It's been about 10 days since Mickee, the immature female peregrine,
arrived in Tacoma and took up with The Guy Peregrine (G.P.). They're
getting along. At noon today, they copulated on a corner of the Key Bank
Building, where she has been perching most of the morning.

They may have copulated more than once during the last week when both of
them hopped out of sight into the east counterweight of the 11th Street
Bridge and vocalized enthusiatically for a short time till he flew out.
But who knows? Today, though, they definitely did it.

They've also just started spending more time during the day on the
downtown buildings--mostly the Wells Fargo Building and the Key Bank
Building. Mickee (so named for the first present she accepted from
G.P.--a Mickey Rodent) has pretty much confined her perching to the
bridge up until now. I hope that they'll investigate the new nest box on
the Wells Fargo Building.

--cheers, Jim Lyles, Tacoma