Morning Falcon Watch 12-6-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was a very foggy start at Seneca Towers (ST) and icy as the 29 (F) -2 (C) temperature froze all the moisture on everything. Sun and blue skies downtown and fog at the Medley Centre
As I was waiting for the elevator on my floor I looked out to the west and east balconies and saw nothing but white-fog that is, so I stepped out on the west (river) side balcony to take a couple shots. The first one is the Veteran’s Memorial bridge to the north and the parking lot at the south end of the building is pic number two.
Then I checked the north end of the building and was able to see that there were no falcons there. Continuing out to Seth Green Drive I could barely see ST through the fog.
I left for downtown and half way there the fog disappeared and the sun was shining. I found Beauty on the Mercury money bag (MMB) as I pulled over on Broad St. by the Blue Cross Arena. A jet flew behind her in the sky as she stand perched.
Beauty did some preening and kept watching something below her as another jet went by behind her. There were pigeons flying all around her but she seemed disinterested even though her crop was empty. I guess she was waiting for her mate to show himself.
After a couple of rouses out of the Beautyful one I moved up onto the bridge for a side look before taking a ride around downtown to look for Dot.ca (DC). I was unsuccessful in finding him.
After I returned from the east side Larry pulled up and chatted with me for a few minutes then we both left. On my way over to the Medley Centre (MC) I passed ST where the sun had caught up with to burn the fog off but MC was inundated with fog. I could see the peaks and lights but there were no falcons around.
The sun was trying to break through as I left for home. Billie and Seth weren’t there when I arrived at Seneca Towers around 9:30am. Keep smiling folks! 🙂
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