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Thanksgiving morning watch 11-24-11

By Rochester falcon watcher MAK

I started the morning by scraping ice off the windshield and as I looked at the city from route 490 I could see a haze that almost looked like frost surrounding the buildings. A cool sight as I made my way downtown. As I came upon Washington Square Park there were a few crows left in the trees that hadn’t left for their daily ventures.

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I found Beauty on the east side of  HSBC but she took off before I could stop. As I checked the Kodak office tower I passed by the pedestrian bridge at High Falls and found it to be frost covered as all the bridges and overpasses were this morning.

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I spent the next half hour looking for her to no avail so I decided to try my luck at KP. It was a very bright and sunny start to the morning perfect for taking pics but Unity was no where to be seen. I waited for this gorgeous gal to show up about 20 minutes and then headed back downtown. I drove around quite a bit looking for the Beautyful one and finally found her on the platform railing of the FCT on the east side.

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After a few minutes she moved up to the bottom arm north side on the FCT.

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Beauty seemed to be watching something below in between scratching herself with her big yellow feet! All of a sudden she lifted her tail feathers and plop out came a white stream of poop! LOL

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She soon flew off to the north and I had to leave also.  I’m very thankful for my feathered falcon friends,my family and all my friends both near and far! All of you keep me smiling! 🙂

7 Responses to “Thanksgiving morning watch 11-24-11”

  1. Paul Says:

    Thanks for the report, and Happy Thanksgiving, MAK!

  2. Lola Says:

    Greaat Report. I appreciate your dedication to our peregrines!
    Hugs,
    Lola

  3. Shirley Says:

    Hi Mac.. Thank you for your time on Thanksgiving to give us a report on our Miss Beautiful One… We really do appreciate everything you do and am so glad that you are back with us and keeping us informed on our Rochester falcons…. Happy Thanksgiving to you and may you have a peaceful, wonderful day…

  4. Ginny Says:

    Thank you for a great report and these Beauty-ful pics!
    Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
    Love ya!
    Ginny
    🙂

  5. MAK Says:

    Thanks everyone! I had a very nice Thanksgiving shared with my friend Tesa whom I’ve known for 39 years and her husband Jeff and 2 girls Julie and Katie. 🙂

  6. margaret Says:

    Just catching up…again, but glad you have a good Thanksgiving, and I am thankful to be able to read these reports. Love the pictures! And Thanksgiving morning was gorgeous! I almost stopped downtown as I came through ROchester very early AM. I knew you’d be there! Thank you!

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