Morning watch 2-19-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
When I saw what the temperature was this morning I almost felt like I should change into shorts! It was 35 degrees (F) 2 (C) calm and overcast to start-the sun came out later on as I landed at the Brighton Site (BS)
On my second trip to the east side today I found Beauty on the northeast corner of the north side of Bausch & Lomb from the Inn at Broadway parking lot around 7:20am- I drove to Broad St. to get closer but she left while I was in tweeting her whereabouts. No worries for I spotted not only Beauty but Dot.Ca (DC) on Widows Walk 10 minutes later as I was driving past on Exchange Blvd. The Beautyful one was eating on the northwest corner and DC was above on the north side railing as I pulled over on Fitzhugh St.
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<Beauty DC> 
Every once in a while DC would look Beautys’ way but for the most part he preened with his back to me and Beauty as she ate.
Beauty finished eating and cleaned herself up by feaking and picking at her talons. Fellow watcher and good friend DebbieH came by on her way to work-we had a nice talk after a long winter season of not seeing each other. DC continues to show us his back and started preening.
<Beauty DC>
Just before I left them, Beauty turned around, pooped, shook her tail feathers and got comfy on her corner.
Off to BS to check on Pigott-arriving there at 8:40am I found Miss Pigott on the northwest corner of the southwest extension right above the cubby. Larry had tweeted earlier that as he drove by on his way to work he saw a falcon on the northwest extension.
The sun came out from behind the clouds and washed her out as she stretched her wings. I stayed about 15 minutes and left Pigott to bask in the warmth of the sun as I headed back downtown.
Watcher from work Pat had tweeted that she could see one falcon on Widows Walk so I went there directly from BS. I found Beauty and DC in the same spots as I had left them earlier. She was on the northwest corner and he was still on the north side rail-they were preening together. I watched them from Basin St. next to the Wilder building.
You can really see the size difference between Beauty and DC in that last pic. I left them to it and ended my watch around 9:30am. It was great seeing all 3 Rochester Peregrine Falcons-this makes me smile! 🙂
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February 19th, 2014 at 1:02 PM
Looking at the pictures, MAK, it was Beauty that I couldn’t see, because she was on the far corner from me and she wasn’t on the rail. Must have been DC on the rail whom I saw. Great shots, as always! I love looking at shots of Dot.ca with either one of his ladies. 🙂
February 19th, 2014 at 3:33 PM
Yes Pat, I figured Beauty wasn’t visible to you. It’s always nice to see 2 of them in the same picture frame together! 🙂