Morning watch 2-26-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was 10 (F) -21 (C) overcast and calm as I headed out for my morning watch at 6:30am
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For the second day in a row there were no falcons in the elevator shaft when I checked. I drove around to Elm St. to check the east and north sides of Legacy Tower (formerly Bausch&Lomb) where I spotted the top half of Dot.ca (DC) on a southwest corner eating.
I decided to go up on the roof of the South Ave. garage for a better look and when I got up there I could also see Beauty who was at the opposite end from DC on the southwest corner-Archer’s corner. She was watching him eat and just as I started taping Beauty flew over to join DC. He backed up away from the few tidbits that were left as they both did some echupping. The Beautyful one finished eating DC’s meager leftovers quickly while DC did some feaking and cleaning himself up.
They stayed there for a couple minutes and as I was tweeting they left the building without me seeing which direction they went.
So I wound my way down the ramp garage and checked the OCSR elevator shaft first where I found DC on the south side just standing there in his man cave with a full crop. There was no sign of Beauty anywhere in the vicinity of OCSR or Times Square. It wasn’t until just before 8am that I found her on my third try of checking Kodak Office (KO).
I left Beauty around 8:45am watching over her territory and when I got home to Seneca Towers my welcoming committee was perched on the top window ledge of the south side. I went into my parking lot for a closer look at Billie on one end of the ledge and 99 on the opposite end with his back to me.
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Buffalo Billie was preening on and off while 99 would look over his shoulder every once in a while to give me a look at his face.
I watched them until 9:30am as Billie gave me a parting gift-a poop shot! I drove down the east side of the building where I park my car and as I was backing into a parking spot I looked toward the south end of the building and saw, who I think was Billie, flying in from the east to the south end and disappear.
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So naturally, right after I left them that’s when they decided to fly around. Murphy’s Law!! That’s ok, because I got to see all 4 Rochester Peregrine Falcons today and that is good for the making of a smile! 🙂
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February 26th, 2015 at 3:10 PM
So glad all of our pefas made it thro the worst of the cold(well let’s hope the worst is over)! Next week’s temps look a little better! Thanks for the nic pics & report, MAK!
February 26th, 2015 at 7:44 PM
You got it Patty! I guarantee the worst is over. 🙂