By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

It was like old times this morning on the Broad St. Bridge. My watch started with the Beautiful one on the money bag hand of Mercury. I don’t recall the last time that happened.

Beauty flew off between the Crossroads building and the Old Changing Scenes Restaurant and out of sight. I decided to sit there a few minutes to see if she would return. Watcher DebbieH came by on her way to work and chatted a few minutes. It had been a long time so it was good to see her. Soon after Debbie left Beauty returned chasing and stooping on pigeons. She was unsuccessful and returned to Mercury. CarolP arrived at this time followed by LarryO with his dog Cleo. Mr. T showed up after Beauty took off from Mercury and they were flying and hovering together above us,the river,Xerox,HSBC and Midtown. Larry and Cleo left and we lost our feathered friends. I left Carol on the bridge and found Beauty on the Frontier Communications Tower just below the platform on the north side.

A security officer knocked on the window to tell me this is a restricted parking area. I thought here we go again but when I told him about Beauty and showed him a pic of her on my camera he became interested and started asking questions. After chatting a bit he said he had learned something today and that I could stay.

I met Carol at Kodak Park after leaving downtown where we watched a Red-tailed Hawk and 2 crows messing with each other. Here is a pic of the hawk in a tree.

No pefa here so Carol went back downtown and I went to Charlotte. No CB(Char-bay) or eagle around but I did see the transmitter gull,many other gulls and shorebirds.Here’s the link to a video taken at the boat launch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kCic4-Im5Q

I went down by the pier took some pics and left. I drove to Shumway Marina on the other side of the river (the Summerville side) for a quick check. Here’s a link to my pics.http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=462161471213%3A1290089688&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee
I decide to go see my brother after leaving Charlotte and wish him Happy  Birthday. On my way home I stopped at Kodak Park and found Lady Pefa on the black stripe of the blue building in her nook. She was eating on something. I took a few pics and ended my watch for today.  🙂

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