This spring Dana Nesiti has seen several peregrine scuffles at the Westinghouse Bridge between the resident adults and a persistent immature bird. On Monday he captured photos of the immature’s bands and, thanks to Art McMorris, we now know who she is. Her story is paraphrased from Art’s description.

03/B Green/Green is a one-year-old female peregrine who fledged from the Fulton Road Bridge at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. After fledging she ended up on the ground, was rescued and banded on 29 June 2019, and released to re-join her parents. Ohio peregrine monitors Chad and Chris Saladin named her “Zoetic.”

When Zoetic dispersed from her birthplace she moved east along Lake Erie’s shore. On 11 Oct 2019 she was photographed at Presque Isle State Park. A week or so later, she was back in Cleveland at Edgewater Beach where she spent at least part of the winter. Chad+Chris Saladin’s photo at top shows her wheeling as she harasses a snowy owl at Edgewater.

This spring Zoetic moved southeast to Pittsburgh where she’s been trying to oust the female peregrine at the Westinghouse Bridge. So far she’s been unsuccessful but she keeps on trying.

On Monday 20 April 2020 Dana saw…

The banded (resident) female flew in pretty hot to the scrape area squawking. The un-banded male flew in and then what I think is a juvenile came in. The juvenile and the male were flying around the bridge and then the female came from the scrape and they all flew in different directions. I then noticed 2 falcons really high up circling around.

— Dana Nesiti email, 20 Apri l2020

Zoetic has much to gain if she wins the Westinghouse site even though it’s already late April.

To find out more about her, check out this post at Chad+Chris Saladin’s C&C’s Ohio Peregrine page.

(Thanks to Dana Nesiti and Chad+Chris Saladin for photos of Zoetic)