Visiting Minneapolis this weekend, I took a walk over to Marshall Terrace Park, along Marshall St NE and next to the NSP power plant, to check out the heron rookery on the island there. The herons are back and perching on their nests, but I also got to see the pair of Peregrines who nest on the power plant perching atop a group of old rusty power poles directly across the street from the plant; I could hear them cackling to each other from half a block away, and noticed a stream of downy pigeon feathers drifting down to earth. As soon as I got under the poles, one flew back to the plant with the pigeon while the other remained perching for awhile.
For those who aren't that familiar with this part of the city, the falcons are usually pretty easy to find either in Marshall Terrace Park or along St Anthony Parkway/Columbia Golf Course just a few blocks north. They especially seem to like to perch and hunt pigeons from the parkway bridge above the switchyard. -- Jason M. Frank Founder & Vice President Luddite Ornithologists League (LOL) Big Stone County, Minnesota ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html 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.
