By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was a warm sunny morning by mid November standards with a busy breeze and a temperature of  42 (F) 6 (C)

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I started my watch about 20 minutes before the sun came up and didn’t see any falcons at Seneca Towers (ST) when I left. On my way downtown, I spotted a falcon on the ring behind the dilapidated nest box at the closed Kodak Hawkeye plant. I didn’t see any bands on either leg.

I left after a few minutes and as I was checking the statue of Mercury I found a few starlings hanging out on it while there were no falcons around. My second check of the Frontier Communications tower (FCT) bagged me the Beautyful one on the northeast cube with a full crop.

A few minutes later Dot.ca (DC) flew in from the east and landed on a support beam to the northeast cube.

Soon after, DC made his way over to his mate and perched right next to Beauty. What a lovely pair they have become!

Beauty was napping on and off as her breakfast digested and DC kept an eye on their surroundings while doing some preening in between.

I left them to do their thing as it seemed they were settled in for a while.

I checked ST in passing on my way to Charlotte but again nobody was home. I had to wonder if the unbanded bird I saw at Hawkeye may have been the reason I didn’t see them-perhaps they were escorting it out of their territory. Anyway, I found Genesee on the Coast Guard antenna eating when I arrived in Charlotte. The sun was behind him causing some not so good pics so I headed over to Summerville on the other side of the river.

Once there, I parked in the Silk OLoughlins bar parking lot where I was much closer to Genesee and the lighting was perfect.

Genesee finished up with his meal shortly after I got there and then started working his way across to the opposite corner from where he started. He was feaking (wiping his beak) the whole way and stopped half way through to poop before starting to pick at his talons. Can’t be leaving any tidbits behind after all!

On the move again and after a slip he made it to the corner. There was more feaking and cleaning up after his messy breakfast-he also had a bit of blood on his full crop.

Right around 9am Genesee took wing and flew north over the lake and out of view.

I ended my watch at 9:15am after checking all of Seneca Towers with no luck finding Billie or Seth. It was fun sharing space with Genesee up close and personal, thus putting a smile on this watcher’s face! 🙂

Click on the links below to see today’s videos

https://youtu.be/cEebiCZpldk

https://youtu.be/cmICdaqjEiE

https://youtu.be/bfc8SC9ZAfg

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