By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

Happy Easter to all of the Rochester Peregrine Falcon fans around the world!

I started my watch at 6:35am with a temperature of 38 (F) 3(C) calm conditions under overcast skies. As I passed thru to the east side I saw no falcons from the Broad St. Bridge(BSB) and Beauty wasn’t on HSBC for the second day in a row. Guess I better to get up earlier! As I got back to the BSB, Annette(one of our cam watchers) reported Beauty near the nest box. Thank you Annette! 10 minutes later Beauty flew out the nest box to the money bag hand of Mercury.

She didn’t stay for long tho as Dot.Ca(DC) came cruising in from the south a few minutes later landing under the northeast wing. Beauty flew instantly to the nest box and began to echup very loudly so I could hear down in the hole by He’s Chinese Restaurant.

All was quiet for the next 25 minutes and then DC was off and flying. First he went to the the money bag on Mercury then to the west side railing of Widows Walk a minute later. Beauty then flew to the money bag followed by DC and they mated and both went to the nest box when finished.

They weren’t at the nest box for long as DC shot out of there and flew to Mercury. Beauty flew over landing on the base of Mercury and then DC dropped down with her. She started eating as he watched and tried to look like he wasn’t interested but we and Beauty know better. He has been taking cached food over to Pigott and I believe Beauty finally had enough for she left the base with her precious prey item and proceeded to take it with her everywhere she went. It was like she was luring him with it.

Beauty flew to the southwest corner of Wilder where DC joined her. She took off to the nest box with it and left after a second or two when DC flew to the southeast column across from the nest box and up one level. Beauty flew to a northwest column on the back of the TSB and DC joined her there in close proximity to each other.

Beauty flew off to Widows Walk(WW) which is right back behind the TSB and DC followed. Still with the prey under her they mated on the northeast corner of WW. He flew up to the railing on the west side and then over to the money bag. She left, tidbit in talon and landed on the southwest corner of the Wilder building before flying off to the east.

DC chased after her across the river and they did some fancy flying over Chase, Xerox,Midtown and Bausch&Lomb. She settled on the northeast corner for a bit while DC circled around a few times. I joined Larry on the BSB to see all of that and within a minute or so they came back and mated on the Mercury money bag. Beauty STILL  had that small package in her talon as they almost slipped off Mercury trying to balance. What a performance by these two this morning-had me grinning from ear to ear! The Beautyful one flew to the nest box at a little after 8:ooam DC also went up by the main cam quick then back to Mercury coming to rest on the heel this time. Beauty flew over too landing on the money bag.

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Beauty flew down to the base of Mercury and started nibbling again while DC tried in vane to not watch. Larry left at this time happy for the entertainment which had been displayed by our downtown pair. After 10 minutes Beauty flew to the nest box and DC first flew to WW then to the base of Mercury where he munched on a teeny tiny morsel of food that Beauty left and then he jumped up onto the green part of the base facing south toward Brighton.

DC left when I wasn’t watching and the fact that I didn’t see him anywhere plus Beauty flying over to the money bag looking south led me to believe he had gone to BS (the Brighton Site). Carol joined me on the BSB and we chatted for a few minutes then I told her I was going to check BS.

I arrived there just before the 9 o’clock hour finding Pigott on the northwest corner of the west extension.This is between the broken window scrape on the north side of the east extension and the cubby which on  the southside of the building opposite the east extension.

She was not alone for when I drove around to check the rest of the building for DC I found him on the southeast corner above the roof top tree. He flew off  almost immediately to the east at a fast rate until I couldn’t see him any more. I was too late for the show at BS for he didn’t come back-instead he returned to downtown and so did I. Carol was still on the BSB as Beauty flew to the nest box and DC to the southeast column opposite the nest box one level up. Things stayed this way for the next half hour and then DC flew to Mercury. I ended my watch at 10:15am after a smiling good time spent observing falcon games! 🙂

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