By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

The morning started out peaceful as I checked from the Broad St. Bridge(BSB) and saw no falcons. I then checked the east side finding nothing other than the crows leaving their night time roost from the trees of Washington Square Park. Next I went to the Andrews St. bridge(ASB) to check the north end of the downtown area with no sightings. As I was pulling away I got a report from Donna saying Beauty was at the nest box, so I zoomed down State St. to find Dot.Ca(DC) under the northeast wing.

I parked by He’s Chinese to watch but I couldn’t see Beauty. After a few minutes I decided to walk up on the BSB to see Beauty but as I turned around to look back at the Times Square building(TSB) DC took off and so I followed him. Over the river he flew fast and then the next thing I saw was 3 falcons over the Xerox tower. DC seemed to stay away from the other two who were duking it out over Midtown and Bausch&Lomb locking talons several times and then backing off each time. They kept disappearing behind Xerox,B&L and Midtown only to come back into view chasing and dive bombing each other as DC flew back to the TSB and landed under the northeast wing. I saw one circling above Xerox and then it flew east out of view. I waited to see if they returned to my field of view from the BSB but they did not so I went back down to He’s to keep an eye on DC and the nest box.

This is when Larry came to help with the watch. He went up to the BSB and I took a ride over to the east side parking by Manhattan Square Park I saw Beauty hovering above Xerox and so did Larry while DC remained on TSB. Larry reported that she flew north so I went to check the north side of OCSR from Bragdon St. by the Radisson Hotel. I found Beauty on the top ibeam northeast side and she seemed to be ok to me.

Sure wish I could have seen the falcon Beauty was battling closer so as to ID it but no such luck. I wonder if it was the same one that CarolP saw last night on her watch when she said 2 pefas were having an argument. And I have to wonder if it was Pigott or even KPF that are trying to give Beauty a run for her territory. UGH! I hope the whole winter isn’t going to be like this for my blood pressure already runs high enough! lol  I returned to BSB and as Larry was getting ready to leave DC flew off TSB.

Larry left and I went to the ASB to keep an eye on Beauty. Soon after I arrived she took off and then I saw a falcon fly up to and land under the northeast wing. I then high tailed it over to the TSB where I found Beauty under the southeast wing and DC under the northeast wing of the TSB.

I worked my way from He’s Chinese up to Falcon Watcher Central to observe them. They both flew off and circled above the Philipone building with DC returning to the northeast wing and Beauty to the ledge right above the nest box for a minute or so. They both flew off again circling above the Philipone building with Beauty landing next to the main cam and DC once again going to the wing.

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This is where I left them as I had to get going. I was not excited in a good way to see a battle this morning on my watch but I did leave downtown smiling knowing that our resident pair were ok! 🙂

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