20 March 2024
Again in early February, Malcolm Kurtz stopped via East Liberty Presbyterian Church to {photograph} the resident peregrines. He discovered them wearing prey, perching at the steeple and placing out in combination.
Malcolm first spotted the birds in December when “[he] noticed an grownup perched at the steeple from an fail to remember on Chatham’s major campus.” Just right factor he adopted up on it. The purple plane danger lighting fixtures, which don’t glance purple from a distance, had fooled me so steadily that I ended searching for raptors at the steeple. Malcolm’s footage display {that a} perched peregrine is set the similar measurement because the lighting fixtures however the fowl is difficult to peer. When you’re close to the steeple glance moderately. How do peregrines set up to check each and every development they perch on?
Whilst on web site on 8 February Malcolm noticed the feminine (at proper) convey prey again to the church and devour it whilst the male seemed on (at left). Realize that she is peachy in comparison to him.
In the meantime Adam Knoerzer tests at the peregrines each day and has spotted they’ve modified their space of center of attention. On 14 March he recorded the male flying in with prey and, later, the pair flying in combination.
The peregrines had been spending much more time at the east face of the steeple.
That is the facet of the steeple going through Highland Road. Round a month in the past, I basically noticed them at the reverse facet of the steeple and south face, however they have got tended to perch over in this face up to now week or two.
— e mail from Adam Knoerzer, 14 March 2024
- Inexperienced = floodlight the place feminine loves to perch.
- Purple = plucking perch the place male prepares meals for feminine.
- Blue = imaginable peregrine nest zone. Displays sticks leftover from outdated red-tailed hawk nest. Feminine steadily perches right here at sunset. In first video under, male drops off meals at this location.
Their alternate of venue most probably displays the loss of substrate anyplace else at the construction. This location is most probably the one position that has an obstruction to forestall their eggs from rolling off the development.
If you wish to see the East Liberty Presbyterian peregrines glance from the Highland Road facet first.
(credit are within the captions)