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Memorial Day morning watch 5-26-14

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

At 60 degrees (F) 16 (C) and the sun shining I was able to leave for my watch in shirt sleeves for my watch this morning

I had a peaceful watch this morning made possible by our Veterans of war and for that I am grateful to those past and present on this Memorial Day.

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As I arrived downtown at about 6:15am I received a tweet from cam watcher Campgee that Beauty was feeding the eyasses. I had not seen Dot.Ca (DC) on my way down the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) to the hole but right after I tweeted as such he showed up on the Mercury money bag (MMB).

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I had gone up to Broad St. next to the Blue Cross Arena (BCA) for the best look at our DC daddy and soon after at 6:40am he stretched his wings and flew off out of view behind the Thomson Reuters building.

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I love how that last pic looks like DC is flying out of Mercurys’ ear! I returned to the hole parking lot as DC flew from behind me with prey in his talons. He flew over by Widows Walk then made a u-turn and went to the northeast wing ledge of the Times Square building landing at the back of it.

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Needless to say this was not a good spot to observe DC from so I went down to Exchange Blvd. in front of the BCA. From there I could see only his back side at first as he had a bite to eat. He eventually turned to cache the leftovers after he had his fill.

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DC then walked out to the front of the ledge to do some preening and I returned to the hole for better viewing.

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We stayed in our chosen spots for over an hour while DC did some preening, stretching and BYF (Big Yellow Feet) posing.

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DC also did some snoozing after turning his back on me-I know this because his head did not move very much during this time.

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The police were starting to block off roads for a parade and since DC had his back to me and seemed settled in I decided to call it a watch at 8:15am. Keep smiling everyone-freedom is ours thru the sacrifice of others and we must never forget it! 🙂

Click on the links below to view a couple videos from todays watch

http://youtu.be/7pAjmOLM84w

http://youtu.be/K73Ys3yKlpY

4 Responses to “Memorial Day morning watch 5-26-14”

  1. OlRedHair Says:

    Great watch with wonderful pictures and videos. Thank you, MAK!

  2. MAK Says:

    You’re so very welcome Nora and thanks for the nice comment! 🙂

  3. tapper gal Says:

    A Very nice tribute to our veterans and those who gave their lives for our freedom. Thank you for that. Diane

  4. MAK Says:

    They deserve so much more Diane! 🙂


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