Old Home Week for the Downtown Peregrines

Dori and Louie bow at the Gulf Tower nest, 14 July 2016, 3:48pm (photo from the national Aviary falconcam at Gulf Tower)
Dori and Louie bow at the Gulf Tower nest, 14 July 2016, 3:48pm (photo from the national Aviary falconcam at Gulf Tower)

Yesterday (July 14) was Old Home Week for the Downtown peregrines as they toured all the places they’ve nested since Dori arrived in Pittsburgh six years ago.

Around 7:30am Lori Maggio saw “an adult peregrine, Dori I assume, preening on the Third Avenue nest ledge. Then she entered the nest.”  The photo below from last May gives you an idea of what Lori saw. The peregrines nested here in 2012, 2013 and this year, 2016.

adult peregrine at entrance to Third Avenue nest in May 2016 (photo by Lori Maggio)
Adult peregrine at entrance to Third Avenue nest in May 2016 (photo by Lori Maggio)

 

At 10:55am Dori and Louie visited their 2015 nest at the old Macy’s Annex.  Matt Digiacomo, who captured these photos, says the area is under renovation.  The door is open on the balcony behind Dori so she’s not likely to nest here.  Perhaps she was curious.

Dori visiting her 2015 nest site at the former Macy's Annex, 14 Jul 2016 (photo by Matt Digiacomo)
Dori visiting her 2015 nest site at the former Macy’s Annex, 14 Jul 2016 (photo by Matt Digiacomo)

And perhaps Louie was curious, too.  While Dori checked out Macy’s, he perched at his usual overlook on the Union Trust Building.  I’m sure he’s glad the Union Trust scaffolding is gone.

Louie at his usual perch on the Union Trust Building, 14 July 2016 (photo by Matt Digiacomo)
Louie at his usual perch on the Union Trust Building, 14 July 2016 (photo by Matt Digiacomo)

 

Finally at 3:48pm the pair rounded out their tour with a bowing visit to the Gulf Tower, at top.  Dori nested here in 2010, 2011 and 2014.

All of Dori’s predecessors — and Dori herself — used the Gulf Tower continuously from 1991-2011.  It’s a mystery why she’s so nomadic.

 

(photos from the National Aviary falconcam at Gulf Tower, Lori Maggio and Matthew Digiacomo)

 

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