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Update for Monday, March 4, 2024
Probably due to the presence of intruder(s) in the canyon, Astrid spent all of last evening and into the early morning hours guarding the nestbox. Ares showed up at about 5:00 AM. Otherwise it was another active day in the canyon, with lots of breeding behavior. Ares provided three food gifts to Astrid, they shared one ledge display at the box, and several matings were observed.
Astrid & Ares were once again very active in the canyon on Sunday. The temperature range was from 37 to 43 degrees. There was also a thick morning flog. There were several matings, one or probably two food giftings, and 1.5 dances. Most notably, there was a late day intruder. We noticed that something was going on when both falcons were distracted during their dance and ended up going onto the crossperch and looking up. We didn’t see what they were bothered by, but it was most likely another falcon.
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Today the Astrid and Ares mated at least nine times! There were two food exchanges and one dance. They guarded the nest almost constantly from 1:30 AM to dusk.
Friday, March 1, 2024
Two food giftings, a few matings, and one dance
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Astrid & Ares performed an unprecedented three dances in the pre-dawn hour this morning. However, following that, little activity was noted. The weather turned back to full-winter mode and that pretty much threw a wet blanket on all other breeding behavior.
