Morning watch 3-18-11
By Rochester falcon watcher MAK
Hello Rochester falcon fans! This morning upon my arrival downtown on the Broad St. bridge I first found Archer.
I spotted Beauty right after that up in the nestbox with her back to me.
About 30 minutes passed when first Archer flew off and Beauty followed suit. I lost Archer but kept my eye on Beauty flying seemingly effortlessly above Times Square,widows walk,Wilder building and out over the river. She then returned to the nestbox.
They both left and flew around Times Square and surrounding area. Beauty returned to the nestbox once again and Archer showed up a couple minutes later under the southeast wing. He tucked in close to the wing and was eating a little morsel. Once again they both took off flying back and forth in front of the Old Changing Scenes Restaurant behind the Thomson Reuters building circling Times Square then out over the river. It was at this time I grabbed my camera and started to videotape one of them above the river and Broad St. bridge. I didn’t know who it was until it landed on the base of Mercury. It was the Beautyful one! Here’s the link to the short video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVFR1RvJSj4
Beauty was picking at a small piece of prey for like 5 seconds and then she was off! I drove down to Aqueduct St. and found Beauty on the southwest corner of the Wilder building roof and Archer was back in his favorite spot under the southeast wing of the Times Square building. She appeared to be eating something with only the tip of her tail feathers visible to me. Next Archer was flying and Beauty flew to the nestbox while he ended up back under the wing. There was one more bit of flying and then I had to leave.
I had a hard time keeping up with Beauty and Archer this morning for they were VERY active! I was loving every minute of it as I always do. Have a great Friday everyone and remember to keep your eyes to the skies! 🙂
