Morning Falcon Watch/Dot.ca up to food shenanigans again 12-13-15
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
It was overcast and damp this morning with a temperature of 44 (F) 7 (C)
I began my day with Billie and Seth, who were on the south end window ledge of Seneca Towers this morning as I checked from Seth Green Dr.
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I promptly went out to St. Paul St. for closer viewing as they both were preening and surveying their territory.
I left them to it as they seemed quite content to just hang out with each other-something they’re very good at!
When I arrived on the Andrew’s St. bridge downtown I spotted Beauty and Dot.ca (DC) on the Mercury statue. She was on the base and he was on the money bag (MMB).
I went straight over to the Broad St. bridge where I could watch from closer quarters. On the way over, I took a pic of a decorated window at Main St. and South Avenue.
For the first few minutes Beauty and DC seemed to be looking around in hunt mode. Little did I know that Beauty was standing over some food as I couldn’t see it on my little camera screen.
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Beauty started eating and DC started looking down to keep an eye on her and at 8:13am he made his first attempt to grab some food from his mate. He was unsuccessful this time and flew back up to the MMB after a squabble with the Beautyful one.
Of course DC kept a close eye on Beauty and her food as he kept straining to look down at her. At 8:32am DC flew off and flew past Beauty before landing on the base to figure out a strategy to get some grub. Beauty continued to eat unfazed as she is used to her mates shenanigans.
DC flew off after a minute or so then back up to the MMB-at that point Beauty dropped a wing down below her with some meat on it, it would seem that she did it just so DC would leave her alone while he munched on it during his next visit. He was really straining his neck to see it from above.
DC flew off at 8:45am, circled Beauty then landed on the heel of Mercury as she watched him. He spotted the wing and flew down to make quick work of it.
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DC then left and headed southwest- less than a minute later Beauty finished eating, did a little feaking then she took off to the southwest as well at 8:54am.
I took off and headed northeast to the Medley Centre where I had no luck finding a falcon. I ended my watch there at about 9:30am. Larry reported seeing a falcon at the Brighton site and Dana reported a falcon on the glass peak at Medley Centre as I was writing this report. We sure do have plenty of falcons in Rochester to keep us smiling these days! 🙂
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December 13th, 2015 at 2:04 PM
Oh my gosh,it is so funny watching Beauty and DC,what a couple.Always nice seeing Billie and Seth!Thanks as usual MAK.
December 13th, 2015 at 2:10 PM
They certainly are entertaining Diane! 🙂