Morning watch 3-7-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
Gad zooks it was 30 degrees warmer than yesterday morning at 22 (F) -6 (C) with very little wind, bright sunshine and blue skies. I think we have finally turned the corner toward more spring like conditions!
As I began my watch at6:25am from the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) I spotted Beauty up on the Bausch & Lomb (B&L) buildings north side northeast corner. I drove over to the east side and when I pulled over to observe her she was gone. As I got back to the BSB I saw her up on the north end of the Crossroads building so I drove to State st. for a closer look.
I shared space with the Beautyful one for 15 minutes or so when she gave a look toward the Times Square building (TSB) and flew off in that direction.
Just as I was to tweet it out I got a text from cam watcher and birthday girl today Donna that Beauty and Dot.Ca (DC) were at the nest box bowing. So I shot right up to the hole (Aqueduct St.) and parked next to the Keybank. DC was under the northeast wing of TSB and soon after Beauty flew out from the nest box around 7am.
Don’t forget to click my pics to see full version
20 minutes later Beauty flew in and landed under the northwest wing while DC was still under the northeast wing-both had their back to me.
<DC Beauty> 
Beauty looked to be in hunt mode and a few minutes later at 7:23am she flew north in a hurry and a second later DC followed after her.
<Beauty in flight
I drove north to the Andrews St. bridge and spotted the bright whiteness of DC on the north corner top ibeam of OCSR-I went to Bragdon St. by the Radisson Hotel to be closer.
After a look around downtown and not finding Beauty I left to check on Pigott-she wasn’t home so I returned to downtown about 8:30am. I spotted a bump on the Kodak Office launchpad northeast corner and drove down State St. pulling over just before Platt St. it was Beauty still looking for a meal.
I didn’t stay long as I had to get going-as I came to the State and Main St. traffic light I spotted DC under the northeast wing of TSB so back to the hole I went parking between the Thomson Reuters and Philipone buildings to check him out.
It was almost 9am and time to leave- with the nice pair of falcons I spent the last 2-3 hours with and the nice weather I couldn’t help but smile! 🙂
Click on the links below to see our downtown duo
http://youtu.be/poF_pHmVWE8
http://youtu.be/TWvOn_BI3S4
http://youtu.be/xzGtnDU9tY4
