Morning watch 11-19-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
Today was sunny with blue skies, a brisk wind that could bring tears to your eyes and a cool 15 (F) -9 (C) degrees
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It wasn’t until 7:30am that I found my first falcon this morning. It was Beauty up under the northeast wing of Times Square (TSB) preening in the sun.
I was viewing her from Exchange Blvd. in front of the Blue Cross Arena (BCA) when she slipped off the back of the ledge and flew out of view to the west. I took a ride around and from Plymouth Ave. near Main St. I spotted a falcon stooping from the northwest wing ledge. I went over to Basin St. in the hole where I found Beauty with her back to me under the northeast wing again and Dot.Ca (DC) was on the north side of TSB on the lower back portion of the building with food.
DC finished filling his crop around 8:15am, did some feaking then flew off meeting Beauty in flight as she flew to the base of Mercury and he circled around and came to rest under the northeast wing of TSB.
Beauty took off soon after and knocked DC off taking his place under the northeast wing ledge and DC flew northeast.
The Beautyful one did some preening in between looking for her own breakfast since DC didn’t leave any leftovers.
At 8:37am Beauty stooped straight down and came back to the same spot empty taloned.
Her next attempt was successful as she appeared with prey and began plucking feathers immediately. I missed it as I was changing the battery of my camera.
I shared space with Beauty until about 9:15am then headed over to the Radisson Hotel by Main St. to see if DC had gone to his man cave. That’s exactly where he was on the south side ledge of the OCSR elevator shaft digesting his meal.
From there I headed home to Seneca Towers-parking at the Northridge Church at St. Paul St. and East Ridge Rd. where I go to check the north and east sides of the building. I spotted who I believe was Billie (judging by size) flying above the roof then swooping down thru where I park my car 3 times at a very low altitude. I’d say no more than 6 0r 7 stories high. She went out over the Veterans Memorial Bridge then came back and landed on the roof above the north end windows on a northeast corner.
Billie had been standing upright when I decided to go to my parking lot and get a closer view. It was closer but not better as I could only see part of her straight above me. She did look like she was eating something by the way her body was moving as she was not standing straight up anymore.
I ended my watch at 9:50am smiling for having seen a falcon on my building for the first time in a few days! 🙂
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November 20th, 2014 at 9:38 AM
The cold continues! (November isn’t even over)..Lovely morning however..DC feeds himself, and Beauty eats,too..Nice!..I like it when YOU get bonuses (a falcon on your own building.) Lucky you’re so far east of Buffalo—boy are they getting socked. Thanks for braving the cold.. June
November 20th, 2014 at 2:00 PM
June, I can’t even imagine that much snow all at once. Talk about being buried alive! I was very happy to see 3 falcons that had food on a cold morning. 🙂