Most regular visitors to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (between
Cleveland and Akron) know there are Peregrine Falcons that hang-out under
the Ohio Turnpike Bridge. Today I scanned the bridge supports and found one
adult with two chicks. Here are a couple digiscoped pictures.
http://picasaweb.google.com/mvalencic/PeregrineW2Chicks#
The spotting scope was cranked up to about 45x and the birds were quite a
distance away. I watched them for about 15 minutes. The chick you see
standing was active and moving 3 - 4 feet to the other side of the adult
before settling in the position you see. The other one was down most of the
time although I did see it move its wings and head a little. The adult
never left the nest site while I was there although it did a fair amount of
preening.
I took some video through the spotting scope which I will attempt to post on
You Tube if I ever learn how to do it.
Matt Valencic
Chagrin Falls, OH
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