By Rochester Falcon Watcher Carol P.

After a record breaking high temperature of 70 degrees (F) yesterday, it was a return to cold and blustery weather.  The day started at 40 degrees and dropped into the low 30’s during the day, lightly snowing on and off.

Tweets from Today (not including MAK’s, which she will include in her report):

7:30 am – RFalconcamNow (Shaky) – “Beauty is on Mercury’s money bag.” – Seen from Camera #1

2:43 pm – RFalconcamNow (Shaky) – “Falcon is on top I-Beam of OCSR, southeast side.” – Seen from Camera #1

3:30 pm – Lisa McK – “At BS, 1 falcon on south side of east extension.”  Not sure if this was Pigott or BST, who had been seen earlier in the day.

4:00 pm – Carol P. – “DT. Just arrived on the BSB and Beauty is still eating dinner up at the SE wing of the TSB.”  MAK and Lynda were there just before I arrived and saw Beauty bring in dinner.

4:30 pm – Carol P. – “DT. B has finished her meal and is now on Mercury’s money bag and it is now lightly snowing.”

5:00 pm – Carol P. – “DT. Standing out in the cold paid off. B flew off Mercury and up into the OCSR elevator shaft. Nite Beauty! Time to get my own dinner.”

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I arrived downtown at approximately 3:45 pm, just missing MAK & Lynda.  I was sorry that I had missed them.  They had seen Beauty come in with prey and saw her take it up to the top of the Times Square Bldg (TSB) at the base of the SE wing.  That’s exactly where she was when I arrived, finishing her dinner.  It wasn’t long before she had finished.

It started to lightly snow and at 4:30 pm Beauty took off from the TSB and flew over to the Mercury statue landing on the money bag hand.  This seemed to be the spot she likes most at the end of the day.  It was a good spot to keep a close eye on her nest site and territory.  I positioned myself on Broad St, next to my car, where I had a good view of Beauty.  I knew that it was going to start getting dark soon and I wanted to see where she went.  I wasn’t disappointed.  At approximately 5 pm, Beauty stooped off of the Mercury statue, heading north, low over the river.  I kept watching for her to come back into sight, she finally did, just to the right of the OCSR.  I saw her fly around to the north side and then back up and into the elevator shaft.  That’s what I was hoping to see.  Looks like Beauty may be spending her evenings there.  A nice sheltered spot.

At 5:00 pm, it was dark and it was time for me to head home.

Here are a few pictures from my Watch.  Enjoy!

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