Morning watch 11-10-11
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was a dark start with lots of clouds and a temperature of 42 (F) 6 (C)
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After finding no falcons on my building, Seneca Towers, I left for downtown. As I turned off South Ave. onto the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) I spotted Beauty on the base of Mercury eating with her back to me at 7am.
I then drove down to the hole, parking on Aqueduct St. to see the front of her with bad back lighting. Soon after, Dot.Ca (DC) flew in and came to rest on the Mercury money bag (MMB) and started keeping an eye on the Beautyful one below as she had food.
I went back up to the BSB for better viewing as they both had turned their back on me. DC looked around in between watching his mate eating. At 7:19am DC made his move flying down to the green part of the base facing Beauty as she continued to eat after some conversation between them.
Beauty ate with DC eyeballing her and when she had her fill she stopped, feaked a couple times then flew east while I was taping them.
DC immediately went over and snatched the leftovers and brought them up to the green base to finish them off. There was some vocalization when Beauty returned and looked around for her leftovers, then it was her turn to watch DC eat.
There was more left on those scraps than I thought because DC spent way longer eating than I expected. Beauty had a nice full crop as she stood perched in a food coma state. She roused once, them went back to relaxing while DC ate.
Just before 8am DC suddenly stopped eating and flew off as Beauty watched him leave. He flew over to the OCSR elevator shaft and made his approach to fly up into it, then at the last second he flew back around and returned to Mercury. He checked out the skeletal remains then slipped off the back of the base where I couldn’t see him.
I stayed about 10 minutes with Beauty and then I went to the hole to see if DC was on the back of the base. He wasn’t there so I drove over to the Radisson Hotel to check the OCSR elevator shaft but he wasn’t there either. I was about to pull away when I noticed a white falcon figure across the river on the middle arm of the Frontier Communications Tower (FCT).
I headed over to City Hall to get closer to DC but just as I turned onto Fitzhugh St. he took off and flew south very fast. I drove that way to look for him but never found him again. As I passed Mercury I could see that Beauty was still up there in the same spot I had left her. I decided to call it a watch as they had both eaten and probably wouldn’t be too active for a while. I headed home smiling after sharing space with our downtown pair while they enjoyed a meal together. 🙂
Click on the links below to watch Beauty and DC on todays videos
http://youtu.be/mfgDRxV2Yag
November 10th, 2014 at 1:44 PM
What a pair,they gave us a great view and show this morning.They are a curious couple and love how they are sticking together. Thanks again for views and video,also,the city views yesterday.I just love Rochester so and you capture it in a deserving way. Diane
November 10th, 2014 at 3:42 PM
DC is lucky to have such a generous provider…Especially since she seems to enjoy the roll…They do seem to be an affectionate couple…Eating , chatting, sharing… Probably as good as it gets for any of us ..As always ,thanks MAK.. June
November 10th, 2014 at 5:12 PM
Diane, thank you so much for your comment. I so love to hear what people think of our falcons and such. I’m very thankful that I can bring them to everyone to enjoy along with me.
June, Beauty and DC seem to certainly spend time with each other when food is involved, much like we humans! Thanks for commenting! 🙂