Update for Monday, April 22, 2024
Today was intruder day in the canyon. Ares was brought off the eggs twice today by them. Both times the eggs didn’t suffer since Astrid quickly came in to resume incubating. Ares gave his chirping type alarm calls before leaving the nest, which is always indicative of a Peregrine intruder. Most probably the intruder(s) were males since Ares handled the situations on his own without bringing in Astrid for support. We never saw the intruder(s), but at one point in the afternoon, we saw Ares flying with the wind at what seemed to be at least 100 miles an hour. He was heading to the north. We don’t know if he was going for prey or for an intruder. My guess is the former.
