Morning watch 10-3-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was probably the last nice morning weather wise for a while as a cold front is working its way into the area as I write this. It will drop temperatures 10-20 degrees. Today was sunny with blue skies and windy conditions-starting temperature was 56 (F) 13 (C)
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As I got my car turned around to check Seneca Towers I spotted 2 falcons fly together to the west side roof railing. They took off almost immediately and flew around to the south end of the building with one of them hovering above the roof antenna on that end briefly. The 2 of them flew playfully above the building and disappeared to the northwest.
I left for downtown and pulled over on the south side of the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) as I spotted a falcon (most likely Beauty) on one of the northeast corners of Bausch & Lomb. As soon as I stopped she flew off and was riding the therms above Xerox around 7:30am-she flew back and forth over B&L and Xerox 2 or 3 times then disappeared to the east. I checked around town a couple times with no luck so I checked the river-found the Great Egret and Great Blue Heron from the Court St. Bridge.
The egret was below the south side of the BSB and the heron was under the north side of BSB. The heron flew to the south side and moved around to a couple different spots so I drove over to the BSB and also found a Black-crowned Night Heron down below me.
In my travels I ran into DebbieH near He’s Chinese and had a quick chat as she had to get to work. I went to the City Hall parking lot to check out the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT) and found the Beautyful one on the northeast cube with her back to me. I went down in front of the Sister Cities garage on Fitzhugh St. to watch her from the front.
At first she was preening, but it turned into a look around the area perch for Beauty and less than 5 minutes later she leisurely flew southeast out of view.
I never saw another falcon after that as I checked downtown one more time before heading home to Seneca Towers. No falcons were present there or at Hawkeye but that didn’t stop me from smiling as I ended my watch at 9:45am. 🙂
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October 3rd, 2014 at 3:47 PM
I bet they know the same people are around everyday -your looking for them and they see you coming and say Let’s Hide !!!
October 3rd, 2014 at 4:52 PM
Yes, Lynne, I’m sure of it! I call it falcon games! 🙂
October 4th, 2014 at 10:40 AM
Games are fun.. I’m smiling with you.. Thanks, MAK
October 4th, 2014 at 3:05 PM
Yes they are June-I love it when they play their falcon games-makes it more interesting and challenging! Thanks for coming along with me!! 😉