By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Windy and cold with a temperature of 36 (F) 2 (C) throughout my watch with partly cloudy skies

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When I stepped out of Seneca Towers this morning the cold north wind smacked me in the face like a ton of bricks. I didn’t see Billie or 99 anywhere on the building and as I drove down St. Paul St. I spotted a large bird on the railing near the Hawkeye nest box. It turned out to be the Red-tail Hawk that occasionally perches there.

I continued on to downtown-when I was making my way to the back of the parking lot of The Inn on Broadway to check the east side I spotted another raptor. This time it was a Cooper’s Hawk on the Inn’s roof top antenna-it flew off to the west soon after I pulled over.

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As I made my way back to the Broad St. bridge (BSB) I spotted Dot.Ca (DC) under the southeast wing of the Times Square building (TSB). I drove down to the hole for a side view since he had his back to me.

DC flew off around 7:15am diving on a crow over by the Blue Cross Arena, coming up into view over the Philips building and back down out of view several times. When he didn’t surface again I left the hole for the BSB but didn’t see him around the area until I made a u-turn and noticed him up on the deck near the nest box. I drove down to get closer but he was gone the next time I looked up there. I went for a ride and when I returned to the Times Square area I spotted Beauty and DC on the Wilder building-she was on the green strip and he was on the fire escape 2 floors below her.

They would check each other out every once in a while to see that the other was still in its spot. They also checked me out when a homeless person dropped their bag of cans and bottles near where I was parked as it was quite loud.

They both spotted something up in the sky but I didn’t-of course, their eye sight is way better than mine.

I was checking pics on my camera when I saw a flash of white out of the corner of my eye fly east-it was DC and the Beautyful one took off right after him around 7:45am. The search was on again and it brought me right back to the hole where I found DC once again on the fire escape of the Wilder building-this time he was on the top railing just below the green strip.

You couldn’t help but notice his whiteness, so when Larry and his dog Harold pulled up next to me and he didn’t notice DC, I thought it was funny because he said something about Beauty up on the green strip, whom I missed fly in to land right above DC. lol Larry only stayed a couple minutes as he and Harold were going on a hike to check out  bridges along the Genesee River.

Beauty did some preening and DC kept an eye on the vicinity checking for prey birds to come out of hiding. They surely are a handsome couple with their contrasting colors.

How could we not fall in love with these wonderful creatures when they bring us such beauty and interest!?

I left our downtown pair of Peregrine Falcons to do their thing. I checked Hawkeye, the Medley Center in Irondequoit and Seneca Towers to no avail before ending my watch at 9:45am. Another watch spent with Beauty and DC making for many smiles to cross this watchers face! 🙂

Click on the links below to see a photo album and videos from todays watch
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