Peregrine Falcons

Nesting at I-394 and Highway 100

By jim williams

June 6, 2010 at 11:22PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

It'a probably as bad as driving while making a phone call, but each time I pass the Colonnade Building in the northwest corner of the junction of I-394 and Highway 100, I check on the Peregrine Falcons nesting there. Well, I look to see if one of the pair of birds is visible. They have a nest on a ledge on the northeast corner of the building, 15th floor. It's a tough angle for much of a view. That high at 60 mph, what you see is a little peg on the ledge. One was there today, and male I presume, since the female should be on the nest, which is not visible from below. I drove to the top level of the parking ramp attached to the building to take this photo. The falcon, feathers ruffled by the wind, seemed to be watching his reflection in window glass.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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