By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

A sunny morning with a starting temperature of 53 (F) 12 (C)

I began my day with Seth, who was on the top window ledge at the north end of Seneca Towers in his usual spot.

Next stop- the Andrews St. bridge (ASB) where I spotted a falcon on the top east side railing of the Powers building with its back to me.

I couldn’t tell who it was until I got a closer look from the end of Aqueduct St. where it meets Main St. It was Dot.ca (DC)

DC started to spread his wings-I took the pic and before my camera could get back to show him on my little LCD screen he was gone. I suspected he went to the nest box as I looked up quick and didn’t see him in the air.

I returned to the ASB where I could see the front of the Powers nest box and sure enough DC was perched there. I could also see a falcon on the base of Mercury.

I went back over to Aqueduct St. for the best view of Beauty, who was on the base of Mercury about 8am. She was looking over her surroundings.

Just before she flew off, the Beautyful one stretched out her right leg and wing. I wasn’t ready for the take off but managed to get most of her in the frame. They’re so fast!

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I decided to head over to the Medley Center and as I drove down State St. I noticed Beauty over on the northeast cube of the Frontier Communications tower so I pulled over and took a couple shots of her. After I left, Donna reported that she saw 2 falcons on the Frontier platform railing from watching the rfalconcam forums pan cam. Thanks and good job eagle eye!

I had no luck again finding Big Frank at the mall in Irondequoit but I did come across a Northern Flicker woodpecker on the sidewalk gorging on ants.

I stayed about a half hour then left for home at Seneca Towers. Billie and Seth were on the north end top window ledge when I got to my checking spot on East Ridge Rd.

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I left them to it at 9:30am as they both had their eyes closed at one point. It was a watch worthy of a big smile as I saw our 2 resident PEFA pairs doing well! 🙂

Click on the links below to view today’s videos

https://youtu.be/q6SPgHAel_E

https://youtu.be/cj7OMu7T07o

https://youtu.be/Og7jFpfyDM8

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