!!! Niagara Falls peregrine update. Looks like a happy family!
July 11, 2013 - Niagara Falls
CPF Postmaster Reports:
July 11th - 2013
A huge thank you to Jacques for sending in some of his photos of the peregrines from his visit to Niagara falls last week. While we can’t identify any of the fledglings via a band identification as the Niagara Parks commission would not allow access this year to band the young hatchlings and check their health, it would appear that at least three of the four hatchlings are still going strong and very visible. Despite the fact that they are now flighted, they are still very much dependant on their adult parents for both food and protection, (in addition to many life skills that their parents need to teach them) until they are able to actually catch their own food.
Jacques writes:
Hi CPF
I photographed 4 peregrines on the old OPG powerhouse roof on July 11; I think they are all juveniles, but not 100% sure. One adult was perched on a dead branch on the rock wall below the walkway facing these 4. I could therefore see 5 peregrines at one time from one location.
I have also attached several close-up photos of the adult and juvenile also taken on July 11th. Best regards.
Jacques Bouvier
St-Isidore near Ottawa ON
