By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Just a quick and short watch tonight. KathyO and CarolP were down in the hole (Aqueduct St.) when Joyce and I arrived downtown. We joined them as Beauty was on the 2nd ibeam S corner of OCSR with DC directly above her on the top ibeam.

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There was a pigeon perched on a lower roof  between us and our “in hunt mode” pair. We kept hoping it would fly off and one of them would catch it so Orion could be fed. It wasn’t meant to be even though DC flew fast to the south he slowed up at the end and left our field of vision. Beauty remained on OCSR for 20 minutes after DC left and just after KathyO left so did Beauty. We didn’t see where she went off to but again we hoped that there would be dinner for the baby. CarolP headed out to check KP before going home. Beauty returned 30 minutes after she disappeared with a bunch of swifts chasing her and Joyce and I thought perhaps she had food but no luck again as she flew low above us and then went over to Widows Walk to perch from the east side of the railing.

10 minutes passed and with it almost dark out the Beautyful one stooped to the west and then proceeded to fly back through low above Joyce and I and out of sight to the south (empty taloned). We waited 10 minutes to see if she came back and with darkness upon us we left downtown with Orion on Joyces phone and a few minutes later could see Beauty on cam 4. The extreme heat had kept me from going downtown for a few days so it made me smile to get out and see our Rochester Peregrine Falcons tonight! 🙂

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