28 June 2024
For those who watch peregrines you understand how unbelievable it’s that you’ll ever see one make its first flight. In 23 years of watching peregrines I’ve seen it as soon as, perhaps twice. I’ve no photographic proof however I do know of two Pittsburgh examples.
In June 2022 Dana Nesiti captured the second of first flight at Westinghouse Bridge, above. This 12 months on 2 June, Jenna Burdette occurred to be taking a cellphone video of the second chick flapping on the Cathedral of Studying when it fledged at 6:58pm.
So what does it seem like when a peregrine chick makes its first flight? Wakefield Cathedral, UK (@WfldPeregrines) has so many cameras on their peregrines that the second was captured on 17 June.
First flight at 5:34. pic.twitter.com/NcwLsvsEOR
— Wakefield Peregrines (@WfldPeregrines) June 17, 2024
First flight is so unremarkable that you simply won’t understand what you’re .
Nevertheless, it is outstanding to see juvies chasing and enjoying within the sky only a few days after their first flight. Watch them fly on this video from Charing Cross Hospital in London (Fulham and Barnes Peregrines).
PFV and ZAS enjoying early this morning (round 5:40am). pic.twitter.com/7SbJBLl3Us
— FaB Peregrines (@FaBPeregrines) Might 29, 2024
