6.16.25 Peregrine Falcons, Chicago, IL II

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

 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 fledgelings.

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

In this post, Morty is perched on a building until he flies to another building before leaving to hunt. He returns a few minutes later with a Mourning Dove that appeared very alive. He hands it off to a fledgling before switching places with Bree. Bree perches next to the fledglings with the Dove for a little bit, before walking over and killing the Dove. As the fledgling starts eating, Bree flies away. Morty flies back onto the building and perches on a lamp. The fledgling without the food walks over to Morty, calling for him to feed the fledgling. Morty flies away. Later, it appears as though the fledglings have switched places eating the food. -- Ima

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


7:17 AM Morty

7:16 AM Morty


7:20AM Morty

7:20AM Morty right before pooping

7:21AM Morty

7:21AM Fledglings calling at Morty


7:21AM Morty and fledglings

7:30AM Morty and fledglings

7:30AM Morty and fledglings. Morty gives Dove to fledgling

7:30AM Morty and fledglings

7:30AM Morty and fledglings

7:30AM Morty, Bree, and fledglings

7:30AM Morty, Bree, and fledglings

7:30AM Bree and fledglings

7:30AM Bree and fledglings

7:31AM Bree and fledglings

7:31AM Morty

7:31AM fledglings. You can't see Bree, but I think this is when she kills the dove

7:31AM Bree

7:32AM Morty

7:32AM Fledglings

7:33AM Fledgling

7:33AM Fledgling and Morty

7:34AM Fledgling

7:37AM Fledgling

7:38AM Fledgling

7:42AM Fledgling

7:44AM Fledgling with dove

8:27AM Fledglings

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Rock Pigeons

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