Peregrine nesting season is only two months away but it feels like an eternity right now. To get in the mood, here are some highlights from the Pitt peregrines in 2018.
- First egg 6 Mar 2018. This is the earliest ever laid at the Pitt nest.
- Second egg on 9 Mar. Ultimately four eggs by 14 Mar.
- Bad News Again! As in prior years, Hope ate two of her chicks as they hatched.
- The remaining two chicks were banded on 11 May.
- Flapping, fledging and feeding, 26 May to 3 June.
- Hope and Terzo bowed at year’s end, 28 Dec 2018.
(photos from the National Aviary falconcams at Univ. of Pittsburgh, Peter Bell, Anne Marie Bosnyak and John English)
Thank you for the recap with slideshow.
Thank you and also to the camera, wildlife crews and Pitt.
Wonderful post as per usual.
I saw two falcons putting on an airshow around the Cathedral yesterday afternoon at about 2:15. It was amazing; lots of loops and barrel rolls. I thought something must be up to have a big display like that but I’m guessing that the upcoming nesting season must be the reason.
I think I have a falcon pellet on my work window sill on the 21st fl of the cathedral!!! Super cool!
Praying for not another repeat of Hope consuming her young.
WOW, you have some great photos of the nesting peregrine, and other bird watching episode. What a blog and keep posting. If you have a chance to visit Africa for bird watching then remember to visit Kenya with over 1100 birds species and half of the world cisticola species are found in Kenya.