Subject: update and new photos of Tacoma Peregrines
Date: Jun 5 23:18:04 2000
From: G&T Pelletier - greg at halcyon.com


Check out the latest update and the new photos of the Tacoma Peregrine
falcons at our web site:
http://www.halcyon.com/greg/Tacoma_Peregrines.html

June 5, 2000-- Bud Anderson, with the expert help and cooperation of the
Department of Transportation, banded the young falcon chicks (eyasses).
There were four fat, healthy eyasses, about 25-26 days old. Prey remains
were mostly starling and pigeon, but there were some feathers from a
parakeet in the nest!
Bud was amazed that the adults have produced 4 eggs and raised 4 young
during their first attempt at breeding. And this during a year with some of
the highest ever nesting failures in the San Juans.
"It looks like a strong pair for Tacoma. I only wish Jim could have seen
the eyasses too."
Expect them to fledge in about 3 weeks, perhaps slightly earlier.

Greg Pelletier
Olympia, WA
mailto:greg at halcyon.com