I’ll be Downtown today, Friday June 3, from 12:15pm to 1:00pm at the Third Avenue peregrine watch site.
I hope to see all four youngsters at the nest as Lori Maggio did yesterday.
Maybe I’ll see you there, too.
(photo by Lori Maggio)
Lunchtime Today, June 3
Not sure exactly what I was seeing, and I have a terrible phone, but I saw some activity on the Forbes side of the roof of Hillman Library. Hope and Terzo flying about and diving, another bird (C1?) sitting on the roof. I have video. Where should I send?
T. Griffin, they were probably attacking one of the local red-tailed hawks. They get very protective as their youngster gets close to fledging. …If you can post the video somewhere, put the link in a comment. My email rejects messages with large attachments such as videos.
Kate, I checked the FAQ but didn’t see an answer to this question …
Earlier today I was thinking about the fact that your fledge watches all seem to fall in the middle of the day, late morning through early or mid-afternoon. Is this mostly for the convenience of us human watchers, or do the peregrines actually fledge more often during those hours? I can imagine a number of reasons not to try one’s first flight too early or too late in the day but I am curious for real information.
Sara, the schedule is for the convenience of the lunchtime crowd but in fact they will fly at any time of day. Last year the first fledgling was found at lunchtime on BNY Mellon Plaza. He arrived before lunch I guess.