Today the Downtown Pittsburgh nest is empty. All three young peregrines are out in the wide world.
On Wednesday Lori Maggio captured a portrait of #3 waiting at the nest ledge for just the right moment to leave.
By midday Thursday the bird had already flown and been rescued when Lori saw her on the Frick Building near the rescue porch.
#3 didn’t linger. She soon flew to join her brothers on another high building. Read about her adventures here.
As I mentioned last evening, if the young peregrines stay up high the official Downtown Fledge Watch is over today. (Official Fledge Watch ends when the birds have graduated to the upper air and are out of ground-based danger.). UPDATE AT 9:00AM: Rain and there are no peregrines near the ground. We’re done!
You can always watch the peregrines on your own schedule. If you do please post a comment to tell us what you see. We’d love to know!
Today I’ll be at two peregrine sites: Downtown Fledge Watch (8:15am to 10:00am) and Pitt Peregrine Viewing (12:00pm to 2:00pm).
Join me at the Schenley Plaza tent in the days ahead to watch the peregrines at the Cathedral of Learning. Click here for the complete Pitt peregrine calendar. NOTE: I will not be out there in rain or thunderstorms.
(photos of Downtown peregrine fledgling #3 by Lori Maggio)
p.s. Don’t forget the Westinghouse Bridge peregrine banding on Monday, June 22 — full details here.
Silver is sitting next to one of the adults on the nest rail. Looks to me like he/she is asking “where is breakfast?” Any guesses from the size of silver next to the adult (Dorothy, I’m assuming) whether Silver is a boy or girl?
Mary Ann, I’ll write about that tomorrow…
About Silver :
Did You see the mantling yesterday ? (6 / 18 )
Wow. Silver is “no longer a Spring Chicken ” 🙂
Happy dance ! 🙂