Ellen,

Who has the night shift downtown among the observers? Such dedication.
Or is there a computerized sensing device in use?

Gene Hunn.

On Tue, 4 Apr 1995, Ellen Blackstone wrote:

> Stewart and Bell(e), the Seattle Urban Peregrine pair, are now incubating
> their three eggs nearly constantly. While they still copulate regularly,
> it's *probably* mostly pair bonding.
>
> They've been keeping a strange night schedule the last few days: The female
> incubates from the late afternoon/early evening until around 3:00AM; then
> Stewart takes over. Last night, the female flew off the nestbox, seeming
> to chase something, about 1:30AM; she returned, until the male took over
> around 3:20AM.
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> A first-year female Peregrine can be seen occasionally on the SAFECO
> building. She is unbanded, so this is NOT the female fledged from the
> WAMU nest last year. (That WAMU female has bands on BOTH legs.) Please
> report sightings of this bird to the Hotline: 517-7363.
> ************************************************************************
> You can observe the Peregrines on the WAMU Tower nestbox in the lobby of
> the building at 1201 - 3rd Ave.; the monitor is on OUTside when the bank
> is closed. Call the Peregrine Hotline, 517-7363, for more info. (The
> Hotline wants to hear about Peregrine activities OUTside the nest
> site.... the male is hunting a lot... you could see some spectacular
> flights! You could even see prey transfers, when he calls the female off
> the nestbox to present food to her.) Keep looking!
>
>
> Ellen Blackstone \HIV vaccine research by trade
> 8203 - 38th NE \Nature-lover for fun
> Seattle, WA 98115
> Day:206/621-4179 \\Aldo Leopold said: The first rule of tinkering
> Eve:206/522-8099 is to save all the parts.
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