Subject: [Tweeters] flew to conclusion that Peregrines had done first
Date: Jun 17 13:14:24 2014
From: Barbara Deihl - barbdeihl at comcast.net


I just looked at the 1201 3rd falconcam and realized that I don't know if any actually flew yesterday - I think that, even after they take a flight, they must come back to the 'nest' to be fed and that could be why they are all in 'the picture' today - but, as I look at them all now, it seems that some still have to much down yet, to have flown off and made it back to the building. Christine S. just wrote me and is also doubtful that they fledged (meaning took first flights?). I know that, with the urban Merlins, the young do keep coming back to the nest to be fed, for a few days or more, but they have trees to hang out in and eventually are fed out in the bigger world around them, before they truly fly off on their own (disperse). This calls for some research, and perhaps a few of you who are well-practiced in the art of Peregrine life cycle and behavior, could weigh in here on Tweeters and give us all a little lesson or two?

I've learned that, once again, it pays not to jump (fly) to conclusions. However, it did get me organizing my photos, and now, re-organizing them - I will keep adding to my Flickr album a bit longer, so you can check back if you like, for the latest...:-) I also found that I had missed a couple of screen shots I made in late April, so I've added them. And I have deleted the photos I had mistakenly included,which were from the 2013 Seattle Peregrine nest! Haste makes waste they say... :-)

https://flic.kr/s/aHsjYSsUqA

Thanks for your observations and patience, and any light you can shed on the Peregrine ways.

Barb Deihl
Matthews Beach Neighborhood - NE Seattle
barbdeihl at comcast.net
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