By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

So I checked the cams at 5:25am before leaving the house for my watch…nobody in the nestbox. It takes 7 or 8 minutes to get downtown from my house. I check the nestbox upon arriving on the Broad St. bridge, no falcons. I check the archive viewer after I get home from my watch to find out both Beauty and Archer were in there while I was in transit! They are such little sneaks and are messing with old MAK almost on a daily basis now.  I do hope they’re enjoying themselves!!! lol

Anyway, I drove around the east side searching in the semi-darkness with no success until I came back to the bridge and spotted a falcon on the FCT. I barely got over there before she was off and flying south in the general direction of Times Square.  I waited half a minute to see if she came back and when she didn’t I drove back to the bridge where again I spotted a falcon on the FCT! She had sent me on a wild falcon chase!!! Back to the city hall parking lot I went where she sat still for maybe 4 minutes. The Beautyful one then half flew/half jumped  up to the bottom arm.

Notice the white feather spot on the right wing…yet another way for her and Archer to fool me. As a matter of  fact maybe this is Archer, oh I’m so confused!  They don’t play fair especially since I don’t have any coffee  until I get home from my watches!!  After 10 minutes she/he moved over to the platform railing near the northwest corner(Plymouth Ave. side).

Leaving the city hall parking lot to go over to park on Plymouth Ave. and be closer I barely got a shot off when it flew off to the north. I lost sight of it and with just a couple minutes before I had to leave I drove over to see if it went to Kodak Office. No such luck and so I ended my watch and went home. Until next time keep your eyes to the sky everyone!  🙂

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