Morning Falcon Watch 9-11-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was a cool start with a temperature of 53 (F) 12 (C) but once the sun rose it warmed up quickly
I dedicate this watch report to the victims of the World Trade Center attack 14 years ago and their loved ones
Billie and Seth were on the top north window ledge as I started the day with their backs to me. I couldn’t tell who was who this morning.
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Arriving on the Andrews St. bridge at 7am I found Beauty on the bottom arm of the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT) and Dot.ca (DC) on the base of Mercury eating.
First I went over to the City Hall parking lot to see Beauty then I drove to the Broad St. bridge to join DC as he ate his breakfast.
It took DC about 10 minutes to finish up and then he turned around and went to the other side of the green base to start cleaning up.
DC made the preys’ feathers fly when he flew down to the northeast corner of the base to finish feaking before he flew off to the north at around 7:25am.
I found Beauty to still be on the FCT arm so I stayed with her as I parked in the City Hall lot again. She napped a little, preened and stretched.
She turned around to face the south so I went down Fitzhugh St. near Church St. to continue observing her. The Beautyful one didn’t stay facing me for long, so when she turned her back to me I left to look for DC in the OCSR elevator shaft.
He wasn’t there or anywhere else that I could find him. While I was on the Andrews St. bridge I saw Beauty fly from FCT heading southeast in a hurry. I lost track of her as a big truck passed me blocking my view momentarily. I wasn’t able to find another falcon either downtown , at the Medley Centre or Seneca Towers thus ending my watch at 9:10am. It was a successful watch as I saw our 4 resident Peregrine Falcons and that’s always good enough to make me smile! 🙂
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