Peculiar weather in Derby today, from a bright summersday into dense fog, rain, right into sunshine. Th ejuvies don't mind.
Juvies love water and often use heavy rain as a shower. I have often seen them enjoy themselves standing in the rain, washing and brushing themselves by moving wings and feathers. Juveniles like to baths on a daily basis, sometimes twice a day. Like children love to swim. Peregines always pick their nestsite close to water. In the Netherlands for instance most nestsites are along the 3 big rivers in our country.
The falcon and the tiercel also take a bath often. It is difficult to catch them doing that, but there are videoclips showing bathing peregrines. It's fun to watch.
The Derby falcon went out hunting during the rain because she brought a big prey back. She was real wet and plucky!! In no time there was that bed of feathers again and a hungry youngster. She left the prey to the youngsters and left.
Before the rain came, clicking through 4000 screenshots I noticed how the leftover preyitems are alive.....Lots of real big flies and other little creatures are having a real delicious meal up there. It's a mess really, my oh my, but the rain cleaned it up and washed it clean.
The day ended in one of those beautiful evenings with all those pink-blue-zaur skies. How grand our planet is in all her splendor....
Read all about the Derby Peregrines on the Derby Blog:
http://derbyperegrines.blogspot.com/
To visit the Derby Photo Blog of Jon Salloway, with amazing photo's of the Derby peregrines.:
http://derby-peregrines.blogspot.com/
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