Thursday June 25 (today), noon to 2:00pm, Schenley Plaza tent: 2015 Pitt Peregrine Season Wrap Up. If it’s not thundering, I’ll be at the Schenley Plaza tent, noon to 2:00pm to chat about peregrines and maybe see Dorothy & E2 fly by. (In case you missed it, their fledgling “Silver” went to ground again yesterday afternoon and is on his way to rehab. Click here for the news.)
Sunday, June 28, 1:00pm to 4:00pm, CMU’s Hunt Library, 5th floor: Annual Open House showcases Elements, an exhibit inspired by birds’ nests. At 1:30–2:30 p.m Patrick McShea from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History will present “Nest structures of North American birds and the materials used in their creation.” The event is free and open to the public. Read a review of the exhibit here. Click here for Hunt Library information. (p.s. Pat’s talks are always interesting. Don’t miss it.)
(photo of Schenley Plaza tent by Kate St. John. image of Epilogue © 2014 Wendy Brockman, courtesy Hunt Library)
Hi Kate, I have a quick question for you. A couple times the past month or so I saw Dorothy lay down in the rocks and push the rock with her feet. She’d do that once or twice then stop. But today she was in the nest for quite some time and it almost looks like she has another nest made. She kept moving rocks and then she’d lay down in the middle and push the rocks with her feet. I don’t know if she was just bored, waiting for the rain to stop, or why she was doing that. Do you happen to know why? Falcons only have one set of eggs/chicks a year, don’t they? Thanks!
Mare, please see my answers at this comment: http://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2015/06/24/on-his-way-to-rehab/#comment-160271
Thanks so much Kate!!!