6.16.25 Peregrine Falcons, Chicago, IL I

 On 6.16.25 my father and I visited this McKinley Park industrial building area to check on the Peregrine Falcon family at 5:30AM. We saw the adult male Peregrine adult (we call Morty) and the adult female (we call Bree) and both fledglings.

This is one of two posts with information about what we saw.

In this post, the two fledglings fly, call and wait for one of their parents to deliver food. Morty returns without prey, and eats some cached food. Bree remains perched on the top of the tower for the whole time. -- Ima

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


6:42AM Fledgling flapping

6:43AM Fledgling flying

6:43AM Fledgling calling

6:43AM Fledgling


6:44AM One fledgling flies to the other building, where the second fledgling is.

6:44AM Fledgling flying a short distance

6:44AM Fledgling flying

6:45AM Fledglings

6:46AM Fledglings

6:47AM Fledglings

Canada Geese

6:49AM Fledglings

6:50AM Fledglings and House Sparrow

6:51AM Fledglings


6:51AM Both fledglings are perched, one calls loudly

6:52AM Fledglings and a pigeon

6:53AM Fledglings

6:55AM Fledglings

6:56AM Fledglings and a gull

6:58AM Fledglings

7:00AM Fledglings

7:01AM Bree and a Rock Pigeon

Rock Pigeon

7:02AM Fledgling

7:05AM Fledglings

7:05AM Morty

7:05AM Morty flies a short distance

7:05AM Morty lands

7:07AM Morty eats some cached food

7:07AM Fledglings

7:12AM Bree and Rock Pigeons

Rock Pigeon