Our local hospital has had peregrine falcons come back each year to nest over the last decade. I was so fortunate to have seen them flying around in the area.
But to see them up close like that is a real treat!
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I used to work in a building that had them nesting right outside the main conference room. Watching the chicks take their first flight from 15 stories up was terrifying and exhilarating
Watching the chicks take their first flight from 15 stories up was terrifying and exhilarating
Yeah, I can imagine! I tend to watch eagle and osprey cameras when baby chick are expected, and even through a screen you can experience a wide range of emotions!
Not an eagle
Looks like a red tailed hawk
Correction: it's a peregrine falcon.
Peregrine falcon
First loops video I've clicked since the yellow change. So. Much. Better.