By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Today I started my watch at  6:30am with a temperature of 43 (F)  6 (C) with a misty rain falling at the start. It stopped shortly after I arrived on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB).

Dot.Ca (DC) was on the base of Mercury and Beauty at the nest box. I drove down to the hole (Aqueduct St.) where I could see the front of him.

10 minutes later Beauty flew over to the base and they had a quick stare down then DC flew up and around to land on her to mate.

DC flew off and then Beauty flew to the nest box. 5 minutes later DC showed up on the Mercury money bag (MMB).

I drove up to the BSB to find Dan sitting in his lawn chair on the south sidewalk. I joined him and checked out the river to see how mighty it was after all the rain we’ve had the past few days-it was quite high and rolling along pretty darn fast. DC was flying above the river to the east side and back landing under the northeast wing. He stayed only a few minutes then stooped back behind the Times Square building (TSB)  at 7am leaving our field of vision. 5 minutes later Beauty flew out from the nest box to the base of Mercury.

We watched her until Dan left at 7:30am, then I left for the Brighton Site (BS) to see if DC had gone to pay Miss Pigott a visit. There was a rolling billboard by the Blue Cross Arena advertising the American Heart Associations “Heart Walk” which was taking place today filling up the bridge parking.

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When I arrived at BS around 7:45am Pigott was on the west end of the south side vent. DC was not present anywhere on the building.

She was tilting her head to and fro watching the starlings that were in a tree near the lower building where the geese nest on the roof. She may have been watching the lone goose that was on the front edge of that roof.

Pigott flew north at 8:10am and didn’t return so I went back downtown. As I was stopped at the traffic light at Exchange and Broad St. I spotted a falcon on the MMB so when the light changed I drove to the hole. Just as I arrived and looked up I caught Beauty and DC mating on the money bag. He flew to the deck next to the main cam.

I lost sight of him and Beauty so I went back up to the BSB to have a look at the nest box area from farther out and could see someone up there with their back to me. Donna let me know that it was DC  (TY) but where was Beauty? I had visions of her and Pigott going at each other until 5 minutes later when she showed up on the base of Mercury. Phew!

So at 8:45am we had a role reversal of DC at the nest box and Beauty on Mercury. I must say that DCs demeanor toward Beauty certainly changed after the scrape at BS got covered yesterday. I find it interesting tho one thing may not have anything to do with the other. Just before 9am Beauty flew off and DC showed up on the heel of Mercury.

He flew off a minute or two later and went to the northeast wing ledge right above the nest box where Beauty was at this time. Thanks to Ei for letting me know Beauty was in there. We all stayed in our chosen spots for the next 45 minutes and during this time I also watched a guy in a cherry picker change the 2 old American flags on the front of the Times Square building for new ones.

DC flew off and Beauty went to the MMB as I chose to end my watch at 10am. All was quiet and all 3 Rochester Peregrine Falcons had been seen and were doing just fine. I love the American flag and the bonus of seeing 2 new ones put up on Times Square put a very big smile on my face! 🙂

To view more pics and videos from my watch click on the links below

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AaN3DFm0ZMWrc7A

http://youtu.be/rIDM5YHqDXs
http://youtu.be/ueguGKy7Wuo
http://youtu.be/KHrMBZkO5J8
http://youtu.be/hztPWlSxPDQ
http://youtu.be/BcYc38e9PfI

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