By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Much colder this morning than yesterday and just as dark and dismal. While I was on the east side of the city looking for Beauty I got a tweet from Donna who was manning the camera that Beauty was on Mercury.  It took me longer than usual to get to the Broad St. Bridge as they have things torn up with construction over there and so she was gone when I got there. I looked for the Beautyful one for half hour and as I sat in my car on the bridge facing east I spotted her making her way over to the Hyatt Hotel. She landed on the southwest corner with her back to me.

I left the bridge and parked down by Aqueduct park to see the front of her. She was trying to bring up a pellet when I first got there.

I got out the car and started walking across the Main St. bridge toward South Ave. to get even closer and just as I stopped and propped my camera up to take pics she flew off. I watched her cross the river heading northwest behind OCSR and come back into view above it soaring quite high. It soon became apparent what she was looking at-a couple of  large birds that may have been hawks below her. Minutes later there were 5 of them and she just kept hovering above  keeping an eye on them. That’s the last I saw of  her, for I got a phone call from my friend Tesa that her Golden Retriever Molly had died on her kitchen floor and so I ended my watch to go offer my support.

I was real happy to see Beauty this morning even if it was for just a short time and tho I was very sad for the loss of  Molly (she was like my own) I chose to remember the good times and managed to break out with a half smile! 🙂

One  link below for a video of  Beauty on the Hyatt Hotel

http://youtu.be/ArvK_fcxbR4

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