Morning watch 1-12-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was a warm morning at 31 (F) -1 (C) degrees with overcast conditions and snow falling throughout my watch
I was kind of surprised to see a falcon on the west side railing of Seneca Towers as I started out on my watch today. I’m pretty sure it was 99 perched so pretty with the snow falling down around him. He didn’t stay long for as I had just started taping a video of him he dove off down toward the river gorge and didn’t come back.
I headed down Seth Green Dr. to go downtown and see what Beauty and Dot.ca (DC) were up to. From the Radisson Hotel I spotted DC quite easily as he was facing out showing his whiteness from the north side ledge of the OCSR elevator shaft.
The snow was giving my camera a hard time focusing and I couldn’t see much better with my binoculars but I believe Beauty may have been tucked way in on the south side ledge. DC moved way in on his ledge where you could barely see him so I set out for a drive around downtown. Below is my best shot of DC as my camera wanted to focus on the snow rather than my subject, DC.
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I didn’t find Beauty so I assume she was up in the elevator shaft with DC. I checked out the river, then to Tim Hortons for coffee. There were cops, an ambulance and a fire truck there-I found out that a kid had been stabbed on an RTS bus and went in there to hide. Rochester has become a very violent city-sad. Anyway, I checked around downtown one more time and came up empty at seeing a falcon. I ended my watch at 9:15am figuring there would not be much if any falcon activity. Keep smiling folks-spring begins in 67 days! 🙂
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January 12th, 2015 at 3:56 PM
Holy moly, MAK! Be careful out there! And it kinda made me laugh when you said a warm morning at 31 degrees! Funny how the different seasons alter our perception of “warm”! hahahaha! And I actually thought it was “warm” today too! Thanks as always for gettin’ out there to keep track of our birds! 😀
January 12th, 2015 at 4:50 PM
No problem Patty and thanks for the fun comment! I figure any time I don’t need to wear a winter coat it’s warm out. lol 🙂
January 12th, 2015 at 8:00 PM
Yes be careful out there indeed MAK!
The pics of 99 are so pretty 🙂
January 12th, 2015 at 9:09 PM
No worries Ginny and I think 99 is a pretty boy! 🙂