Comments on: They’re Here Somewhere

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:14:24 +0000

Linda, If you can send me a photo I will identify the bird for you. I suspect that it is Dori or Louie because they’ve been hanging out at your side of town. (See this blog for a picture and another sighting: http://bit.ly/z1os4z)

What building are you in? What building is the bird perching on?

By: Linda Bilotto

Linda Bilotto — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:59:10 +0000

I live on ft Pitt blvd just above the Mon Warf. We don’t know much about Falcons but we live on the 14th floor of our building and are pretty sure the rooftop next to us is a Falcons dining room. He sits on an old TV antenea eating the birds he catches. We see him hunting occassionaly but he’s so fast it’s hard to keep track of him so we’ve not seen a catch. The rooftop next door is eye level with our living room windows and he sits about 30 feet from us. If we move slowly, he keeps an eye but continues to eat.
We’d love to know how to tell for sure it’s a Peregrin, maybe it’s Dori or Louie? Anyone want to visit and watch for him?

By: bhancey

bhancey — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:20:31 +0000

Thanks for the information on the Gulf Tower pair. The photo is wonderful. Can you please let us know which of the buildings is the Gulf Tower? We haven’t lived in the Pittsburgh area for many years, and although I know the U.S. Steel building, I am not familiar with many of the others.
Thanks.
By the way, the San Francisco connection to their falcon web cam will give you means to connect with the San Jose falcons as well. They nest on the City Hall building there, and the camera coverage often gives us a wonderful view of some of their out-of-nest activities, too.

By: Sue Vertosick

Sue Vertosick — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:09:15 +0000

Saw a falcon circling a few minutes ago – above the Wintergarden between Third and Fourth.

By: beth

beth — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:33:53 +0000

I work in Centre City Tower – I’m distracted a few times a day by falcons flying… lots of circles between our building and PNC Park…..they’re here somewhere!

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:27:37 +0000

From the sound of it I would guess your bird on West Liberty Ave is a red-tail. (It’s hard to identify birds while driving though I’ll admit to trying sometimes. When the light is red there I watch the pigeons. )
Gulf: Unlikely they would have picked another place on the same building since the nestbox was so much more suitable than any other ledge.

By: Kate St. John

Kate St. John — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:20:49 +0000

I hope so!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:48:20 +0000

Hi Kate. Occasionally during the last few summers I have spotted a bird perched on a telephone pole near the corner of West Liberty Ave and Pioneer on the other side of the Liberty Tubes. Usually around 7:30 in the morning. Unfortunately I was driving and could not get a real good look to tell if it was a peregrine or red tail. I wondered if that could have been Louie or if he would not have gone that far. Pigeons hang out underneath the South Busway where it crosses over West Liberty and on the street lights.

Is it possible they made a new nest at the Gulf and are not using the nest box for some unknown reason?

By: Sandra F.

Sandra F. — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:05:46 +0000

…And next year, maybe D&L will decide that the construction-free Gulf Tower is the best place to nest!

By: Michelle, Colorado Springs, CO

Michelle, Colorado Springs, CO — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:34:47 +0000

Sad we won’t be seeing Dori and Louie this year on the cam but hopefully they will be just fine and have beautiful ‘children’ again.