By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

I didn’t know what to expect when I went downtown for my falcon watch tonight.  It was the last day of filming of Spiderman 2 and I wasn’t sure where they would be set-up.  When I arrived just before 6:00 pm, the area around the Times Square Bldg (TSB) and all the roads were open.  They were doing the last of their filming at the east end of Main St.  So getting down to Aqueduct St (aka the “hole”) was not a problem today.

Just as I arrived, I saw a large Peregrine Falcon fly up to the Mercury Statue.  I parked my car and settled in to watch Beauty eating on the base of the Mercury statue.  Whatever she had was very small and might have been cached there from an earlier meal.  It didn’t take her long to finish her meal.

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Soon after she finished eating, Beauty flew up to the Times Square Bldg and landed on a very small ledge on the SE corner of the building at about the same level as the nest box, which contained Dot.ca and their 4 eggs.

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At 6:10 pm, Beauty took off heading south over the Blue Cross Arena (aka Rochester War Memorial).  I waited for her to return, but she didn’t.  Since I wasn’t sure where she went, I drove around downtown looking for her, but had no luck finding her.

When I pulled back onto Aqueduct St at 6:30 pm, two falcons were in the air, definitely male and female based on size, and there was a lot of vocalization.  It was Beauty & Dot.ca and they both ended up landing on the top south side IBeam on the OCSR.

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Beauty flew back up to the nest box and Dot.ca remained on OCSR.  A gentleman from Syracuse (sorry, I forgot your name!) stopped to talk about the architecture of Rochester.  I pointed out Dot.ca to him and he told me he was here for a convention and that he knew George M, a Syracuse falcon watcher.  Again, what a small falcon world.  As we were talking, Beauty flew by Dot.ca and headed east across the river.  I tweeted out asking if Beauty was still in the nest box, hoping it wasn’t a 3rd falcon.  Huge thanks to Ei and NCAFalcon for the assist tonight.  They let me know that Beauty had left the nest box, so it was her that flew by.

Not to pass up on an opportunity to egg sit, Dot.ca zipped into the nest box.  I walked over towards Broad St and found Beauty on the jail communication tower on the 2nd arm down. (7:00 pm)

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Since all was quiet, I decided to head over to the BS location to check on Pigott.  I arrived around 7:30 pm and found Pigott on the south side of the building above the south vent and she was vocalizing.  She took off and there were now two in the air, definitely male and female.  She chased him about the building a little bit and she ended up on the south vent and the male (tiercel) landed above her.  This was definitely an adult male.  Just as I was checking out this handsome guy, I received a tweet.  It was Ei and she reported that Dot.ca was off the eggs and Beauty was back on them.  Wow!  Dot.ca beat me over to BS.  These swift birds are totally amazing.

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They did some tandem hunting south of the building and returned to almost the same spots they had left.  As swiftly as he had appeared, Dot.ca was gone!  The next tweet I received was stating that Dot.ca was back downtown in the nest box on the eggs!

It was getting late, so I decided to check out downtown one last time before heading home.  By the time I got there, Beauty was back in the nest box.  I found Dot.ca on the Mercury statues moneybag hand.  He was watching over his territory preening.

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Beauty was in the nest box on the eggs and all was quiet.

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All three Rochester Falcons were seen during my watch and Dot.ca had visited with both Beauty and Pigott, which was nice to see.  It was time to wrap up my falcon watch and call it a day! (8:10 pm)

After 10 days of filming Spiderman 2, Rochester would return to normal.  I would think that the bus traffic will be rerouted back to Main St and the Broad St Bridge would again be open to the falcon watchers.  As much as it was a pain sometimes to get around, I thought it was a nice change.  So many nice folks, that normally don’t come downtown, did come down to see what was going on.  Downtown came to life, especially for the evening hours.  Most importantly, the falcons were not disturbed while they brooded their eggs.

So, it’s a wrap!

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The trash has been picked up and the spidey crew will move on to new locations.  Thanks for making Rochester a little more exciting these past few days.  🙂

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My friends and fellow Falcon Watchers Joyce and Brian H were out earlier this afternoon and were fortunate to be able to see some action and the star of the show himself!

I’ll leave you with a couple of pictures that Joyce took today and was kind enough to allow me to post on my falcon watch report.  Thanks Joyce!

The first one is an action scene with two stuntmen fighting on top of a vehicle.

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and my favorite one of the star of the show, Spiderman!  Awesome picture Joyce!

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

The temperature was 59 (F) 15 (C) at the start with rain on and off in varying intensity during my watch.

So I drove downtown and got myself all cinched in by He’s Chinese to wait for Dot.Ca (DC) to come relieve Beauty on egg duty. Yesterday we waited a little over an hour and a half. Today I waited over 2 and a half hours when I decided to go to the Brighton site (BS) to look for him and when I left I knew DC would show up. Sure enough half way there Donna informed me that DC was on the eggs and she thought he brought food for Beauty. He’s a funny little man that DC! lol Not only did I miss the switch but I was out of luck finding Miss Pigott at BS as well. What can ya do but go with it right!? I went back downtown finding Beauty at about 8:45am on the base of Mercury.

I was viewing from the Court St. bridge and she had her back to me at first. I took advantage of the lull in the rain and shot a video of the river while I waited for Beauty to turn around for me.  And she did-at least one of our falcons was cooperating for me. lol

Beauty took off when I wasn’t looking but I found her easily as I made my way down Court St. to Exchange Blvd. she was straight ahead on the jail tower 3rd arm down on the southeast side. I drove over to Troup St. for the best place to observe her.

I stayed there for the better part of an hour while she mostly preened making herself Beautyful. At 10am I went back to BS and happily after the 2nd trip around found Pigott on the front edge of the cubby. Only her tail feathers were showing when I spotted her and as I got ready to take a pic she moved in where I couldn’t see her. I’m sure DC told her to mess with MAK this morning! haha I  waited 15 minutes to see if she would come out and play but she didn’t so I returned to downtown for one last look/see.  No luck finding Beauty and I never did see DC on my watch, tho he gave me a chuckle I left for home at 10:35am smiling! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

Well you knew all this spectacular weather had to come to an end.  When I arrived downtown a little after 6:00 pm, I was greeted by a big clash of thunder and pouring rain with temperatures in the mid 60’s (F).  I found an open parking spot on Broad St on the south side of the Times Square Bldg (TSB).  From there I could see the back and south side of the TSB and the Mercury Statue.  While I waited out the rain, I saw no falcons.  Aqueduct St was blocked, so I couldn’t park down there like I did yesterday.

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Before it started raining, Joyce and Lisa McK had been at the BS location watching Pigott, who was quite vocal and active this afternoon.  So I decided to check out the downtown area and to brave the busy Rochester streets.  Kathy O texted me saying that she was over on the Andrews St Bridge (ASB), so as the heavy rain lessened, I headed over there to join her.  From there we could not spot any falcons.  We knew that Beauty was inside the nest box and since it was quiet, we were again on the move, finding a couple of parking spots over on Plymouth Ave, near Main St.  From there we could walk around the area.

Spiderman 2 filming was finished for the day, so we were free to wander down Main St.  I really wanted to check out Pindle Alley, which had been decked out as Chinatown yesterday and this morning.  What a mess!  Veggies, mostly cabbage, were strewn about everywhere!

We left Pindle Alley and made our way down Main St to Exchange/State St.  From there we had a good view of the nest box on the TSB and the Mercury statue, which was currently occupied by Dot.ca.  We were going to get a closer look, but he spread his wings and took off heading towards the TSB.  We lost him behind the Wilder Bldg and were unable to find him.

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So with Joyce and Lisa McK reporting seeing Pigott, Dot.ca on Mercury and Beauty in the nest box on the 4 eggs, all 3 Rochester Peregrine Falcons were accounted for during my watch, making it a very good day indeed!

Only one more day of filming Spiderman 2 in Rochester, so hopefully things will return to normal soon.  Although, I will miss meeting all the people that have come downtown to see all the activity.  It’s been fun!

I’ll leave you with a few pictures from Pindle Alley (a narrow alley between the Powers Bldg and the Sisters City Garage – Between Church and Main) aka Chinatown.  Enjoy!

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Another warm morning in Rochester  as I started my watch at 5:35am with a temperature of 56 (F) 13 (C) and mostly cloudy skies. The rain is to arrive later with somewhat cooler temperatures.

The daily road closure map for the Spiderman movie said that Exchange Blvd. down to Court St. and Broad St. from Plymouth Ave. to South Ave. would be closed. Thank goodness that was incorrect as I drove down into the hole (Aqueduct St.) for the 2nd day in a row to wait for Dot.Ca(DC) to relieve Beauty on their eggs.

As I sat by He’s Chinese I spotted a large falcon whom I thought was Beauty fly above me and out of view past the Wilder building-I never saw her leave the nest box or return to it so I wasn’t positive. Minutes later Ei let me know that Beauty had left the nest box right about that time and Campgee tweeted it out as well-thanks for your help. A minute or two later DC flew to the back of the northwest wing on the Times Square building (TSB). I couldn’t say if he brought prey with him or he had cached food up there but he was definitely eating.

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DC ate his share and then he flew down to the deck by the well wall with leftovers for Beauty.

He barely touched down when Beauty whipped out to grab the food from him and take it over to the base of Mercury to start chowing down. She was obviously a very hungry girl!

The Beautyful one finished eating around 7:30am cleaned her beak off on the edge of the base  a few times.

I left the hole to watch Beauty from Broad St. next to the Blue Cross Arena for a few minutes. She did some leg and wing stretches for our viewing pleasure.

I stayed half hour or so before leaving for Brighton to check on Pigott. I got there at 8:25am to find Miss Pigott eating on the south side vent. She had her back to me and was toward the back of it on the west end.

She finished eating soon after I arrived and walked to the west edge of the vent to do a little clean up and then walked back over to stand over her leftovers and contemplate where she was going to cache them.

She finally decided and took off over the top of the building with food in her talons. I spotted her fly out from the roof on the west side above where the cubby is as I made my way around the service road and there was no longer anything in her talons as she disappeared to the east.

Pigott didn’t return so I went back downtown passing by Highland Park I couldn’t resist taking a pic of this horse.

I found Beauty on the base of Mercury where I left her. I decided to end my watch at this point and tweeted it out. I started packing up my equipment and glanced back at Mercury to see that DC was now on the money bag. Quick-that’s what these falcons are as they did a switch while I wasn’t looking. I got my camera back out took a couple pics and a video of DC and then I left for real. In the last series of both Beauty and DC each of them had a bird flying by behind them which I thought was kinda funny.

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Once again I left for home  with a smile on my face for having seen all 3 Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

It was a stunningly beautiful and warm day today with temps in the mid to high 70’s (F).  Early May doesn’t get much better than this in Rochester, NY and it’s about to come to an end.  Cooler temperatures and very much need rain is heading our way tomorrow afternoon.  The Spiderman folks couldn’t have planned a better stretch of weather for their filming.  Only two more days left.  They wrap up on Thursday, May 9th.  As much as it has been a nuisance getting around downtown for my late afternoon/evening falcon watches, I’ve kind of enjoyed meeting so many new folks, both Rochesterians and visitors.  Today Brian and I met a very nice young lady from Pittsburgh.  She is a member of the Spiderman crew with a tie-in to our Rochester falcons.  More about that later.

When I first arrive downtown at about 4:30 pm, I was able to park on Aqueduct St (aka the hole).  I found Beauty on the south side of the nest box.  I quickly tweeted out that she was there and asked if Dot.ca was inside the nest box on the eggs?  I quickly got answers from Lisa McK, Ei, Joyce and Ruth.  Thanks ladies!  It is so nice having your help.  🙂

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I had to run a quick errand and when I returned to Aqueduct St. at approximately 5:30 pm, I found Dot.ca on the OCSR, 2nd IBeam down near the south corner.  Beauty had taken over brooding duties on their four eggs.

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Brian H joined me at 5:45 pm and when we looked up at OCSR, Dot.ca was gone.  A few minutes later, we found him on the green stripe at the top of the Wilder Bldg.  Since everything was quiet, we decided to head over to Main St. to check up on what was happening with the Spiderman filming.  There was a lot of activity on Main St west of State/Exchange St.  A car was on fire and three NYPD police cars were speeding down Pindle Alley, which was now “China Town”.  They stopped filming around 6:30 pm and allowed us to walk down Main St, which was very interesting.  I’ll add a  couple pics at the end of this report.

After checking out Main St, Brian and I returned to Aqueduct St. and found Dot.ca over on the Mercury statue’s money bag hand.

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Dot.ca was hyper vigilant, keeping an eye on his downtown territory and keeping the Crows out of his airspace.  He chased one of the Crows into the trees in Aqueduct Park.  At about 7:15 pm, Dot.cat took off and flew to the east side of the OCSR and around the back (north side).  We did not see him come back around.  It was getting late and I wanted to take a quick trip over to the BS location to find Pigott, so I dropped Brian off at his apartment and headed out there.

It was very quiet at the BS location and I quickly found Pigott sitting on the ledge of the cubby at 7:45 pm.  She was checking out the Canada Geese that were walking and honking loudly below her.  Just as I was leaving at 8:00 pm, Pigott flew to the SW corner of the NW extension.

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I was very happy to see all three Rochester Falcons on my watch today.

OK, now for the story of Melinda and what a small falcon world it really is.  She is a member of the Spiderman crew that just happened to be standing at the barricade we were watching from.  I got to talking with her and found out she was from Pittsburgh, PA.  She really like Rochester and I told her about the Rochester falcons that were nesting on the Times Square Bldg.  She said “falcons”!  She then went on to tell Brian and I about being at the Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh and how they had falcons there too!  One day she had been walking near there and someone yelled out “DON’T MOVE!”  She of course did move and turned around because she was startled.  Just in front of her was a very large Peregrine Falcon, by the name of Dorothy (she found this out from the falcon watcher that had warned her).  I told her we had Dorothy’s daughter Beauty sitting on 4 eggs on the next building over from where we stood.  She was so excited to learn this.  Brian handed her an Rfalconcam card and she said she would check it out.  Now talk about a small falcon world!  lol

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I’ll leave you with a couple pics I took while wandering up and down Main St with Brian H.

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Today the starting temperature was 51 (F) 11 (C) and could be the last nice day for a while as rain is in the forecast tomorrow with cooler temps moving in. It will be more like spring the next week or so. Saw just a sliver of the moon on my way down Maple St.

Arriving downtown this morning around 5:30am I was pleasantly surprised that Exchange Blvd. wasn’t blocked and I could get to the hole (Aqueduct St.) so I went straight over there to watch for the first egg switch of the day. I had a long wait for Dot.Ca (DC) was doing other things first thing this morning.

1 1/2 hours later I saw a tiercel fly in from the east above the Thomson Reuters and Philipone buildings up to the northeast wing of the Times Square building (TSB)and disappear. I tweeted that it was DC but I’m not so sure it was him. I was too close to see the back of the ledge from the hole so I drove up to the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) but there was nobody under any of the wings. I checked around the east,west and north side of the territory without finding a falcon so I went to the Brighton site. Bingo-as I approached the site I could see a large falcon on the northwest corner. When I pulled down the service road it vanished. I stopped on the west side near the cubby and out of the corner of my eye I spotted somebody on the northwest corner which was kinda behind me. I cranked my head around and took the first falcon pic of the day at 7:40am. Good morning Miss Pigott!

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I thought we were alone and started to back up to have an easier angle in which to observe but as I was in the process DC came blazing in from the southwest and mated with Pigott. I couldn’t stop and get the camera focused on them in time as they both flew off out of view immediately afterwards. I drove to the south side (back) of building and found Pigott on the west end of the south side vent but DC was nowhere to be found.

She was back on it a bit eating at first and when she was finished she walked over to the side where I had a better view of her.

The reason I didn’t see DC is because he had left for downtown as I received messages from both Donna and Annette saying that he had finally relieved Beauty and was on the eggs. Thank you very much ladies!  I stayed with Pigott for 10 more minutes and then I left for downtown.  I went to the Court St. bridge where I could see the Beautyful one on the base of Mercury, and let me tell ya the feathers were flying!! She was all business getting to this meal after such a long sit on the eggs.

Beauty turned away from me after 10 minutes so I drove over to the hole to share space with her. She was done preparing and now eating her long awaited meal.

She went for the first leg and gulped that down and then the second one. I don’t know how they swallow them but they manage it. GULP!

When Beauty was finished dining she flew off and I next saw her soaring high above the river drifting east until I lost her in the big Beautyful sky! I resurfaced from the hole to have a look around for her but she was nowhere in sight. I chose to end my watch at that point around 9:15am. Tho it was less than 10 seconds that I saw DC over at BS it still counts as I saw all 3 of our Rochester Peregrine Falcons putting a smile on this watchers face! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Todays starting temperature was 51 (F) 11 (C) with minimal wind,sunshine and blue skies.

I arrived downtown right around 5:30am and could see no falcons as I parked on Broad St. next to the Blue Cross Arena(BCA)-one of the only places available to park with the road closures around the Times Square building (TSB) for the Spiderman movie shoots. I was facing east so I could see the statue of Mercury and since Beauty wasn’t on the base I figured Dot.Ca hadn’t arrived yet to relieve her of incubation duties. I then drove around to Exchange Blvd. and parked in front of the main entrance to the BCA as I would be facing north and could see the nest box directly ahead of me. Around 5:45am I caught a glimpse of a set of wing tips on the deck so I figured DC had arrived and sure enough Beauty came flying out and over to the base of Mercury.

Beauty stayed only a minute or so then dropped off the back of the base out of view. I was on the Court St. bridge at the time but I had mistakenly tweeted I was on the Andrews St. Bridge which is where I went  next to look for the Beautyful one from the north side of the city. After unsuccessfully finding her I was off to the Brighton site. I arrived there about 6:15am and found the lovely Pigott on the west end of the south side vent.

Miss Pigott kept herself occupied watching the birds in the trees below and in the sky above her. She flew off after a starling and returned to the vent after missing.

A couple minutes later she flew out about 20 feet and aborted her attempt on a starling and returned to the vent again.

Pigott flew off one more time a few minutes later headed south and out of view and this time she would not return.

I returned to downtown around 7:30am and parked on the Court St. Bridge where I was able to see Beauty on the base of Mercury.

She flew off  as soon as I stopped and got out the car going over to the nest box to relieve DC. He flew over to the Mercury money bag.

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While I was recording a video of the river DC left the money bag so I had no idea which direction he went. I decided to go to the Andrews St. bridge to check the north side of things but never did find him. The traffic was just horrendous trying to get from one place to another because of all the road closures for the Spiderman movie. I got really frustrated with it all so I ended my watch at just about 8am. I saw all 3 Rochester Peregrine Falcons so I did manage to smile about that as I left the city!  🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

It’s been a little hard getting downtown for my falcon watches while Spiderman 2 has been filming in downtown Rochester, but I haven’t let that stop me.  Thankfully this is a slow time for the falcon watchers since either Beauty or Dot.ca are on the eggs while we are there.  Over the last few days, I’ve only seen Dot.ca outside the nest box.  I knew that Beauty was in the nest box today thanks to my friends from the Rfalconcam forum that report what I can’t see from below.  Annette, Ei and Joyce were very helpful today.

While they are here filming, I’ve had to find a parking spot, usually on Broad St.  From there I  am able walk around the area.  Most days, I have not been able to get to the areas I usually watch from.  But, that’s ok.  This is only temporary and it certainly does not seem to be bothering the falcons.  So, I usually wander around, watch a little of the filming activity and look for the falcons.  I’ve actually met some very nice people and told them about the falcons of course!

Here are a few Dot.ca pictures from the past few days.

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My visits to the BS location have been hit or miss also.  Tonight I was very happy to see Pigott up on the NW corner of the NW extension.  She was busy preening and stretching.  It was very quiet there.

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The weather in Rochester has been almost summer like and will continue to be.  Today it went up to 80 degrees with lots and lot s of sunshine!  It was a wonderful day that ended with all three Rochester Falcons accounted for.

I’ll leave you with a couple pictures I took while on my watch.

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

The opening temperature when I started my watch was 48 (F) 9 (C)-another clear day with wall to wall sunshine!

I was a little later this morning arriving at 5:45am or so and too late for the switch on the eggs. Annette reported that Beauty left the nest box a few minutes before I got downtown and Dot.Ca (DC) took over incubation. I spotted Beauty on the base of Mercury and she was plucking feathers. I couldn’t get down to the hole because they had it blocked off for the Spiderman movie to resume filming today so I observed Beauty from Broad St. next to the Blue Cross Arena.

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Beauty stopped eating and appeared to want to cache the rest. She jumped up to the green part of the base and decided that wasn’t the place so she took flight with her leftovers and flew west with it.

I made my way around as best I could to find the Beautyful one but was limited in where I could go so I went to the Brighton site. As I approached I spotted Pigott on the northwest corner of the west extension but she took off around to the back of the building headed east. I drove around to find her on an east facing window on the northeast extension 2nd level down at around 6:55am.

She was listening and looking at all the songbirds in the trees below her and a few minutes later she took a little stroll and flew across to a top north facing window on the east extension.

She spent most of the time with her back to me but she did turn around to show me that she had a feather in her cap.

Larry came by with his dog Harold around 7:30am and we had a nice little chat and then they left. Around 8:15am both Donna and Annette (thanks) reported that a switch had taken place with Beauty back on the eggs. I gave it a few minutes to see if DC would come visit Miss Pigott and when he didn’t I headed out for downtown. I went to the Court St. bridge and couldn’t see DC on the south side of any of the buildings so I made my way over to the Andrews St. Bridge to check the north side. I spotted DC at the northwest wing of the Times Square building.

I had seen all 3 of our Rochester Peregrine Falcons and all was well with them so I ended my watch just before 9am leaving with a smile on my face! 🙂

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By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

I’m lovin’ the weather here lately-today it was 56 (F) 13 (C) when I left for my watch at 5:30am.

I would wait in the hole (Aqueduct St.) for nearly an hour before seeing a falcon. At 6:25am Dot.Ca (DC) flew into the nest box and Beauty flew to the base of Mercury squawking. She would soon start eating-now I didn’t see anything in her talons as she passed over from the nest box at the Times Square building (TSB) but I was told by Donna that DC had brought food.

At 6:50am Beauty slipped off the base of Mercury flew around Mercury and back to the base. She quickly flew off again and went to the TSB landing at the northeast wing.

The Beautyful one showed her big yellow feet quite a bit while she was up there and at 7am she flew down to the nest box. DC came shooting out and flew to the Mercury money bag (MMB).

DC preened a bit and then flew off after something down in the river and re-surfaced to fly to the northeast wing.

DC also showed a lot of big yellow feet-his had breakfast on them. Half hour later DC flew back to the MMB. I left to check the Brighton site (BS) arriving there a little after 8am. I drove around the building 3 times and didn’t see or hear a falcon. I had to be somewhere so I ended my watch at that time. Beauty and DC really made me smile today. 🙂

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