Astrid spent nearly all of last night on the nest box perch – 11:00 pm through 4:20 AM. Not unlike when they switch out during incubation, Ares came into the box and relieved Astrid at the end of her vigil. Just to be clear – there is still no egg on the nest scrape. There were at least nine matings today – four of which took place on the steeple. Astrid was quite sedentary again today, that is except for when she had to deal with an intruder. Presumably this was the same adult Peregrine that came through the canyon yesterday. We think that Astrid escorted the stranger out of the territory, or at least that’s what it looked like. Upon Astrid’s return, the pair shared a long ledge display at the nest box. That was one of two ledge displays that took place today. In the early morning Astrid was seen feeding on something on the Hotel ledge, but no one reported seeing more than one food transfer today. Judging by her behavior, we remain confident that the first egg of the season will be laid sometime in the next couple of days, but of course, that’s up to Astrid.
We will be down one of our main observers for the next few days. If anyone out there is able to view the video feed and report what they see, it would be greatly appreciated.
