By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

As I drove down 490 on my way downtown today the air was quite thick casting a haze over the city. I get many different views of  Rochester commuting for my morning watches. My favorites are those that the sun creates rising from the horizon behind the buildings. Sorry I do go off subject easily don’t I? lol  This is after all, a falcon watch report…I found Beauty on the northeast corner of HSBC just like yesterday. I was parked in front of the post office on Court St. and she had her back to me and it looked like she was eating something.

I was pretty sure it was her but I thought I better drive to a place where I could see the front of her to ID. I parked at Chestnut and Elm streets across from the Columbus building and just up from the Cadillac Hotel.

It must have been a small piece of cached food  she had just finished for I saw no evidence of any food and she had a full crop when I got there. A flock of pigeons flew directly under the Beautyful one and I thought you guys are lucky she has already eaten and then shortly thereafter she flew off heading west in the general direction of the river.

After a 10 minute drive around the usual spots I found Beauty on the top arm of the jail tower west side.

I shared space with her for the next hour parked on Troup St. across from the jail with 490 below to my left. At one point she spread her wings out and I thought she might take off but instead she walked over closer to the outside of the arm she was perched on.

I don’t know where Archer was this morning, Carol didn’t see him at KP either.  Perhaps he went on a day trip getting ready for migration soon. Until next time keep your eyes to the sky and smile! 🙂

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