Morning watch 2-18-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
At 7 (F) -14 (C) it was 16 degrees warmer than yesterday morning and the sun was shining throughout my watch. Small victories…
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I had to park quite a ways down on Seth Green Dr. as the cars were backed up but when I completed my u-turn and looked to Seneca Towers I spotted a falcon flying up to the northwest corner and landing on the railing. I’m not sure who it was but I suspect 99, .as it looked very white to me. I had to shoot through tree branches making for some not so focused pics.
At 7:12am the falcon flew off down into the gorge prompting me to leave for downtown.
My first stop when I arrived downtown was to check the OCSR elevator shaft. From Bragdon Place I found Dot.ca (DC) on the south side ledge with his head behind the bottom of the elevator and his back to me. It sure is tough to identify them when they’re up in there sometimes.
I left to look for Beauty-after a couple trips I failed to find her and I returned to watch DC. Leaving again, I spotted a falcon under the northeast wing of Times Square (TSB) as I was coming back from the east side. I went down in the hole on Basin St. for the best angle to find that it was DC. He had his back to me at the start and after a few minutes he spotted something, turned around, pooped then flew off toward OCSR at 8:35am.
After checking the north side ledge of the elevator shaft I then went over to Bragdon Place to check the south side. Not only had DC returned to his man cave but he led me to Beauty, who was perched on the top ibeam north corner of OCSR with a big fat crop. Undoubtedly, she is what DC spotted which prompted him to leave TSB. It didn’t appear that he had anything in his crop.
While I was tweeting (once again most of my tweets didn’t send until after I got home) the Beautyful one left the building. I chose to leave DC and check out the High Falls on my way home. I was surprised to see how much open water was flowing down amongst the ice. The trees, roots coming out from gorge wall and the area near the observation deck were frozen from the mist of the falls settling on them. I played around with a couple of the pics in Picassa.
I ended my watch around 9:30am with a smile! 🙂
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February 18th, 2015 at 11:53 AM
The winter falls are absolutely gorgeous!! Thanks for stopping there!!! J.
February 18th, 2015 at 12:55 PM
You got it June! 🙂
February 18th, 2015 at 11:58 PM
I don’t know how you do it, MAK, but thanks for keeping an eye out for our pefas! Another cold one tomorrow! Double glove day, for sure! 😉
February 19th, 2015 at 6:08 AM
Any day under 20 degrees is a double glove day Patty-that’s been pretty much every day this second half of winter. 🙂