Morning watch 11-20-14
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
This morning was 10 degrees warmer than the last 2 at a temperature 0f 26 (F) -3 (C) and overcast conditions. There was about 4 inches of light fluffy snow to clean off my car before I could get to my watch. No biggie at all!
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I saw no falcons at Seneca Towers or Hawkeye today. When I arrived downtown it was still a bit dark out so I thought I’d check the OCSR elevator shaft first to see if I could catch someone up there before they left. There was one falcon with its back to me on the north side ledge that I could barely make out the shape of it. I shot over to the hole and found Dot.Ca (DC) on the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR which told me it was Beauty in the elevator shaft.
I went over to Graves St. next to Aqueduct Park for a closer look. DC was watching the area and did a little stretching.
Beauty flew past DC a couple times then landed next to him at 7:41am. He watched her every step of the way.
10 minutes later DC flew south as Beauty watched him fly away, then she followed less than a minute later.
Upon my second trip to Kodak Office (KO) looking for falcons I spotted Beauty up on one of her favorite winter time perches around 8:30am-the south side arch above the playpen where Mariah & Kaver’s nest box used to be located.
10 minutes later DC arrived coming to rest on the southeast corner of the KO launchpad. The Beautyful one watched from below as he joined her on the tower.
DC turned his back to us after a bit so I drove down State St. to get a few shots of his white front.
I left them to it and headed on out happy to have seen them both and of course, with a smile on my face ending my watch at 9:05am! 🙂
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November 20th, 2014 at 6:49 PM
Nice to see the two of them spending time together! Good spot to catch the sun on KO! 🙂
November 20th, 2014 at 7:16 PM
Yes Patricia, good on both counts. 🙂