Afternoon watch 1-13-11

By falcon watcher MAK

Beauty and her friend on the Kodak Office Tower

This afternoon I ventured out for a falcon watch. After an hour of searching I came across Beauty and her tiercel friend. They were up on the southeast corner of the launchpad on Kodaks Office Tower. Beauty was enjoying a meal as he watched. After she was done she circled the tower a few times and landed above the old nestbox site east side. She stayed there for about 30 minutes. During this time he flew in front of her several times circling the tower and landed on the launchpad to finish her leftovers. A little before 5:00pm Beauty flew off to the east and I quickly lost sight of her in the snow that was coming down. When I left at dark the tiercel was still eating on the southeast corner of the launchpad. I was very happy to see the Beautyful one after being away for a couple weeks.

Beauty on Kodak Office Tower

Beauty above the old nestbox site on Kodak Office Tower

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7 Responses to “Afternoon watch 1-13-11”

1. Kris G. Says:
   January 13th, 2011 at 11:26 PM

   Thanks for your report and pics, MAK!

2. Donna Says:
   January 13th, 2011 at 11:41 PM

   Way to go MAK, good report!!

3. margaret Says:
   January 14th, 2011 at 8:47 AM

   Nice to have you back and your reports back as well! Nice pics and report.
   Wouldn’t be nice if Kodak allowed a nest box to go back up on the tower now that the renovations are complete? Any chance of that?

4. Joyce Says:
   January 14th, 2011 at 1:38 PM

   Doubtful Margaret. In spite of all the hardships watching it come down, I believe we have a great set up with all of the cameras…and the Times Square Building has been wonderful. However, I have to say I miss watching from the pedestrian bridge, especially during fledging. The Kodak Tower was so conducive to the gorge. Let’s hope we see younguns flying the gorge this year.

   P.S. I’m hoping we have a chance at getting a nestbox at Kodak Park.

5. Alison in Indiana Says:
   January 14th, 2011 at 8:26 PM

   This is not Kodak’s project anymore (most of the original movers in the peregrine project seem to be gone now) and they are no longer interested in having a nestbox on their tower. This was told when the box was removed a couple of years ago.
   With the financial difficulty the company is in (I am a shareholder and I know) they have all they can do to keep the business together, despite having some great ideas, like the kiosks in drugstores and such.
   HOWEVER – the falcons may see the issue differently.

6. MAK Says:
   January 14th, 2011 at 11:15 PM

   Your welcome Kris. Thanks Donna. And Margaret(lovely name by the way) it’s great to be back! 🙂

7. Maureen in MA Says:
   January 15th, 2011 at 9:32 AM

   Thank you for the recent updates!!