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20 March 2024
Again in early February, Malcolm Kurtz stopped by East Liberty Presbyterian Church to {photograph} the resident peregrines. He discovered them carrying prey, perching on the steeple and hanging out collectively.
Malcolm first seen the birds in December when “[he] noticed an grownup perched on the steeple from an overlook on Chatham’s major campus.” Good factor he adopted up on it. The pink plane hazard lights, which don’t look pink from a distance, had fooled me so typically that I ended searching for raptors on the steeple. Malcolm’s images present {that a} perched peregrine is about the identical dimension because the lights however the hen is difficult to see. Should you’re close to the steeple look rigorously. How do peregrines handle to match each constructing they perch on?
Whereas on website on 8 February Malcolm noticed the feminine (at proper) convey prey again to the church and eat it whereas the male appeared on (at left). Discover that she is peachy in comparison with him.
In the meantime Adam Knoerzer checks on the peregrines each day and has seen they’ve modified their space of focus. On 14 March he recorded the male flying in with prey and, later, the pair flying collectively.
The peregrines have been spending much more time on the east face of the steeple.
That is the aspect of the steeple dealing with Highland Avenue. Round a month in the past, I primarily noticed them on the other aspect of the steeple and south face, however they’ve tended to perch over on this face prior to now week or two.
— e mail from Adam Knoerzer, 14 March 2024
- Inexperienced = floodlight the place feminine likes to perch.
- Purple = plucking perch the place male prepares meals for feminine.
- Blue = attainable peregrine nest zone. Exhibits sticks leftover from previous red-tailed hawk nest. Feminine typically perches right here at sunset. In first video beneath, male drops off meals at this location.
Their change of venue most likely displays the dearth of substrate anyplace else on the construction. This location might be the one place that has an obstruction to stop their eggs from rolling off the constructing.
If you wish to see the East Liberty Presbyterian peregrines look from the Highland Avenue aspect first.
(credit are within the captions)
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