By Rochester Falcon Watcher MAK

55 warm degrees (F) 13 (C) out this morning when I left for my watch and I didn’t need a jacket. It started to sprinkle when I first arrived on the Broad St. Bridge (BSB) and picked up to a light rain shower by the end of  my watch.

I made my way downtown at 5:50am after checking the cams to find Beauty on her eggs before I left home. Dot.Ca was late to sh0w up this morning and so to satisfy my curiosity I went over to the Brighton site (BS) to see if he was there. Arriving at 7:15am I saw no falcons on my first trip around the complex and I heard nothing from the cubby. My second time around I spotted DC flying near the west side-he circled the building once and then flew north. Pigott was not seen anywhere so I headed for downtown knowing that DC was going to Times Square. Sure enough 2 minutes later Donna let me know DC was there and on his eggs. Thanks for your help as usual Donna! And also thanks to Annette who tweeted out about the switch. When I reached the BSB I spotted Beauty on the base of Mercury so I drove down to the hole to observe.

She was just finishing up eating and started cleaning her talons.

Around 7:30am Beauty flew to the nest box and switched with DC who flew to the top ibeam southeast side of OCSR and started preening in the rain. Thank you to Annette and Donna for letting me know of that switch.

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He stayed there 25 minutes while I watched  from the hole and then Graves St. by Aqueduct Park. At 7:55am DC took off and so I went looking for him. As I pulled over on Broad St. by the Blue Cross Arena where I have  a view of  Mercury,the south side of the Wilder building and the southwest and southeast sides of OCSR.  I spotted DC on the south corner second ibeam of OCSR and he was standing up looking very white thru the rain.

10 minutes later he stooped on something that I couldn’t see as buildings blocked my view.

From the hole I saw that he had gone to the Wilder green strip. He had his back to me pretty much the whole time.

At about 8:45am DC flew over to the deck by the main cam where he tried to convince Beauty to let him sit on the eggs. She would have none of it so he left 5 minutes later and flew east toward the river out of sight.

After a ride around downtown and no luck finding him I went to BS arriving at 9:20am. DC was not there and once again Miss Pigott was not seen or heard. As I was leaving to go back downtown I was informed by both Donna and Annette that  DC was on the eggs. You guys do a great job of helping me out and I appreciate it tremendously! When I arrived at about 9:30am I went to the hole when I found Beauty on the base of Mercury once again.

I drove up to the BSB for a view of her front side and hung out with her for the next 20 minutes before ending my watch just before 10am.

Things will slow down now that the eggs are being incubated and it’s probably a good thing so I can rest up because if all 4 eggs hatch I will definitely be getting a workout come fledge time. Keep smiling! 🙂

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