By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

If there’s been a warmer winter in Rochester I don’t remember it.  A whopping 45 (F) 7 (C) degrees to start my watch with scattered rain showers, wind and dark conditions

Billie and Seth were on the north window ledge as I turned into my spot on East Ridge Rd. It was very dark out so the quality of the photos is not too good.

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I left them to hang out with each other while I made my way downtown. First stop was the Andrew’s St. bridge where I spotted Beauty on the northeast corner of Crossroads building with food.

I drove over to State St. to watch as she plucked feathers from her prey (pigeon I believe) and start eating.

The Beautyful one turned her back to me as the wind caught her so I went to the end of Graves St. to see the front of her.

I decided to have a look around for Dot.ca (DC) but he was a no-show today. As I was checking the OCSR elevator shaft from Bragdon Place I could see Beauty, so I snapped off a shot of her from there before returning to Graves St.

Beauty picked up her prey to change positions which showed the large wing of a pigeon. She finished eating and flew off with the leftovers with a little help from the wind to the northwest.

I drove around to check the elevator shaft one more time and then to State St. again where I noticed Beauty on the 2nd I-beam northwest side of OCSR.  I assume she cached her leftovers as she was feaking and cleaning up after filling her crop.

We parted ways at 9am when I left for the Medley Centre. No falcons there or at Seneca Towers so I ended my watch at 9:30am. Keep smiling folks-it makes people wonder what you’re up to! 🙂

Click on the link below to see today’s snippets

https://youtu.be/lzaFN6Bb0h0

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