Morning watch 10-19-12
By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK
I didn’t find Beauty until almost an hour into my watch after checking around the city 2 or 3 times. I came up on the Broad St. bridge from the east side and saw her immediately on the south corner top ibeam of OCSR. I went down to the hole to park and then walked over to Aqueduct Park to be closer to the Beautyful one.
I spent about 20 minutes with her before she flew off to the northeast after a flock of pigeons. They were over Andrews Place apartments by St. Paul and Andrews St. and then I lost them. Usually when falcons take off they tend to drop off their perch and then gain altitude. Beauty flew up when she took off OCSR and so the take off shot is mainly her shadow on the glass and at the very top of the pic you can see her tail feathers.
I walked back to the car and drove to the east side hoping I’d find her on HSBC. As I was stopped at the traffic light at Clinton and Court St. I spotted Beauty up on the southwest corner on the railing of HSBC. I had time for one pic after I pulled over by Manhattan Square Park as she flew off to the west chasing 2 pigeons toward the river.
Back to the Broad St. bridge I was able to make out a falcon on the jail tower on the north side just above the dish. I drove over to the Court St. bridge for a closer look and was able to determine it was Beauty.
Remember how I said their routine changes after a few days in one of my previous reports? Well, after finding her on the north side of OCSR the last couple days first thing in the morning, today she was on the move and didn’t go to that north side at all. Hence a new routine. It was time to wrap it up so I said goodbye to Beauty and drove up to Broad St. to take a quick pic of the window washers at Thomson Reuters before heading out.
A couple hours of chasing Beauty around the city is my idea of a good watch and more than enough reason to smile! 🙂
Click the links below for a couple videos
October 19th, 2012 at 4:40 PM
I LOVE that pic with Beauty’s reflection. That is really cool. Great job. Well, this morning driving down Long Pond rd.in Greece (not too far from earlier falcon sighting), I saw a falcon swooping down then up.by my car. Or it could have been a hawk. I.would like to.think it was a.falcon saying “hey, look at me”. I’m happy to have that brief encounter. XOXO
October 19th, 2012 at 10:05 PM
I’m glad you like it lori. I think any encounter with a bird of prey whether it be a hawk,falcon,eagle or owl is reason to be happy! 🙂