Morning watch 2-6-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was a clear, cold, and calm morning with a temperature of 9 degrees (F) -13 (C) when I headed out for my watch. I was about 20 minutes later to leave due to it taking longer than I anticipated to snow blow the driveway and clean off my car after getting about a foot of snow yesterday and last night
After checking the east side I spotted a falcon under the northeast wing of the Times Square building as I sat at the traffic light at Broad St. and South Ave. around 7:40am. Its back was facing out so I went to Exchange St. in front of the Blue Cross Arena to see who it was.
This was Dot.Ca (DC) and he had a fresh catch from which he was plucking feathers. I decided to go down to the hole to watch and after a couple minutes he cooperated by turning around to face me as he ate his breakfast in the bright sunshine.
DC eats very fast like someone is going to take it away from him, having a bite then raising up to have a look around and make sure nobody is out there stalking him and his meal. They all do this but DC seems to do it at a faster pace! Cracks me up!!
I knew he’d be busy for a while so I left to check the Brighton site (BS) . I arrived there around 8:30am and after 3 trips around the property I left as I didn’t spot any falcons. Upon returning downtown I was unsuccessful in finding any falcons there either. I couldn’t hang around any longer so I ended my watch at 9:30am. I wish I had seen the girls but I’m sure they are ok. I smiled thinking about DC and his feeding frenzy earlier as I left downtown! 🙂
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