5.21.24 McKinley Park, Chicago, IL

  On 5.21.24 my father, brother and I visited this McKinley Park industrial building area to check on the Peregrine Falcon pair at 9:30 AM. The male was in the window, enjoying the sun, when the chick came out into the other broken window. The male walked over and seemed to guard the chick from falling out of the window. They sat there until the female flew in to take the male's place and the male flew out to hunt. The female walked past the chick to stand by the nest, so we think there's more than one chick. Otherwise, why would she leave her only chick in an open window just so she could stand by an empty nest? A few minutes later, the chick struggled to squeeze between the female and the warped piece of plywood to get to the nest, but eventually got past.

See more about these Peregrine Falcons on my McKinley Peregrines page.   

9:47AM Peregrine Falcon Eyas ("eyas" is the name for a hawk or falcon nestling who can't fly yet) 

9:07 AM Peregrine Falcon (male)

9:22 AM Peregrine Falcon (male) and Eyas

9:23 AM Peregrine Falcon (male) and Eyas

9:26 AM Peregrine Falcon (male) and Eyas

9:34 AM Peregrine Falcon (male) and Eyas

9:44 AM Peregrine Falcons (female and male) and Eyas

9:45 AM Peregrine Falcons (female and male) and Eyas

9:45 AM Peregrine Falcons (female and male) and Eyas

9:46 AM Peregrine Falcons (female) and Eyas

9:47 AM Peregrine Falcons Eyas