By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

The day started partly cloudy with sunshine and a temperature of 61 degrees (F) 16 (C)

After checking the east side and coming up empty I noticed a falcon on the Times Square building (TSB) under the northeast wing as I was stopped on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) for a look around at 7:10am. I drove down to the hole to get close enough to ID this falcon but it wasn’t there anymore. I then drove down Exchange St. and parked in front of the Blue Cross Arena where I could see Dot.Ca (DC) at the back of the ledge plucking feathers from prey.

He spent about 25 minutes eating and when he was done he walked out to the front of the ledge feaking and cleaning himself up after his meal.

I drove down across from the TSB so I was under DC as he did some stretching and just being cute

DebbieH came by before work for a couple minutes to see DC and I. After she left I made my way over to the Brighton Site (BS) as DC preened on TSB.

Arriving at BS at 8:30am I was alone for Pigott was not around. I got a tweet from cam watcher and good friend Donna aka DJC or DJ saying there was a falcon on the northeast cube of the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT). She thought it was Beauty and she was correct as I drove directly over to Fitzhugh St. in front of the Sister Cities parking garage to positively ID her.

The Beautyful one didn’t stay there for long. At about 8:50am she pooped and walked around the cube and hopped  to the inside of the tower.

I had to go to Church St. by the Hochstein School of Music to see where she was from a different angle. Her eyes were already closed as she was tucked in the shade for a rest.

I left her to it and took off to check on the Hawkeye and Seneca Towers locations. I didn’t find any falcons but I did find some pretty scenery as the transformation of the trees into their colorful fall foliage has begun here in western New York. I ended my watch at 9:45am admiring the images down in the river on both sides of the Driving Park Bridge.

Fall is my favorite season and its colors are a big reason as they make me smile a lot! 🙂

Click on the links below to see more pics and videos

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http://youtu.be/B-5MRxIxAWk
http://youtu.be/PcNUPEj0pR4
http://youtu.be/ozddn-Mod6E
http://youtu.be/rMxbZQg3bhg

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