Morning Falcon Watch 11-7-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
Back to normal temperatures for this time of year at 48 (F) 9 (C) degrees and overcast skies and a few raindrops here and there
I didn’t see anyone at Seneca Towers or Hawkeye today so I was downtown earlier than I have been lately. It took a couple trips around before I came across Dot.ca (DC) on the southeast wing ring at the top of the Times Square building from the Court St. bridge. I drove to Broad St. next to the Democrat & Chronicle to watch him from below.
DC was busy looking around every which way and then he spotted something to the northwest and took off in that direction at 7:39am.
I thought to myself at the time I bet Beauty showed up with food and sure enough when got over to Fitzhugh St. below Widows Walk she was on the northeast corner eating and a few feet from her on the north side was her little friend DC.
You could see the wheels turning in his head as he worked on a strategy for getting some food from the Beautyful one. Larry reported seeing a falcon at the Brighton site around this time.
After a few minutes DC made his move and walked over to Beauty at 7:56am going out of my field of vision for half a minute then back over with a small tidbit to eat. It didn’t take him long to eat it and when he was done he snuck over again only this time they had a bit of a tug of war. He went out of view again and then a flurry of wing flapping took place with Beauty flying off with the tiniest piece of food in her beak and then he flew off right after her as they headed northeast.
I didn’t find them again so I headed over to the Medley Centre where I found Big Frank on a light pole near the northwest corner of the mall. She had an empty crop and looked to be in full hunt mode as she looked every which way.
At 8:27am Frankie spotted something to the west and flew over the Target store chasing pigeons and gulls. She circled around past St. Ann’s home then flew back thru above the mall stirring up all the pigeons and then she disappeared to the east.
I left for home and ended my watch at 8:45am after not finding Billie or Seth at Seneca Towers. Once again, DC gave me ample smiles from his food antics! 🙂
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