6.11.24 McKinley Park, Chicago, IL

Please be aware, this post has content of the Peregrine Falcons with prey.

On 6.11.24 my mother, father, brother and I visited this McKinley Park industrial building area to check on the Peregrine Falcon family at 6:00 AM. One of the Peregrine Falcon offspring fledged! I later returned with my father and brother at 12:00PM. We had the honor of meeting Mary Hennen! I later returned with my father at 4:30pm. The fledgling had left the south side of the tower and was calling from a building to the south. On 6.13.24 we were told by a building tenant that the fledgling pictured below had been found 6.11.24 and taken to Willowbrook Wildlife Rescue in the ensuing days. Hopefully more information to come next week. Willowbrook is the center where Chicago Bird Collision Monitors take the injured birds they receive.

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

6:07AM

6:10AM Peregrine Falcon fledgling

6:13AM Peregrine Falcon parent plucking pigeon

6:14AM Peregrine Falcon parent (top left), fledgling (bottom middle), and nestling (top right

6:15AM Peregrine Falcon parent plucking pigeon

6:16AM Peregrine Falcon mother almost falling off the ledge

6:17AM Peregrine Falcon fledgling

6:24AM Peregrine Falcon mother plucking pigeon

6:31AM Pigeon feather falling

6:28AM Peregrine Falcon nestling

6:32AM Peregrine Falcon mother pooping

6:32AM Peregrine Falcon mother picking pigeon feathers off her feet

6:34 AM

6:35AM Peregrine Falcon nestling

6:35AM Peregrine Falcon nestling. Note how short their tail feathers are compared to the fledgling in the next picture. I think this one couldn't fledge yet, and did once it's tail feathers grew in all the way