By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

I didn’t write a report yesterday as it was a pretty quiet watch with Beauty under the northeast wing of Times Square for almost 2 hours and then disappearing for the rest of the watch. I thought maybe she was hiding because there were 2 painters under the statue of Mercury working.

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Now for todays watch. Both Beauty and Archer were in the nestbox when I checked before heading out this morning. When I arrived downtown I could see Archer on top of the fire escape ladder and Beauty was perched in the nestbox.

Archer left almost as soon as I got down to Aqueduct St. 10 minutes later I located him on the jail tower top arm on the west side.

The first pic was from Plymouth Ave. across from the jail. While I drove down to Troup St. he flew off and landed on the east side top arm. He flew off gracefully soaring above the tower then coming over in my direction hovering above Interstate 490. It was as if he was saying goodbye to me for he flew to the north and out of sight.

I drove back over to the Broad St. bridge to find lots of traffic and no parking along the bridge so I went down to Aqueduct St. It was unusually crowded there too so I asked someone what was at the Blue Cross Arena. Some big name motivational speakers such as Terry Bradshaw, Bill Cosby, Rudi Guiliani, Erin Brockovich and more. No wonder I was having so much trouble getting around and it was only 6:15 am!!! I couldn’t see inside the nestbox from there so I called upon my trusty camera watcher Donna to let me know if the Beautyful one was still perched in the front of the nestbox. She was and so I sat there waiting to see her fly out which of course I missed. Donna let me know Beauty had left and so I left too finding her under the platform of the Frontier Communications tower.

I managed to find a parking spot on the street in front of City Hall where I watched all the traffic backed up as much as I watched Beauty. lol She preened herself and I saw plenty of white down feathers floating in the air around her. She must be molting which might explain why she is missing her middle tail feather. She gave me a great tail spread pose to expose the void.

The last pic is to give you an idea of what the platform looks like from below the FCT. I marked a B above where Beauty is perched. This is where I left Beauty to end my watch. It’s very muggy out there today so stay cool and keep your eyes to the sky people! 🙂

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