By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Today was warmer than yesterday as I ventured out for my morning watch-1 whole degree warmer! lol Another inch of snow fell during the night and the temperature was 22 (F) -6(C).

Within a couple minutes of arriving on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) I saw Beauty fly in from the west and go to the top ibeam of OCSR southeast side.

Parked by the Radisson Hotel by Main St. I observed Beauty for an hour and a half as she preened,stretched and looked for breakfast to fly by.  At exactly 8:00am Beauty flew off going around the OCSR building and soaring above it before flying across the river to the east.  I took her lead and searched for her on the east side without finding her so I headed toward Kodak Office (KO) where I found the little sneak on the south side arch. She tried to give me the slip! 🙂

After 20 minutes I drove north a mile and a half down State St. to the Lake Tower site. There was no falcon on site but plenty of pigeons lined the window ledges. At this point of my watch I chose to go to Brighton to see if Pigott was home.  She was indeed as I found her on the east extension top window near the corner.

Miss Pigott kept stretching her neck to look toward the east where she eventually flew off to at 9:20am.  I waited 20 minutes and when she didn’t return I went back downtown.

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Beauty was right where I left her over an hour ago on the south side arch of KO. She was fixated on something below her as she kept looking down. After 20 minutes Beauty flew off heading east/southeast at 10:13am.

Once again I followed her lead and ended up finding her 10 minutes later on the southeast corner of Bausch & Lomb. From Washington Square Park I could see that she was eating but her back was to me so I drove over to Broad St. to watch.

10 minutes later as I was taping Beauty she took off abruptly with what was left of her meal in one talon flying south out of view. She startled me as one second she was bent forward eating and the next in one swift motion she was gone from my camera screen.  I then drove straight down Broad St. to the bridge where I spotted Beauty on the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR.  I ended my watch from Graves St. which is right next to Aqueduct Park across Main St. from OCSR.

I couldn’t tell if she had the leftovers with her or not but it didn’t matter to me, for knowing she had eaten on a cold early March morning was enough to send me on my way smiling! 🙂

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