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Morning watch 9-28-14

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

I must sound like a broken record as we have another gorgeous fall day with bright blue skies, sun and I had a starting temperature of 54 (F) 12 (C)

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As I turned my car around to face Seneca Towers I spotted the new male on the west side roof railing, or maybe it was Billie or Veteran-I got fooled yesterday so maybe I’ll just say the falcon I saw flew off after I shot only a couple pics of him. lol

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I left for downtown when it didn’t return. As I arrived on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) I spotted Dot.Ca (DC) on the Mercury money bag (MMB)-he flew down to the base and jumped up to the green part and started eating cached leftovers after spotting them from above.

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DC was looking dark this morning and he had a feather stuck to his beak that he tried to knock off many times with no luck.

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The sun finally rose enough to shine on DC and lighten him up a bit-he did some stretching and looking around the area. Pigeons and Starlings were flying thru quite regularly but DC didn’t go after any to my surprise.

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I spent over an hour watching our favorite little tiercel as he stretched at times, showed his leg band and just stayed perched and alert and handsome!

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At 8:29am DC flew west and less than a minute later returned to the base of Mercury-or so I thought. I got 2 pics of a falcon with a feather stuck to its beak before it turned away from me. DC had a feather stuck to his beak so I assumed it was him. It was NOT-it was in fact Beauty and she had food. They pulled the old switcheroo on old MAK!

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I drove down to the hole to see the front but still didn’t know for sure it was Beauty as the sun was behind her making her very dark on my little LCD camera screen.

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At this point I decided to go for a ride and to my surprise I spotted DC on the top ibeam, north corner of OCSR from State St.

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Now I was intrigued, since I thought I had left DC on the base of Mercury eating-so I went to the Radisson Hotel by Main St. to see the front of DC and where I could see Mercury. Yep, it was definitely DC on OCSR and he still had a feather on his beak AND it turned out to be the Beautyful one on Mercury! I went back to the hole for one more look at Beauty, just to be sure.

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Just before 9am Beauty finished eating and flew off. I caught up with her over on the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT).  I went to the parking lot by the Hochstein School of Music to check out the tower-there were people going in the school for an event there as I spotted Beauty on the east side across from the large disk.

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She was mostly preening and I left after a few minutes. I checked OCSR for DC before heading out of downtown-he was gone. I checked Hawkeye and Seneca Towers before ending my watch at 10am-no falcons at either site. I took some pics of the fall foliage along the river gorge while out on my floors west side balcony when I got home-there’s just a splash of color so far. This is the playground of Buffalo Billie and the male of her choice! lol

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I really did have to smile over the fact that Beauty and DC played a little falcon game with me today! 🙂

Click on the links below to view todays videos
http://youtu.be/8ipqWxX5HjU

http://youtu.be/l310LUtezZI

http://youtu.be/PNZXssIYFlg

http://youtu.be/rS-lahb7StE


5 Responses to “Morning watch 9-28-14”

  1. tapper gal Says:

    You have such beautiful views from your apartment.The colors will be quite a sight when more trees turn.Thanks for sharing the beauty,you are blessed and lucky to share the beauty of nature. Diane

  2. MAK Says:

    Diane, I am blessed to have such a great view and falcons hanging out on my building! I’m all about sharing with y’all! 🙂

  3. Mary Tyson Says:

    MAK, you are so fortunate to live in such a lovely part of the world. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. Mary in Charlotte (NC)

  4. June Kogut Says:

    MAK, You do have a way with words AND pictures.. Thanks for sharing both with us..I’m doing OK with my new knee. Some ups (and downs …normal I hear). Just glad the surgery is over and the healing is coming along.. Going to Rochester with Beauty, DC and you brightens my day… SMILES!! (THANKS)

  5. MAK Says:

    Mary, it’s my pleasure to bring my sights to you at home! 🙂

    June, I understand about the ups and downs-I had both of my knees replaced and I’m so happy I did. Changed my life for the better and even though it’s a bit time consuming doing all the physical therapy it’s totally worth it!! I’m so very happy to hear I make you smile!!!! 🙂


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