Thanks for the information Linda, sounds exactly like the same spot. I went back after work today and saw the pair copulate.
Scott B. Meyer Hennepin Co. On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 5:21 PM, linda whyte <[email protected]> wrote: > Last year the pair apparently nested on top of the concrete support that > is right by the walking path on the river. Rob and I had seen both > copulation and feeding behavior there earlier, though we were never present > to see them feeding their young. > > Linda Whyte > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Scott Meyer <[email protected]>wrote: > >> For the last two days I have watched 2 Peregrine Falcons under the High >> Bridge (Smith Ave.S) in St. Paul from the High Bridge Dog Park which is >> you >> get to from where Randolph Ave. crosses Shepard Road. You need to stay on >> Randolph as it goes down to the river and terminates at the dog park. >> Yesterday the pair were being very vocal as they sat near each other on a >> support beam under the bridge deck on the South side of the bridge. Today >> the larger Falcon was sitting on top of the main concrete support (also >> South side of bridge) that is next to the dog park parking lot. It >> appears that the top of this support has a rather large flat ledge, which >> may be a nesting site for the pair. The smaller Falcon flew from a >> support near the sitting bird and cruised over downtown and came back to >> perch somewhere in the middle of the bridge. >> >> Scott B. Meyer >> Hennepin Co. >> >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.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
