By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

As I was saying in yesterdays report I get some great sunrises when I go downtown in the morning and today was no exception. Driving eastbound on the Broad St. bridge peering in between Bausch & Lomb on the right and the south ave. garage on the left is a gorgeous sun bursting through!

What a way to start the day! I found Beauty at the nestbox  and Archer was on the base of Mercury.

Donna  let me know that both Beauty and Archer had been at the nestbox before I arrived on the bridge.  Beauty suddenly flew off after a crow with Archer right behind her. The crow landed down in the small well where I couldn’t see it but our fabulous falcon duo did and promptly sent it packing!  She returned and landed on top of the main cam before they both disappeared. Some 35 minutes later Beauty was on Widows Walk as reported by Carol. I drove over and met her in the parking lot right next to the Times Square building and we shared space with the Beautyful one for about an hour.

Beauty primped and preened picking feather after feather out of her gorgeous self while Carol and I chit chatted. I had mentioned that I was going to the drum and bugle corps finals tomorrow and then she mentioned being in the Blue Angels drum and bugle corps when she was a kid. Well what a small world…so was I, and we were probably marching with each other and can’t remember! lol  Anyway back to the watch, Beauty eventually took off heading toward the FCT. She probably saw Archer.

Both Carol and I drove over to city hall but no falcons were present and so I decided to go home and said goodbye to Carol. On my way before I left the downtown area Donna texted me that Beauty had gone over to the nestbox so I pulled over and tweeted it out to let Carol know where to look. She found both Beauty and Archer on OCSR. Have a great day,stay cool and keep smiling!  🙂

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