By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Well, winter has returned for the next couple days as the temperature was 22 (F) -6 (C) with snow showers and overcast conditions

I started my watch today with Dot.Ca (DC) who was on the south side of OCSR at 7:09am. I drove to the Radisson Hotel by Main St. to ID him for sure as I couldn’t from the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) where I first saw him.

About the same time Donna let me know that Beauty had been to the nest box. I didn’t see her until 10 minutes later when DC flew off  and went to the nest box, then I saw Beauty fly in from the north and joined him at the nest box. A couple minutes later they flew out and Beauty came to rest on the south corner top ibeam of OCSR.

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I was observing from the hole at this time- DC came in to mate with Beauty very fast before I could get a shot of them. He flew north and she took off while I was watching him. I followed suit and found both of them on the Kodak Office (KO) launchpad. The Beautyful one was on the southwest corner and DC on the southeast corner across from each other.

They had their backs to me so I drove over to the west side of KO and pulled over on Verona St. to observe around 7:35am. 5 minutes later they flew off together with DC flying north and Beauty returning to the southwest corner of the KO launchpad. I checked the rest of the building for DC but he was gone and I ended up on State St. to watch Beauty.

A minute later Beauty flew south-I made a u-turn so I could follow her with my binocs. I thought she might go to the nest box at first but then she made a left, circled above OCSR then went into a stoop over the river and I lost sight of her behind buildings. I took a trip around downtown but couldn’t find Beauty or DC so I headed out for the Brighton Site (BS). I arrived at BS at 8:20am having just enough time to take a pic of Pigott looking down from the west end of the south side vent and then drop off the edge and stoop on a crow.

The crow took safety in a pine tree and Pigott flew up to the southwest extension roof. Just like yesterday I had to go out to the back service road to see her as she was in off the front edge where I needed a broader view of the building to find her.

A couple minutes later she suddenly flew off to the north and I never saw her again. After a couple unsuccessful trips around BS I left for downtown. From the BSB I spotted a bump on the southwest corner of the KO launchpad so I drove down Plymouth Ave. pulling over across from Frontier Field, the Rochester Red wings baseball stadium.

This wasn’t a good spot since Beauty had her back to me so I drove around to Verona St. again and just as I got situated Beauty saw DC and scrunched down as he was approaching from the south. She got positioned with tail up as he came to rest on her back to mate.

It was a much lengthier session than earlier on OCSR and when he was done DC flew down to the playpen netting to perch on the southwest corner right below his girl.

DC hung out there for a few minutes as Beauty glanced down at him now and again until he flew off at 8:58am and landed on the southeast corner of the launchpad across from his mate now.

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That’s all she wrote folks-I left at 9am after seeing all 3 Rochester Peregrine Falcons with a big ole smile on my face! 🙂

Check out the links below to see videos from my watch today

http://youtu.be/NlZNFp9RwvU

http://youtu.be/-CzIDqkl5ok

http://youtu.be/KPzxTmr1yv8

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

This mornings watch weather was overcast, with wind swept rain on and off and a temperature of 44 (F) 7 (C)

It took  half hour before I spotted my first falcon and that falcon was Beauty. I spotted her on the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR as I made my way back to the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) from checking Kodak Office. I drove down to the hole on Aqueduct St. for a closer view.

The Beautyful one was out of the weather a bit up there as she looked around for Dot.Ca (DC). She didn’t have to wait long as he arrived about 5 minutes later at 7:34am. She flew directly to the nest box while he went to the back of the northwest wing ledge of the Times Square building (TSB) and started eating. I can’t say if it was cached food that was already up there or if he brought it with him. In either case, it was small.

Beauty got impatient waiting at the nest box and flew up under to the northeast wing across from DC and started whining. Seconds later she flew over to DC and he took off with his little package and went to the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR where he started eating again. Beauty also flew over there but kept her distance while he ate and went to the Radisson Hotel by Main St. to watch.

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DC spent 10-15 minutes on his meal then flew off with a tiny bit of it in his talons. Beauty took off too and I watched them both fly to the nest box around 8am.

By the time I got back over to the hole Beauty was on the base of Mercury eating and I couldn’t see DC anywhere. I was thinking that DC gave her his leftovers and that’s what she was eating. 10 minutes later Beauty flew to the nest box and  seconds later DC came shooting out with what looked like a teeny tiny morsel of food in his talons and headed east.

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Beauty remained at the nest box and I left for the Brighton site hoping to run into Larry who had tweeted that he saw Pigott on the northwest extension.

I arrived around 8:35am and missed Larry by a few minutes. I thought I had missed Pigott as well but on my second trip around the building I spotted her as she flew from the middle of the southwest extension roof out and around to land on the south side of the southwest extension. She wasn’t on the edge but back in on the roof a bit so I had to got out onto the service road behind the property to see more than her head!

Miss Pigott was hanging on in the wind and looking around most likely for DC! At 9:02am Pigott flew off to the southeast. I waited about 10 minutes and just as I was starting to leave I heard the familiar echo of echupping coming from the cubby.

So I went around to the west side and got ready to see DC shoot out of there like a cannon as he always does when their bonding sessions are over. I just barely got him in the frame as he left the area flying northbound. A few seconds later Pigott flew out to the southwest corner of the west extension.

A minute later she flew back to the roof of the southwest extension again giving me a feeling of deja vu.

I left for downtown thinking DC had gone there but when I arrived there was no DC that I could see and Beauty was right where I left her-perched at the nest box.

I ended my watch at 9:30am smiling in the fact that I had seen all 3 resident Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

Click on the links below to see our threesome on video

http://youtu.be/tMdEaK_u-ws

http://youtu.be/JBB9BCbhWXE

http://youtu.be/YkD5YqbHytM

http://youtu.be/9biEwEIhYVo

http://youtu.be/MxIl76Scfog

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Todays starting temperature was 29 (F) -2 (C) with overcast conditions including snow showers on and off  throughout my watch

Around 7:10am while stopped at the traffic light at South Ave. and Broad St. I could see a falcon at the nest box. I reported that it was Beauty but Donna let me know it was Dot.Ca (DC)-Thanks! DC flew out and around to the back of the Times Square building (TSB) and out of view. A few minutes later I spotted Beauty under the southeast wing.

Beauty flew east so I went east as well, but I found nothing until making my way back to the Broad St. Bridge (BSB). Beauty was on the Mercury money bag (MMB) so I went down to the hole to observe her about 7:35am.

As I was sharing space with the Beautyful one DC  flew in and was about to mate with her but changed his mind at the last second. Beauty wasn’t ready for him as he circled around to try again and so he aborted once more. You can see in the series of pics below that she didn’t get her tail up when he was ready to make his move. Be sure to click on the pics to see full version

After circling TSB, DC flew north and Beauty followed behind with me bringing up the rear. I caught up with them over at the Kodak Office (KO) tower where they were on the launchpad. She was on the southeast corner and he was on the southwest corner.

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At about 7:50am DC flew over for another attempt at copulation but once again passed by and landed on the east side then walked to the northeast corner of the launchpad.

At 7:57am DC successfully connected with Beauty and flew up to the cupola after copulation took place. You can see it in a video I made.

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DC walked to the southwest side of the cupola only to return to the southeast side above Beauty

Soon after Beauty flew southwest and a couple seconds later DC followed.

5 minutes later I found DC on the Wilder buildings fire escape as I landed down in the hole on Aqueduct St. Beauty was at the nest box at the time but unbeknownst to me flew over to the southwest corner of the Wilder building while I was watching DC on my camera screen. He was in hunt mode and keeping an eye on little birdies below him.

DC flew to the nest box with Beauty right behind him. I imagine they did some bowing in there as I couldn’t see them from where I was stationed in the hole. Half a minute later I caught DC flying out and heading south.

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I then went up on the BSB to confirm Beauty in the nest box.

I thought perhaps DC went to the Brighton site (BS) since that’s the direction he flew so I went there to check. When I got there at 9am I found Canadian Geese and 3 crows who were checking the roof tops I assume for cached food that belonged to Pigott and DC. Twice in the last week I’ve witnessed crows stealing cached food at BS. Anyway, no falcon sightings so I returned to downtown and after a couple trips around with no success in finding a falcon there I ended my watch at 9:30am. And what a busy watch it was as love is in the air for our downtown falcon pair, which you must know, puts a smile on my face! 🙂

Click on the links below to view some action scenes by Beauty and DC

http://youtu.be/zXpAmsjY4_8

http://youtu.be/SHHQl5CTqQ8

http://youtu.be/XXeG5rsE-5s

http://youtu.be/WVMhoySZxHs

http://youtu.be/APiYBXbW3bU

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

On this dark overcast morning it was 36 (F) 2 (C) with a little wind and a forecast for those winds to pick up later in the day. It rained lightly off and on with some snow mixed in

Half hour into my watch as I was returning from the east side I spotted Beauty on the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR around 7:30am. I went over to the hole to observe her.

A few minutes later the Beautyful one flew off to the east over the river and out of view.

Instead of taking a ride to look for her I left to check the Brighton site (BS) at this time as I had a shortened watch due to an early appointment this morning. I arrived at BS just before 8am and didn’t see a falcon anywhere on the building until I drove out to the back service road where I wasn’t so close and had a broader view of things. That turned out to be a good call as I spotted Pigott on the southwest extension back on the roof away from the edge. I had time for 2 pics -one on the roof and one as she flew off headed south.

I waited a couple minutes for her return but she didn’t so off to downtown for one more check I went, finding Beauty on the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR around 8:30am.

While I was taping the river Beauty flew off and I didn’t know what direction she went so after a look around I set out to find her.Once again as I was coming from the east side of the city I could see beauty up at the nest box from the Broad St. bridge.

That’s it in a nutshell-I didn’t see Dot.Ca but I did see our 2 resident female Peregrine Falcons sending me off with a smile at 8:50am. 🙂

Click on the links below to see todays videos

http://youtu.be/kKAuD6bmmnI

http://youtu.be/-XtCLRhjySY

http://youtu.be/Wz6Lb7bjTfw

By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

I was able to get out for a quick watch this afternoon.  When I left work, Beauty was in the nest box.  Just before I arrived downtown at 3:45 pm, she was gone.  I looked around and could not find Beauty or Dot.ca.  By this time it had started to rain.

I headed over to the BS location and found both Dot.ca and Pigott on the north side of the building.  Pigott was on a north facing window on the NW extension and Dot.ca was on the top of the north side center section of the building.

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Both Dot.ca and Pigott took off.  DC headed downtown and Pigott landed on the south side of the west extension.  She vocalized by wailing softly now and then.  Pigott didn’t stay there long.  She took off and flew around the building, ending up on the northwest corner of the NW extension.

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At 4:45 pm, Pigott took off again.  This time she hovered above the building, just hanging on the wind.  To me this is one of the most beautiful things to watch a Peregrine Falcon do.  She did this for about 5 minutes before heading east fast.  I believe she was either on a hunt or going off to clear out her territory.

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*Pigott on Patrol

I had to be somewhere at 5:30 pm, so I headed downtown and found Beauty tucked into the OCSR elevator shaft on the south ledge.  It’s very dark in this picture, but you can just make her out.  I’ll lighten it up too.

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*Beauty in OCSR Elevator Shaft

Many thanks to Donna, NCA and Pat for helping me out during my watch!  🙂

Goodnight everyone!

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was a balmy 34 degrees (F)  1 (C) when I stepped out to go om my morning watch-as the sun came up there were clouds blocking it with breezy conditions and some rain expected later in the day

As I was parked on Broad St. behind Xerox checking out Bausch & Lomb for Beauty I spotted a falcon come into view above Xerox just as the sun was breaking the horizon. Judging by size I’d say it was Beauty-she flew around B&L then went over and hovered right above me and Xerox on the east side.

I lost sight of her and drove toward the Broad St. Bridge (BSB)-stopped at the traffic light at South Ave. and Broad St. I could see the Beautyful one on the Mercury money bag but by the time I got to the bridge and pulled over, she was gone. I didn’t see anyone in or near the nest box so I continued on with my search. Donna let me know that Beauty and Dot.Ca (DC)had been in the nest bonding earlier. Thanks my friend! After a couple trips around our fair city and no sightings I left for the Brighton site where I found Pigott at 8:10am on the southwest corner of the west extension.

She was mainly looking north, presumably looking for DC but she also did a little preening so she would look nice for him. 🙂 Larry pulled up for half a minute on his way to work and gave me a wave. After he left I got a tweet from him saying there were turkeys on the back service road so naturally I had to go investigate. Mr. Tom Turkey was chasing the girls and displaying his awesomeness to them when I arrived.

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They ran into the woods so I went back to Pigott who was in the same place as I left her. I was glad to see that there was a small bulge in her crop meaning she had eaten. I stayed a few more minutes and then left to go back downtown.

I ended my watch at 9:05am after spending the better part of an hour driving around looking for falcons that eluded me. Not too much happening on this mornings watch but I could still smile for what I had seen-our 2 female falcons and some turkeys who were in the mood for love! 🙂

Click on the links below for this mornings videos

http://youtu.be/o25cTnUTZW0

http://youtu.be/gaKfdbJ9PRo

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Another chilly start with a temp of  16 (F) -9 (C), calm winds,bright sunshine and blue skies

As I made my way down interstate 490 eastbound I just had to grab my camera and shoot a couple pics of the sunrise to start my watch.

Make sure to click on my pics for a full version

When I arrived downtown Beauty was in the nest box and Dot.Ca (DC) was on the well ledge north of the nest box area.  a minute later Beauty flew over to OCSR and landed on the west corner top ibeam. I saw DC next to the main cam on the north side of it and then  according to cam watcher Donna (TY) into the nest box he went. I was parked in the hole where I can’t see into the nest box so it’s always helpful to have someone watching the cams to let watchers know what’s going on up there.

Beauty watching DC at nest box

As I was looking around for DC, the Beautyful one left OCSR. I decided to go up on the Broad St. bridge where I had a broader view of things and while I was looking north I spotted a falcon fly off the west side of the Kodak Office (KO) launchpad and circle around to land on the northeast corner of the launchpad. I drove to State St. and ended up in the parking lot of Harmco plumbing supplies on the north side of KO. DC was who I saw fly to the northeast corner and to my delight Beauty was on the northwest corner with her back to me around 7:30am.

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DC flew off 5 minutes later so I drove to the west side of KO parking on Verona St. where I could see the front of Beauty. She was not seeming like she was going anywhere so I decided to go to the Brighton Site to see if DC went there.

I landed at BS around 8:20am finding Pigott on the northwest corner of the west extension and I could hear DC in the cubby chirping.

DC flew out and circled Pigott then back to cubby and started chupping away. 2 more times he went in and out of the cubby trying to lure her in but for some reason Pigott would not join him. She flew north out of view and he followed, then she returned and came to rest on the southwest corner of the west extension.

She flew off again and DC followed to the north with Pigott returning to land on the northwest corner of the west extension-DC went to the southwest corner of the southwest extension. They both did some preening and watching each other for the next 25 minutes or so.

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Then it happened-just before the clock struck 9am DC flew over to Pigott and mated with her. I barely got my camera on them before it was all over getting one still and his exit from her back on video.

DC flew north and a minute later Miss Pigott flew east out of view. When neither returned I went back downtown stopping on the BSB to look around. Beauty was on the top ibeam west corner of OCSR and left just as I was about to grab my camera. She flew to the nest box so I went down to the hole behind He’s Chinese where I could hear echupping. Could DC be in there with her?  Yes, he most certainly was as he shot out from the nest box and flew up to the northeast wing ring of the Times Square building.

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Beauty flew out right after him but I didn’t see where she went as I was following his flight up to the ring. I drove over to Irving Place, the alley behind Times Square for a different angle on DC when he turned away from me and as I looked up I noticed Beauty under the northwest wing below him.

At 9:37am Beauty flew north and 5 minutes later DC exited as well.

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I called it a watch at 9:40am and as I was exiting downtown NCAfalcon and Donna reported DC at the nest box. Another action packed watch and sightings of all 3 resident Rochester Peregrine Falcons made for a smiley ride home. 🙂

Click on the links below to view todays videos

http://youtu.be/wdWbcEJwTPY

http://youtu.be/MkcpocP-oow

http://youtu.be/favn1R_S-98

http://youtu.be/0BedjSvGYnY

http://youtu.be/p2Lqrvm4VxE

http://youtu.be/KSqhot43HZg

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Happy St. Patricks Day!

It was 9 degrees (F) -13 (C) when I left for my watch this morning!!! Calm winds with clouds and sun throughout its entirety

As I was at the traffic light at South Ave. and Broad St. I couldn’t help but the notice the full moon in the western sky.

At 7:18am as I was checking from the Andrews St. Bridge (ASB) I spotted a falcon flying near Kodak Office (KO)-it flew around to the north side out of view and I didn’t see it come out on the other side. I checked around the whole building with no luck finding it.
15 minutes later as I was checking the east side from the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) I spotted Beauty on Bausch & Lomb (B&L)-she was on the west side on the southwest corner aka Archers’ corner. I took a pic and then started recording a video on which she pooped , stretched her wings and flew off after 20 seconds heading north.

I made a u-turn to see where she went but she had already vanished behind buildings. My attention was diverted to city workers clearing the frozen, dirty snow banks that lined the sidewalks on the bridge-they were blowing it right into the river. Just imagine all the salt, garbage and who knows what was in those snow banks and now polluting the river and all the wildlife that uses it. OY!

Anyways, I drove around the city a couple times but found no falcons so I went over to the Brighton Site (BS). Arriving there around 8:20am and finding Pigott on the west extension southwest corner with her back to me. There was nowhere else that I could get a better look at her so I just stayed put.

Larry came by on his way to work and soon after Pigott vocalized as she turned and started walking on the roof as Dot.Ca (DC) arrived and went into the cubby chirping up a storm.

Pigott joined him and the echupping began echoing quite loudly from the cubby lasting about a minute. DC then flew out only to return for a second round of chupping, chirping and I’m sure bowing. Can’t see in the cubby so we have to imagine what goes on in there. Perhaps some egg laying will occur in there this year.

DC flying from cubby 1st round

DC flies out from cubby after 2nd round

As you can see, DC takes the same route out of the cubby each time. Pigott came out and went to the northwest corner of the southwest extension above the cubby and DC went to the same southwest corner of the west extension she was on earlier.

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Larry left and a minute later DC flew across to Miss Pigott who was whining and they mated in on the roof so that I could only see the right wing of DC flapping. He left flying northwest and Pigott remained with only her tail feathers hanging over the edge of the roof-she was whining in a hushed voice.

At 8:54am Pigott flew south and didn’t return. On my way back downtown I got tweets from Donna saying Beauty was at the nest box and from Pat saying DC was on the southeast wing ring of Times Square. Thanks for the assist ladies! So I arrived downtown in time to see the Beautyful one fly out from the nest box over to OCSR coming to rest on the top ibeam west corner. Then just as I looked up to the wing rings DC flew off and went to Beauty where he attempted and aborted a copulation.

DC flew to the nest box chirping but Beauty didn’t join him so he left and I have no idea what direction he went because I missed his exit. I ended my watch at 9:30am smiling after an action packed 2 1/2 hour watch where I saw all 3 Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

Click on the links below to see a couple  videos

http://youtu.be/5h2VahkU0V8

http://youtu.be/elXKff_VRGs

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Well we are back to the cold blustery weather today. As I stepped out the house the 16 degrees (F) -9 (C) and wind hit my face and I instantly teared up. Someone forgot to tell Mother Nature it’s the middle of March!

It took 2 trips around downtown this morning before I had my first falcon sighting at 7:23am. As I came up to the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) from checking the east side I spotted Dot.Ca (DC) on the top ibeam near the south corner of OCSR. I went to my spot by the Radisson Hotel at Main St. for closer viewing.

I shared space with him for less than 10 minutes as he flew off to the northeast out of view behind the hotel at 7:30am.

I went to the Andrews St. Bridge (ASB) and could just barely make out a falcon flying up to and landing on the Kodak Office (KO) launchpad. Next I drove down State St. and pulled over to see who it was way up there-twas DC near the southeast corner!

I left him after a few minutes to go search for the Beautyful one but I couldn’t find her and when I checked KO again DC was gone. At 7:42am I got a tweet from cam watcher Carly (TY) that Beauty and DC had been at the nest box at 7:2oam. I just missed them as I figure I was on the east side at the time. I checked out the High Falls from the ASB  and had my first Cormorant sighting of the new year.

I left there as the wind was right in my face out of the north making my eyes tear so much I couldn’t see anything. Made my way to the hole as I spotted Beauty under the southeast wing of  the Times Square building (TSB) and DC was over on OCSR plucking feathers from prey on the top ibeam southeast side. Beauty could see DC as he seemed like he was trying to hide at first. She had a few syllables to say as he started ripping into the feathers of his catch-lots of white down feathers so I believe he had a Mourning Dove.

I got a tweet from Larry that he had a falcon over at the Brighton Site (BS) and since I hadn’t seen Pigott in a couple days I left our downtown duo to go check it out. On the way Larry tweeted that there were 2 of them now-had DC left his food for Beauty, stashed it or brought it to Pigott. Hmm, never can tell what he’s doing when it comes to food. So I joined Larry at BS around 8:45am-Pigott was on the west end of the south side vent and DC was on the southeast corner of the roof above her.

Larry said he saw some nice tandem flying and I didn’t miss out for shortly after I arrived they did some more before DC flew into the cubby loudly chirping. Pigott landed on a window across from the cubby on the west extension and had a few chups for him but didn’t join him.

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They both took off again flying south then north over Highland Park where we lost them. Larry left and I stayed a bit longer to see if they’d come back. I headed back downtown and found DC on the top ibeam close to the south corner of OCSR at 9:30am after having a look around for Beauty.

I ended my watch at this time, content and smiling for having seen all 3 of our beloved Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂

Click on the links below to see all of our falcons on video this morning

http://youtu.be/lauLpepTkNs

http://youtu.be/A9c6D_IQs5g

http://youtu.be/1Qhh2y58h00

http://youtu.be/5N3DAqInNLI

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

I must say the weather this week has been a roller coaster ride-up and down with the temps. Today when I stepped out of the house it was 39 degrees (F) 4 (C) Tomorrow we aren’t supposed to get out of the teens!  There was light rain falling throughout my watch with a busy breeze and overcast skies

I found Beauty around 7:10am on the east side of Bausch & Lomb northeast corner and she was eating-her favorite spot lately.

She stopped 5 minutes later and flew across to a southeast corner on that east side and cached her leftovers. She went up near the building where I couldn’t see her then came shooting out and flew west toward Times Square (TSB).

I caught up with the Beautyful one whom I could see from the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) on the deck next to the main cam. She didn’t stay long and flew up under the southeast wing of TSB.

I was now parked down in the hole behind He’s Chinese. After 10 minutes Beauty flew off to the east with a quiet, short vocalization and as I turned my head to watch I saw another falcon, had to be Dot.Ca (DC) fly with her near the Mercury statue. They disappeared over the river where I couldn’t see them. I drove up to the BSB to look for them but I couldn’t pull over as the bridge was all full up with cars for a 5K run downtown this morning. Beauty was under the northeast  wing so I went back to the hole.  At just before 8am i saw DC fly to Widows Walk (WW) and land on the east side on the ledge below where the railing level is located.

He then walked to the north side and went out of view around the corner so I drove over to Fitzhugh St. where I could see him pull out cached food that was up there and start eating.

DC acted nervous like maybe he was afraid Beauty might catch him with her cache and after 5 minutes he left with his prize headed toward TSB chirping. As I was stopped at the traffic light at Exchange and Broad St. I saw beauty fly to the nest box area and when i got back to the hole I could see DC under the northeast wing nibbling on what was left of the pigeon leftovers. I couldn’t see Beauty from there so I went back up on the BSB to see if she was still at the nest box. I found her on the deck by the main cam.

Back to the hole again where I could park I spent the next half  hour watching DC  perched on the edge of the northeast wing ledge next to his stolen cache. Every once in a while the wind would make the wing on the prey bird move and startle DC, making him lose his balance. It was pretty funny to watch.

Finally, he could take no more and flew off to the north leaving the magical moving wing behind.

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I left for a check of the Brighton Site but when I arrived at 8:50am Pigott was not there. As I pulled into the east side parking lot I spotted a crow fly off the east extension with cached food-this is the 2nd time this week I’ve witnessed a crow stealing cached food at BS. This is why falcons go after crows, because they’re  thieves! lol   On my way back downtown I stopped to take pics of the ice jam on the Genesee River between the Ford St. Bridge and downtown.

I found blocked roads along the way and after making my way around to the hole I spotted Beauty on the top ibeam of OCSR near the south corner. She had a great seat for the St. Patricks Day parade that would be passing below on Main St. From where I was parked on Aqueduct St. I could see Main St. where they were setting up the grandstand for the parade.

I ended my watch at 9:30am before I got blocked in but before I left our fair city I took a couple pics of the festivities.The vendors by the Radisson Hotel, the green line painted on Main St. and a row of Irish flags.

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That’s all she wrote folks-with a smile! 🙂

Click on the links below to see more pics and videos

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http://youtu.be/ezlpBB_OcuU

http://youtu.be/wBsLqoRv7vQ

http://youtu.be/HWr6YSKYQ9I