Morning Valentine’s Day watch 2-14-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
Happy Valentine’s Day from the Beauty, DC, Billie, 99 and MAK
Snow was falling throughout the watch in varying degrees with light winds and a temperature of 19 (F) -7 (C)
At first check there was nobody on either side of the OCSR elevator shaft so I moved on to the Broad St. Bridge where I thought I could see a falcon on a northeast corner. Drove over to Elm St. behind Midtown to find Beauty having some breakfast.
Beauty finished eating around 7:30am and started feaking and cleaning up before flying off to the northwest soon after that.
I went to check Kodak Office since her routine of late has been to go there after breakfast for a nap but she fooled me today and wasn’t there. I didn’t see anybody on the way over so my next check of the OCSR elevator shaft was in order. It was snowing hard enough to make it impossible for my camera to focus on anything but the flakes between it and the elevator shaft but I could see falcons on both sides with my binoculars. After a while the snow let up enough for me to get a clear pic of the Beautyful one on the north ledge and Dot.ca on the south side. I left my car and walked down the Radisson Hotel sidewalk to get the pic and shoot a video as there was nowhere to park in their driveway.
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I left them to it as I figured they’d be up in there for some time to come. I had to pick up a few things but wanted to check Seneca Towers first and I was glad I did for I found Billie and 99 on the north side top window ledge. It was snowing much harder there and I was having trouble getting a pic of them-the video I shot shows them much better.
I saw all 4 of our Rochester Peregrine Falcons who were spending Valentine’s Day morning with their mates and putting a great big smile on this watcher’s face as I ended my watch at 9am! 🙂
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February 14th, 2015 at 1:05 PM
That was quite the Falcon Watch, MAK! Good to see both pairs of Love Birds. Thanks for your report. Happy Valentine’s Day to All!
February 14th, 2015 at 1:31 PM
So nice the falcons were spending the time together, lots of bonding for what’s to come in the not so distant future. Wish the weather had been better for your watch MAK but hoping seeing all 4 falcons made for a very Happy Valentine day.
February 14th, 2015 at 1:49 PM
Barb, I was very happy to see both pairs of our beloved falcons on this day of love! 🙂
February 14th, 2015 at 1:55 PM
Hi Camp! Weather doesn’t really bother me too much unless it prevents me from seeing falcons. There was lots of love going out to my falcon Valentine’s as they made me very happy for showing up-all 4 of them! 🙂