Please be aware, this post has content of a dead Common Nighthawk.
On 9.6.25 my father and I visited this McKinley Park industrial building area to check on the Peregrine Falcon family at 3:10PM. We saw the adult male Peregrine (we call Morty), and the adult female (we call Bree).
See more about these Peregrine Falcons on my McKinley Peregrines page.
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| 3:11PM Morty perched on a windowsill on the red brick tower. The windows have something white behind them so they appear white. |
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| 3:11PM Bree stretching her wing and leg. She is seen from behind. |
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| 3:11PM Bree looking back towards the viewer. She has her back to us. |
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| 3:12PM Many Rock Pigeons perched on top of the building |
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| 3:13PM A flock of Rock Pigeons with one Cooper's Hawk in the middle of the fray. |
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| 3:13PM Cooper's Hawk flying after the Rock Pigeons. It's hard to tell which bird is the Cooper's Hawk (it's in the lower center of the frame) |
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| 3:13PM Juvenile Cooper's Hawk |
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| 3:13PM Cooper's Hawk flying with Rock Pigeons. The Pigeons are flying more towards the right, while the Cooper's Hawk is flying towards the left. |
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| 3:13PM A flock of Rock Pigeons flying |
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| 3:14PM Morty flying straight down, chasing the Cooper's Hawk (which is not in frame) |
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| 3:15PM A lot of Rock Pigeons flying |
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| 3:16PM A flock of Rock Pigeons flying |
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| 3:17PM Rock Pigeons perched on top of the red-brick building |
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| 3:18PM Dead Common Nighthawk with the bottom half of its body missing and its wings splayed out to the sides. It was below a pickup truck. |
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| 3:19PM Bree on the side of the tower, looking out. |
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| 3:21PM Rock Pigeons flying. |