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After an accident on Friday evening, Tres was taken to a wildlife rehabilitator. He was captured just after 8:00 PM after landing in a road and having a vehicle pass over him. Although there were no obvious injuries to the young falcon, his behavior indicated that all was not right and he should be examined by experts. I will post an update once his condition has been ascertained. Meanwhile, as of last night, Indi and Leda were still staying close to the nest box, though not spending much time actually inside of it. Leda has been content to “hop-fly” back and forth between the box’s perch and roof, while Indi prefers just to scoot over onto the window ledge on the east side of the box.

On the morning of June 26th, Tres became the first ever Peregrine Falcon chick known to fledge in Utica and Oneida County. Hopefully he will recover and be able to return soon.

Here are some photo highlights from last night’s Fledge Watch by Wildlife Photographer David Cesari:

 

Tres made the journey to the State Office Building early this morning. We are unsure if the flight was in one or more segments but he made it safely from the Adirondack Bank Building over to his current perch on a window ledge of the State Office Building. Will Leda join him? Come down and check out all the action!!

The Utica Peregrine nestlings took the first day of our Fledge Watch very seriously. Although none of the 3 took the opportunity to actually fly, both Tres and Leda left the box and explored the window ledges on both sides of the box. Negotiating around the pillars between the windows was a bit tricky, but the 2 youngsters soon got the hang of it. Watching this from the ground was nerve-racking for the human observers. As for the parents – Astrid did eventually entice Tres back into the box with a food delivery, while Leda was content to spend the night by herself on one of the window ledges. Leda was fed at her new location. Meanwhile, Indi, our largest female and the first chick to hatch, remained at the box the entire day and never ventured out onto the perches. Who knows what will happen today! If you are in town, please stop in and join the Watch. Bring binoculars and prepare to be nervous!

We have had some very exciting moments this morning! Leda started it all with hopping out onto the perch area. Tres soon joined her and then he decided to get more adventurous and moved off the perch onto the nearby windowsill. From there he went around the pillar to the next windowsill. He seemed quite content and unaware of the nervousness he was causing his human watchers!! I believe our watchers will be well entertained over the next few days!!