Morning watch 3-31-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It started out partly cloudy with a temperature of 27(F) -3(C) and sunshine once the sun came up. By the end of my watch it had turned overcast
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As I arrived on the Broad St. bridge (BSB) I spotted Dot.ca (DC) on the base of Mercury eating with feathers blowing around him. He took off with the food as I was driving down to the hole.
Beauty flew out from the nest box and met him with much vocalization and they flew to the Wilder green strip where a food exchange was made. Beauty took it to her favorite chimney on Irving Place to eat and DC flew to cam 1/pan cam.
DC went to the nest box and Beauty finished eating within minutes. She stood there for a minute or so then took off to the north with a tiny piece of food in her talons.
5 minutes later the Beautyful one was on the heel of Mercury so I went over to Bank Place to face her at 7:20am.
At 7:29am Beauty got into position with tail up as DC flew in to mate with her.
Beauty flew to cam 1/pan cam and DC went to the corner of Times Square above the well across from his mate-they were facing each other for a few minutes then DC turned around and they both had their back to me.
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DC left when I wasn’t looking and Beauty flew off at 7:42am and returned to land on the column above the nest box just before the 8 o’clock hour.
Beauty stayed there for about 10 minutes then flew to the deck and then into the nest box. DC was nowhere in the vicinity and I didn’t find him anywhere along State St. after I left the hole to go to Seneca Towers to look for Billie and/or 99.
When I arrived in the Northridge Church parking lot I found a falcon on the northwest corner eating but I could not identify who it was for sure since it had its back to me. I suspect it was Billie judging by size.
This falcon finished eating a few minutes later then dove down in the river gorge to the north toward the Veteran’s Memorial Bridge and never came back. I waited about half hour and ended my watch with a smile a little after 9am. 🙂
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March 31st, 2015 at 8:41 PM
I’ll be ready for that third egg at 5 tomorrow AM.I have my clock set..Talk to you later..I feel like a peeping Tom in the making!! Wish me luck! (or them…)
March 31st, 2015 at 9:16 PM
Good luck peeper, um I mean June! 🙂