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Peregrine Watch now showing at Lakewalk
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Peregrine Watch 2010 is up and running -- or flying -- at Duluth's Lake Place Park on the Lakewalk. Naturalists with Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory will be available with spotting scopes and binoculars from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Wednesday through Sunday, weather permitting, between now and July 11.
The free program allows anyone who stops by the chance to view two adult peregrine falcons and their four chicks living in a nesting box near the roof of the Greysolon Plaza building in downtown Duluth.
And it's official: The adult falcons have three male chicks and one female. The young were banded on Tuesday.
The male chicks have been named Evan, Tobias and Mickey, said Julie O'Connor, a naturalist and educator with Peregrine Watch. The female is Darla.
"The birds are about 30 days old and are about three-fourths feathered," O'Connor said in an e-mail Wednesday. "So, so cute. We expect they'll fledge (begin flying) in 10 to 14 days."
The chicks are visible from the street and can be heard at feeding time from Lake Place Park, O'Connor said. A new monitor in the nest box allows Hawk Ridge naturalists to watch the birds as they mature.
For daily Peregrine Watch reports, send a blank e-mail to peregrinewatch-subscribe@yahoogroups.com . Or read updates .
