By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

On a much more pleasant day temperature wise I ventured out to the bus stop to go downtown for a morning watch. As I made my way up Broad St. I stopped by Falcon watcher central by the stairs as I spotted Beauty on the west corner top ibeam of OCSR. I then spotted Dot.Ca(DC) on the same ibeam at the opposite end near the south corner.

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After an hour of enjoying the nice breeze and cooler temp Beauty left without me seeing and DC moved down to the south corner of the top ibeam of OCSR. In that hour I watched a couple pigeons on nearby buildings and a male house sparrow catching bugs on a fire escape ladder. Nature always provides us with something to watch. About 10 minutes later DC flew off and when he reached the Times Square area Beauty came out of nowhere and met up with him in the air. They circled above Times Square and the surrounding area above me on Aqueduct St. (the hole as I call it) a few times before the Beautyful one landed under the northeast wing on Times Square. DC continued to show me his flying skills briefly and then he landed under the southeast wing. So we had a pair of bookends to watch over Orion down in the nest box.

Patsy who works in the Thomson Reuters building came by and said hi. And shortly after that as I was looking up at the Times Square building from my spot at the base of the Falcon watcher central stairs I spotted MarkB open his window from the Times Square buildings top floor just 1 level below the nest box. He stuck his arm out and waved to me and I waved back.  10 minutes later Beauty flew down to the nest box deck landing near the main cam on the southeast corner before going further in where I couldn’t see her. DC remained under the southeast wing as Beauty flew up to the top of cam 4.

DC left when I wasn’t looking and then DebbieH joined me on her lunch break. That’s about it for my morning watch,Deb left and I took the next bus home. I departed with a big ole smile on my face for having seen falcons and falcon friends! 🙂

Click on the links below for more pics and a couple short videos

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AaN3DFm0ZMWrCWA

http://youtu.be/mFG0gcCkI1c

http://youtu.be/nFIlbn387NA

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