Morning Falcon Watch/Dot.ca wants Beauty’s breakfast 10-18-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
35 (F) 2 (C) degrees and frozen snow on my car with a beautiful sunrise followed by overcast, cloudy skies
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As I was waiting for the elevator I couldn’t help but notice the sun rising in the eastern sky. When I checked the north end of Seneca Towers (ST) from the back of my parking lot I could just barely see the back of a falcon. I drove out to East Ridge Rd. to have a better view but it was gone when I got there.
I proceeded to downtown where I came upon Beauty and Dot.ca (DC) on the northeast corner of Legacy Tower (LT). I pulled over on E. Broad St. below Midtown to observe as she was eating and he was watching her from a few feet away.
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You could see the pleading look DC was giving Beauty so she would share. He waited just so long and then he made his move back behind her and grabbed a small piece, bringing it out near her to eat it.
DC polished it off quickly and went back to watching his Beautyful one eat away. Again, he could only take it for so long then he tried another sneak attack from behind but this time she turned around and he flew off at 8:09am.
I don’t know where he went but I believe it was somewhere that he could see her. Beauty finished eating not too long after DC left and did some feaking and talon picking, then just stood perched on the corner for a while.
Beauty flew off around 8:20am when I wasn’t looking and before I could put my car in gear to leave, DC was on the corner picking at her leftovers.
DC settled down and started looking around for something to catch-I left him there around 8:45am and headed over to the Medley Centre. All I saw there was the carcass of the gull that Big Frank was eating yesterday-it had been moved about 50 feet away from where she had it and there was not a bit of meat left. Now when I arrived at my spot on East Ridge Rd. and St. Paul St. there was a falcon on the northwest corner of ST with its back to me.
As I was pulling away to check from Seth Green Dr. it flew off, circled back around and landed momentarily on the north end roof then off again heading southwest. I didn’t see it again after that so I ended my watch at about 9:30am. Today, DC was the maker of my smile with his food antics! 🙂
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