I drove by the cell tower a couple of times this afternoon, without seeing
any birds perched on it.

No Peregrine Falcon nesting, to my knowledge, has ever been observed in Olympia.
Peregrines are somewhat regularly seen, primarily in fall and winter, on and
around the cranes at the Port of Olympia, and around the Capitol building
and other tall office buildings around the Capitol campus.

A pair of nesting peregrine falcons in Olympia would be wonderful and I know
there are many who would like to see them on the Capitol Dome. Right now,
there's way too much reconstruction going on but who knows... maybe someday.

Kelly McAllister
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Olympia, Washington
Reply to: mcallkrm at dfw.wa.gov

On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Robert Sundstrom wrote:

> Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 13:39:46 -0800
> From: Robert Sundstrom <ixoreus at scattercreek.com>
> To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Olympia Peregrine Falcons
>
> Tweeters,
>
> I saw two adult Peregrine Falcons in West Olympia yesterday afternoon. They
> were sitting atop the very tall (100'+) antenna tower that stands between
> Circuit City and the Outback restaurant, more or less in the middle of that
> block on the south side of Capitol Mall Blvd. There was an apparent size
> difference in the two from my perspective, and the presumed female was
> actively plucking a bird kill of some kind. This all hints at the
> possibility of a potential soon-to-be nesting pair of adult Peregrines in
> the Olympia area. I would be curious to know if others have seen a pair of
> Peregrines in the area. I just moved to the area a year ago from Seattle
> and don't have any knowledge of past history of these falcons nesting in the
> immediate Olympia area, so perhaps this is old news.
>
> Happy New Year birding, Bob Sundstrom
> Bob Sundstrom
> ixoreus at scattercreek.com
> Tenino, WA
>
>