo

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