News from today’s lunchtime Fledge Watch: We saw the best flying to date!
- Happily we were able to count all five young peregrines. Two have flown and three were still lounging and flapping on the nestrail.
- One fledgling had his first off-the-building adventure. He flew to Heinz Chapel and, after a few passes at it, he landed on one of the knobs on the steeple.
- Dorothy and E2 demonstrated soaring over Schenley Plaza. It was nice to see them closer.
- Shortly after the soaring demonstration, the second fledgling flew off the Cathedral of Learning and soared very high before returning to the east side of the roof.
Come on down to the Schenley Plaza tent and watch the young peregrines learn to fly. I won’t be there after work today but there will still be a group of folks who know these peregrines and can help you find them on the parapets.
p.s. at 4:30pm: A severe tunderstorm is coming through soon … so no Fledge Watch right now.
How exciting! Wish I had been able to come over today to watch. Maybe I’ll catch some activity tomorrow morning! Thanks for the update, Kate.
FYI – moments ago one of the falcons was on the steeple of Heinz Chapel. I presume this was the one that was already down low on the side of the Cathedral pointing toward the chapel. Hopefully he/she made a safe landing – it sure was making alot of noise up there. Every few seconds it would make another round of calls exactly like those they made while in the nest.
Daniel, that’s probably the one that flew over to Heinz Chapel. He whined every time his parents flew over. They’ll ignore him there and he’ll get the hint and come back to the Cathedral of Learning. Hope he does. A big thunderstorm is coming.
Ahh yes – I shoulda read closer…didn’t realize one had already made it to the chapel.
As of 4:30 he was still up there shouting “over here, over here” ad nauseum as the storm began. Hold on tight buddy 🙂