Zurich March 13

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Zurich: spring cleaning

Early this morning there suddenly was a hand cleaning the Zurich nestledge. And by doing so they accidentally knocked of the railing. Sometime later one of the peregrines came by to take a look and inspect the nestbox as well. Pity we cannot see what is going on inside during the season

Zurich: mating

This was a surprise in the early morning, at least for me on a saturday!!!
The Zurich couple mating in the usual flash, just clicking away those picks and gone he was.

Zurich wanderfalke

It is a wonderful webcam this one in Zurich.

The link had changed after last year into this one:

http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/ted/de/index/gsz/tiere_u_pflanzen/tiere/falken.html

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http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/ted/de/index/gsz/tiere_u_pflanzen/tiere/falken.html

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Zurich: a quick visit

Zurich: just dropping by

One of the Zurich fledgelings was on the ledge for a while eating. Glad to have caught one again. We know for sure at least one of them is fine. I'm sure the other one is as well.

Zurich: just parents

No sign of both juveniles today, just the female came by. She is one beautiful peregrine falcon.

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Zurich: nice meal on the ledge

Both juveniles are fully grown and very beautiful indeed. They show themselves off on the ledge.The female brings in a fresh prey which they pluck and eat.
I'm still not quit sure if the do fly or stay in teh nest. Can hardly imagine when watching their behaviour that they don't fly already.

Zurich: short visit

The Zurich juveniles have fledged. Every once in a while they return for a short visit. The tailfeathers are almost fully grown, and that means they can fly. They are beautiful these juvi's. Hope to see them often in the upcoming days.

The parents vist the nestbox as well as can be seen in the pics above.

Zurich: 40 days

Zurich

Zurich: 38 days old