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If you're a busy person who wants to watch a falco

If you're a busy person who wants to watch a falcon nap for a half an hour but can't devote a half an hour to watching a falcon nap, this video is for you!

#timelapse #peregrinefalcon #naptime #loafalert

🚨🚨Lindsay 🍞 Alert!!!🚨🚨 #loafalert

🚨🚨Lindsay 🍞 Alert!!!🚨🚨

#loafalert #peregrinefalcon #itsascientifictermiswear #shemightbemelting

"Hello? Is anyone there?" - Grinnell Jr. #peregri

"Hello? Is anyone there?" - Grinnell Jr.

#peregrinefalcon #flightschool #urbanwildlife

Lindsay playing tag with Grinnell Jr. this morning

Lindsay playing tag with Grinnell Jr. this morning.

#peregrinefalcon #flightschool #highwaytothedangerzone

Courtesy of the always incredible @moon_rabbit_ris

Courtesy of the always incredible @moon_rabbit_rising (if you aren't following, you are seriously missing out) come these incredible images of Grinnell Jr. receiving a prey delivery and then flying off with it to eat on his own.

#peregrinefalcon #flightschool #doordash

Lindsay returning to the tower this morning to che

Lindsay returning to the tower this morning to check things out and nostalgically hunt a moth.

#flightschool #peregrinefalcon #protein #invertebratesarefoodtoo

Junior strutting his stuff on the balcony yesterda

Junior strutting his stuff on the balcony yesterday. Both chicks are flying well, although Lindsay has not yet returned to the tower.

#peregrinefalcon #flightschool #idomylittleturnonthecatwalk

The past three years, we have celebrated Father's

The past three years, we have celebrated Father's Day with this silly little photoshop of Grinnell. Father's day typically has fallen at a time in the breeding season where everything was winding down a little bit, the chicks were all flying and learning to hunt on their own, and Grinnell was perhaps getting a bit of well-deserved rest (and a cup of coffee?).

This year has been a season like no other. On March 31st, we thought there was almost no chance that we would have a successful breeding season. But then we all got to experience one of those rare alignments of circumstance that salvaged some positivity from an otherwise tragic event.

Annie did not spend the night Grinnell died alone, as many of us expected. Instead, perched on the balcony all night was a little male falcon, who ended up being named Alden. Annie almost immediately accepted Alden's courtship and he quickly began to help at the nest site: bringing food for Annie and incubating the eggs. Just two days later, we were surprised again to see that Annie laid a third egg, indicating even further her acceptance of a new mate.

Alden has been an exemplary father to these chicks. He has cared for them, fed them, protected them from intruders, and cared for Annie. Yesterday, the day before Father's Day, and 80 days since Grinnell died, both chicks flew for the first time.

So today, we celebrate Alden and Grinnell, the two falcon dads who made this breeding season possible! Happy Father's Day, Alden and Grinnell! We hope you're grilling up some nice pigeon wings for the family today, Alden.

#happyfathersday #fathersday #stepfather #peregrinefalcon #urbanwildlife

Alrighty, so that was fast... Grinnell Jr. hopped

Alrighty, so that was fast... Grinnell Jr. hopped out the window, immediately flew in a quick loop and landed back on the nest level. He then flew again a minute later and is now in a tree. Both chicks have passed the first major test and had successful first flights!

#peregrinefalcon #flightschool #firstflight #fledgewatch

Lindsay has made the jump down to the outside ledg

Lindsay has made the jump down to the outside ledge. Good luck on your first flights, Lindsay!

#peregrinefalcon #flightschool #fledgewatch

Grinnell Jr. thinking about trying to go over the

Grinnell Jr. thinking about trying to go over the top. We've never had a chick leave the tower this way before, but then again, this has been a season of a lot of firsts already!

#peregrinefalcon #fledgewatch #flightschool

Beautiful shots of Lindsay nearly making the jump

Beautiful shots of Lindsay nearly making the jump yesterday. Will today be the day?

Photo: @moon_rabbit_rising

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What it's like to be Annie... #peregrinefalcon #m

What it's like to be Annie...

#peregrinefalcon #mothering #kids

Lindsay is pretty much as far out as you can go be

Lindsay is pretty much as far out as you can go before making the leap. Here's our last glimpse of the tips of her tail. She still could come back in, but she is really really close.

Here's our last check in on nestling development.

Here's our last check in on nestling development. The chicks are pretty much ready to go. There's only a tiny amount of down showing now and their flight feathers are all grown in at this point.

#peregrinefalcon #flightschool #fledgewatch #theygrowupsofast

Grinnell Jr. is so excited about lunch he almost f

Grinnell Jr. is so excited about lunch he almost flies to the top of the balcony.

#thehungergames #peregrinefalcon #fledgewatch

Thinking of coming to check out the action at fled

Thinking of coming to check out the action at fledge watch? Swing by the @berkeleypubliclibrary and pick up some binoculars courtesy of @vortexoptics and all of your support from our t-shirt fundraisers!

To reserve binoculars, search the catalog for "binoculars kit"!

#fledgewatch #binoculars

Big sister and little brother. #siblings #peregri

Big sister and little brother.

#siblings #peregrinefalcons #theygrowupsofast #tinymohawk #orisittechnicallyamofalcon

Junior's going to have a hard time taking off with

Junior's going to have a hard time taking off with half a pigeon inside of him...

#foodcoma #peregrinefalcon #fledgewatch

As we wait for our chicks to make their first flig

As we wait for our chicks to make their first flights, we have some exciting pictures of Lawrencium’s 2022 brood (Annie and Grinnell’s grand-chicks). They had two chicks this year on @alcatraznationalpark and biologists report the family is doing great!

Photo: Morgan Barnes/NPS

#peregrinefalcon #grandkids #grandparents #alcatraz #lawrencium

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