Morning Falcon Watch 9-10-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was a much more comfortable morning with way less humidity, mostly cloudy overcast skies and a temperature of 62 (F) 17 (C)
Seth was all by himself on the north end top window at Seneca Towers when I started my watch this morning.
When I arrived on the Andrews St. bridge(ASB))at705am Beauty was on the middle arm of the Frontier Communications tower (FCT). I drove over to the City Hall parking lot for a closer view as she preened and looked around her surroundings.
At 7:33am I heard chirping as Beauty flew off to the south side of FCT. Dot.ca (DC)came in with prey and as I went down to Fitzhugh St. in front of the Sister Cities parking garage I could see Beauty on the southwest cube and DC on the beam with prey. He soon walked over to the southeast cube with it.
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DC seemed to be having trouble handling the prey. He fiddled around with it, pooped, then turned around and flew off to the southeast. Less than a minute later Beauty flew the same direction around 7:40am.
I followed suit and found Beauty on the base of Mercury. She took off soon after I arrived on Bank Place where it meets Aqueduct St. in the hole. I watched her go after a gull above the Phillipone building then fly north above State St.
Next I spotted DC on the east side top railing of the Powers building from the ASB. I went to Corinthian St. across from the Powers building for a closer look.
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After a minute or so DC flew off behind the railing out of view. I don’t know if he went to the nest box or not from my vantage point but when I went back to the City Hall parking lot where I could see the nest box it looked like Beauty was out in front of it and then she disappeared.
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I decided to go over to the ASB for a better view in the nest box and while I was stuck in traffic I watched DC fly from near Powers to the south corner top I-beam of OCSR. I bypassed the ASB and went to the hole where I could be somewhat closer to DC.
After a couple minutes DC walked a few feet down the west side of the I-beam. Around this time Carol tweeted that she and Dana had an adult falcon on the carousel roof vent cap at the Medley Centre.
It was around 8:20am as I got a message from Donna that Beauty was back on the southwest cube of FCT so I left DC to confirm. Thanks! Sure enough she was there when I got over to Fitzhugh St.
I left her after a brief stay to head for home. As I was crossing the Veteran’s Memorial bridge I spotted Billie on the west side railing and Seth on the top north end window ledge of Seneca Towers. I went to my spot on East Ridge Rd. to take a couple pics of Seth before heading over to my spot on Seth Green Dr. to check out Billie real quick.
I ended my watch at 9am with a smile after seeing our 4 Rochester Peregrine Falcons! 🙂
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September 10th, 2015 at 10:52 PM
Hmmm, it sure seems like B & DC are spending more time at Powers nestbox than at the Times Square nestbox.
September 11th, 2015 at 12:06 AM
They sure are Joyce! I keep telling them to go to Times Square but they’re not listening!!! 🙂