By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Upon turning the corner at Main and Exchange Blvd. I noticed a falcon under the northeast wing eating. It looked very dark to me and after taking a couple pics to ID it I reported it was Orion. I apologize for getting peoples’  hopes up by mistakenly thinking it was him when in fact it was Beauty. Now normally I would be ecstatic to see the Beautyful one but after not seeing Orion since Saturday I was a bit let down. Our bright,beautiful baby boy may have moved on to his new life and if that’s the case I wish him the best on his journey and hope to see him again someday! It was a great ride having Orion to watch this summer and I miss him already!!! <3

So Beauty was having her breakfast on the Times Square building(TSB) and when she was finished she stashed the rest at the back of the ledge.

She cleaned herself up and flew off  over Thomson Reuters only to return to the TSB under the southeast wing.

Just before 8:00am DebbieH stopped by for a few minutes on her way to work as Beauty had turned her back to us.  A few minutes later she flew off to the north and that was my cue to walk over to City Hall to see if she went to the Frontier Communications tower(FCT). Before I got there Shaky tweeted that there was a falcon under the platform so when I arrived I looked and sure enough Beauty was up there hiding quite well!

Obviously she has picked up Orions’ head tilting habits! She moved deeper in the metal maze where I couldn’t see her so I went up to the top of the Sister Cities Garage for a better view. I found her eventually with her back to me after she moved  and 10 minutes later Dot.Ca(DC) flew in from the south right over my head and came to rest on the top arm of the FCT on the northeast side.

Things were quiet for about 45 minutes so I took some pics to show the view up there and to share the great fall clouds that were peppering our Rochester skies this morning. DC flew off fast to the southeast with Beauty doing the same right after him. I came down from the garage and started to walk to the TSB area when I got a text from Debbie saying there was a falcon under the southeast wing and a text from Donna said that Beauty was at the nest box. I love my remote watchers who make my watching life easier-Thanks guys!

I settled in on the BSB and after a while Dana and Joyce joined me. Joyce had to leave after a few minutes to give Brian a lift somewhere and after she left DC flew off  TSB vanishing behind the Thomson Reuters building.

After checking the cams on her phone to see that  Beauty had also left the nest box, Dana and I walked to the other end of the bridge for a better view but didn’t see any falcons anywhere. So the search was on and after checking everywhere downtown with no sightings we rode over to Brighton to find Pigott who also was nowhere to be found. We returned to downtown and found Beauty on the FCT at about 1:00. She flew off 15 minutes later and DC came in seconds after she left to land on the FCT. He was hard to find at first but he came out into the open after a few minutes where we could see him. Dana and I decided to call it a watch wishing Orion would show up before we left but that wasn’t the case. Still, we left downtown smiling for having seen Beauty and DC on a chilly, sunny late summer day! 🙂

Happy Birthday to Brigetta(sorry if I got your name wrong-please comment and correct me) who came down to the Broad St. bridge today with her friend. She wanted to see the falcons for her b-day! Sorry you didn’t see any but it was nice to meet you. 🙂

Click on the links below for more pics and videos from my watch

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AaN3DFm0ZMWrIFg

http://youtu.be/41ixl–wwyE
http://youtu.be/zqpNmr0B6lg
http://youtu.be/ByjsWHnDlR0
http://youtu.be/6u5sX4RSxgU

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