Last week Lori Maggio visited Third Avenue between Wood and Smithfield to take photos of the Downtown peregrines. Look closely and you can see that both birds are banded. Unfortunately we can’t read the bands yet.
Though we’re not sure of this pair’s identity, the choice of nest site on a ledge on Third Ave leads me to believe the female is still Dori.
My guess is that the bird pictured below is the male. Is this Louie? We don’t know. Louie is 14 years old now — quite old for a peregrine — so it’s possible he was replaced by a new male.
Both adults like to perch on the turquoise-colored “shields” on top of Wood Street Commons.
The adults go in and out of the nest with food, indicating there are young at the nest.
We won’t know how old the nestlings are until they appear at the edge of the opening.
(photos by Lori Maggio)
According to my notes, Dori’s USFW band (right leg) is purple, so the first photo is most likely her.
Some very nice photographs of the downtown falcons by Lori. Is this nest high enough that we won’t likely see fledged falcons on the ground downtown like last year?
This nest is “half” high enough. In 2012 both chicks fledged without any reports of trouble. In 2013 all 4 had to be rescued. So I’m going to organize a Fledge Watch
These are wonderful photos. Thank you both for letting us see them.
one of the bands is purple and the other appears to be a beige tan.
EV, those are the USFW bands whist numbers are not legible from afar. We are hoping to see the black/green or black/red color bands with legible letters and numbers.
Great pictures Lori! I have stopped by a couple of times but so far I haven’t been lucky enough to see either adult. I will keep an eye on the gargoyles for perching though. There is a lot going on in that section of town. I hope the fledge goes well.
They have also been perching a lot on the window ledges on the back side of Lawrence Hall. You can see these windows on 3rd Ave and from the Boulevard of the Allies.
I finally saw my first perching peregrine! Walking down Third Avenue heading towards Wood. He/she was perched on a green ornamental roof piece as shown in one of the photos above. It’s back was to me and appeared as if it was watching the nest area. Thanks again for the photos and suggestions of where to look Lori.