16 September 2023
The previous day Ecco and Carla spent plenty of time striking out in combination on the Pitt peregrine nest. The snapshot digicam’s movement detector captured their job.
Starting at 3:50pm the pair spent 45 mins in combination, bowing, preening, and observing. When Ecco left, Carla persisted at the perch for some other part hour, then stretched and departed at 5:00pm.
Two mins later Ecco landed at the very same spot at the perch. As a result of feminine peregrines are better than men, the transfer from Carla to Ecco made it glance as though the hen shrank.
Ecco preened for greater than an hour, then stretched and vaulted as much as go away at 6:13pm. All instructed, the peregrines had been provide on digicam for almost 2.5 hours.
This slideshow presentations 144 mins in their interactions in just one minute and 15 seconds. If you happen to leave out the captions at the first move, don’t fear, the slideshow repeats.
(footage from the Nationwide Aviary snapshot falconcam at Univ of Pittsburgh)