I found this in old DNR email. Yes this is from 2017, but the link to the PERE nest is live again this year 2020. There are four eggs in the nest. I went back thru the 4 hours recording and never saw a 2nd bird at the nest. It must be tough hunting in rain on a day like today.
I stripped the blank image boxes from this msg, so hope it gets thru the MOU image screen. [It was rejected, so I went to the DNR website to find a link, There is no webcam on home page anymore, so finally I went to the search alphabet. ...not easy to find, but use the link at bottom and click on "falcon". I took out all text links.] If DNR IT staff are reading, it was much easier to find DNR topics on old home page. The 3 yr old text here is pretty applicable to this year, but don't know the i.d.'s of the parents this year. Might be more info available for those who enjoy searching public websites. GAndersson/St Paul DNR Nongame Peregrine Cam is now live [2017] The peregrine falcon cam in downtown St. Paul at Sentinel Properties is now live-streaming on..... The pair of birds already have already laid four eggs! The first two eggs were laid over the weekend of April 8-9, the third was laid on the 11th, and the fourth was laid on the 14th. Peregrine's eggs are about the size of a small chicken egg and are a rusty/reddish-brown color. Tune in to watch the pair who have been identified as "Tom", a 2015 fledge from the MSP airport; and the female is "Arcadia" a 2013 fledge from the St. Cloud correctional facility. Arcadia is the same female that nested at this box last year. Both parents will incubate the eggs for about 33 days. While one parent is incubating, the other is usually hunting. While hunting, the peregrine falcon "stoops" into a dive at its prey, grabbing it right out of the air. They are the fastest animal on the planet and have been clocked at over 230 miles an hour! They eat mostly birds of a huge variety of species. A new camera at a new viewpoint was installed in 2015. It is clearer and closer than ever before and soon it will be fun to watch them feeding their hungry little fuzz-balls! https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/features/webcams/index.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
