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Morning Falcon Watch/Turkey Vulture vs Crow 10-15-15

By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

A chilly start with a temperature of 40 (F) 4 (C) and bright blue sunny skies

Billie and Seth were on opposite ends of the north window ledge this morning as I started my watch at 7:30am.

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When I arrived downtown on the Andrews St. bridge Beauty was on the northeast cube of the Frontier Communications tower (FCT). I drove over to Fitzhugh St. first where my view of her was a bit blocked by a beam so I went to the City Hall parking lot where I could see her back quite well. lol

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I left her to look for Dot.ca (DC) and I found him under the northeast wing of the Times Square building just before 8am. I parked on Basin St. in the hole-it was nice to be at the old stomping grounds for a while with a falcon on Times Square. DC seemed to be in hunt mode as he was watching something below him.

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Naturally he flew off when I wasn’t looking-I thought perhaps he went over to FCT to join Beauty but when I stopped on State St. by the Rochester Plaza Hotel only the Beautyful one was there-still on her northeast cube. I took a couple pics and a video of her before leaving for the Medley Center (MC) around 8:30am.

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I didn’t find Big Frank at MC but I did find a juvenile Turkey Vulture (TV) on the east side of the mall on a retaining wall being harassed by a crow. The crow kept sneaking up on it and pulling at its tail feathers-the TV flew after it a couple times to say get out of my space!

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The crow went back for more and the TV gave up and flew off.

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I left for home and when I got to Seneca Towers Seth was on the north end window ledge as I pulled over on East Ridge Road-he took off while I was checking his pic on my camera screen and that ended my watch at 9:10am.

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So all 4 resident Rochester Peregrine Falcons were seen doing well. I had fun watching the TV and crow-they were definitely good for a smile! 🙂

Click on the links below to see falcons, a turkey vulture and a crow

https://youtu.be/emWd3sC6D7I

https://youtu.be/EttYMdYgE6s

https://youtu.be/Mt1J7Y7nrU4

https://youtu.be/k4t0ofOXdt4

2 Responses to “Morning Falcon Watch/Turkey Vulture vs Crow 10-15-15”

  1. patsy6 Says:

    MAK, the pics of the TV and the crow are hilarious, especially the one of the crow caught red-handed biting the TV’s tail! 😀 And that’s a really nice shot of the TV with wings spread.

  2. MAK Says:

    Thanks Pat, it was great fun watching them! 🙂


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