By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

It was a cold 35 degrees fahrenheit when I left my house this morning and I was very thankful for AC(Angel Car). I arrived on the Broad St. bridge(BSB) about 7:15am and could find no falcons in that area or on the east side near Xerox and HSBC. I took a ride over to the Andrews St. bridge where you can see the north side of OCSR the best and it was there that I found Beauty on the top ibeam at the north corner.

I then drove over to Bragdon St. next to the Radisson Hotel and where the pedestrian bridge crosses the river to the OCSR for closer viewing. I watched the Beautyful one for about an hour from the pedestrian bridge and from below the OCSR on the river walkway. While there, a woman came by and dumped a bag full of Tortilla chips in the middle of the bridge for the gulls and pigeons. She had obviously done this before cuz they all flew in and lined when they saw her coming.

The sunshine was abundant today unlike the last few dark dreary overcast mornings which helped to keep me warm except for my fingers. Even with gloves on they always get cold and numb so I ended up going back over to the Andrews St. bridge to watch in a warm car. While there, Lisa McK who met me yesterday morning when she was out on her Lights out watch for dead migratory birds that have fallen victim to slamming into buildings because the light drew them to it came by to join me. We watched Beauty and chatted for a bit. She showed me a couple pics of a bat she found clinging to the base of the Xerox building and then I dropped her off by the South Ave. garage where her car was parked before heading over to the Brighton site to look for falcons. I didn’t find any but I saw a lot of pretty fall colors on the trees in Mt. Hope Cemetary and along the river on Exchange  Blvd. by Cornhill so I took some pics.

Upon returning to the Andrews St. bridge over an hour later I found Beauty still there just to the west of the north corner on OCSR top ibeam and now she had company on the top ibeam on the northeast side. Dot.ca(DC) had arrived while I was gone and was up there preening away.

I drove over to the hole and parked AC and then walked over to the walkway by the OCSR to have some more closer viewing. Beauty had her back to me and was napping for the most part with DC preening,stretching and looking around at his territory.

B DC

I also took some pics from the pedestrian bridge to show my view of the area from there. The air was warming up nicely, the sun was shining and I had Beauty and DC in my sights. As I ended my watch to meet an old friend for coffee I thought what more could a girl ask for to make her smile! 🙂

Click the links below for more pics and a few videos

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http://youtu.be/gXZF7TN3qNQ
http://youtu.be/8MtKeTrS0hs
http://youtu.be/PLHUO4NpjTw
http://youtu.be/_L1tvD7BZls
http://youtu.be/K0vv8j9kILM

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