Comments on: One Fledged!

By: Kate StJ

Kate StJ — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:48:57 +0000

This afternoon (June 11 at 2:45pm) it’s the father bird who’s sleeping in the nest box. I have no idea why Dorothy and E2 spend time there.
Yesterday the young peregrines weren’t particularly active, probably because there was a lot of wind which isn’t fun to fly in if you’re not an expert.
The young female is fine – has been in and out of the box.

By: JoAnne

JoAnne — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:30:00 +0000

Is that the female who is still in the nest box? She must be getting pretty hungry by now. Has she been out to follow the parents to get food? It seems that every time I tune in, she is still here, although yesterday, I did see her fly out of the box. I had assumed that she just hopped down to a ledge out of camera sight.

By: Kate StJ

Kate StJ — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:34:33 +0000

My hope is that someone can digiscope him. He’s tough, though. Unlike Dorothy, and his predecessor Erie, he doesn’t perch near windows.

By: CHW

CHW — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:28:30 +0000

I guess that E2 will remain incognito until the next nesting season, when it is more likely that his bands can be read…that is if he comes back to be with Dorothy!

By: Kate StJ

Kate StJ — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:09:52 +0000

Yes, everything’s fine. I was at Schenley Plaza checking on them at 7:30am. Karen Lang was there at 10:45am. All are safe and accounted for. The parents fed the two male fledglings on the 10th floor roof at 8:00am.

The bird at the nest is the young female. Females are last to fly because they’re bigger (more wing load). Her parents haven’t fed her today because they want her to fly. They know that if they feed her at the nest, she’ll just stay there. They don’t like her to be loafing and begging (which is what she’s doing) so they visit the nest to get her up and out. This is similar to human parents who say to their adult kids, “You have to go get a job. We aren’t going to let you stay at home for free.”

p.s. If they lie face down on the gravel or spread their wings while face down, it means they’re sunbathing.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:18:24 +0000

Is everything alright @ the Cathedral nest? I noticed one of the fledglings has been laying in an awkward position for some time.

By: Janice Andrews

Janice Andrews — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:40:07 +0000

Thanks for sparking my interest in the falcons! We came in to Oakland earlier than needed yesterday evening, just to watch from Schenley Plaza. I could see 2 soaring about the cathedral, I assumed the parents. It was amazing how high they would go at times. One did land lower on the Student Union side of the cathedral-in one of those big rain spout-looking pieces.