Morning Falcon Watch 11-2-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was a bright sunny morning with a temperature of 42 (F) 6 (C)
I was a bit concerned when I didn’t see Billie or Seth at Seneca Towers this morning but then when I got over to Hawkeye 1/2 a mile up St. Paul St. I found them on the ring behind the nest box. I pulled into the parking lot across the street for the best view except they had their backs to me.
Soon after I got there Billie spread her big beautiful wings and flew west toward the river and less than a half minute later Seth followed his girl as they both left my field of vision.
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They didn’t return so I left for downtown. After several trips around I finally spotted Beauty on the northeast corner of the lower section on Widows Walk after I got a tweet from Pat saying a falcon was on the heel of Mercury. I parked on Basin St. in the hole to watch
5 minutes later Beauty took off at 7:59am chasing pigeons over the parking lot then up to the Mercury money bag (MMB). I drove around to the Broad St. bridge (BSB) next to the Blue Cross Arena and when I got there I could see Dot.ca (DC) on Mercury’s heel.
DC flew off at 8:15am after Beauty who had taken off to the north and a minute later she returned with a fresh catch coming to rest on the base of Mercury with it and DC came back and landed on the MMB.
He lasted about 3 minutes before he flew down to the base of Mercury near Beauty who had her back to both of us. He then jumped up on the green part of the base to plan his strategy for the steal. His next move was to the small ledge below Beauty to plan his strategy.
He flew off and made his first attempt to take the food then flew back up to the MMB to watch from above.
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They both had their back to me so I went down to Aqueduct St.in the hole so I could see when DC tried to grab Beauty’s breakfast.
It wasn’t long before DC flew down and tried to snag the food as Beauty had a few things to say to him.
DC then went out of view to the other side of the base where I couldn’t see him only to come back for another try at the goods. Beauty stepped back out of his way as he flew out and back thru passing over her head and out of sight to the south.
Beauty began eating again and there was no more interference from her mate so I thought he left the area. Little did I know he was on the other side of the base out of view.
I drove around to the BSB Â by the Blue Cross Arena where I could see the little wanna be thief on the opposite side of the base in the green part staring at Beauty. I tweeted it out and when I looked back up there he was gone-I drove around and saw that Beauty had left as well.
I checked the Medley Centre and Hawkeye to no avail before going home to Seneca Towers where I found Seth in his spot on the north window ledge from my spot on East Ridge Rd. He had eaten a nice breakfast as his crop was quite full.
I ended my watch at 10am smiling after being entertained by DC on this morning watch! 🙂
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November 3rd, 2015 at 1:24 AM
Thanks for the report. Is the nest box on the roof of Seneca Towers and is the ring attached to the building? I have seen pictures of this before but….
November 3rd, 2015 at 1:19 PM
Annie, the nest box is on the closed down Kodak Hawkeye Plant roof which is 1/2 mile south of Seneca Towers and yes the ring is attached to the roof of that building. There’s no nest box on Seneca Towers-I tried to convince management to allow one but they rejected my request. Please feel free to ask questions any time. 🙂