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Update for Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Ares caught two Woodcocks overnight, which is always a sure indication that the Woodcocks have begun returning from the south. Astrid took the first one from him at about 10:30 Monday evening. She didn’t want the second one that he tried to give her at about 3:30 AM. Once again, these guys are staying up all night long! Also, during the day they are almost constantly guarding the nestbox. There were no dances today, but lots of mating and at least three food giftings from Ares.

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