Peregrine falcons at the Port of Olympia

Bees, Birds and Butterflies has a post about the peregrine falcons that nest and hunt at the Port of Olympia.
It includes this anecdote from a crane operator:

"It was during nesting season, when the Peregrine pair are especially, ferociously territorial. It was near dusk; the operator was looking out over the inlet and saw a Great Horned Owl, flying low over the water, heading east and making a fatal mistake of moving near the peregrine nest box. He watched as one of the falcon pair saw the owl and took off after it with deadly intent; he saw the falcon hit the owl at high speed, driving it into the waters of the bay. The owl was unable to get out, and drowned."

(By the way, here's a Seattle P-I story I wrote about urban peregrine falcons.)

Portland red-tailed hawk's eggs hatching

The red-tailed hawks nesting in downtown Portland have had their first two chicks. You can check on them on this webcam.
Meanwhile, the bald eagles nesting in Sidney B.C. have three chicks, and the peregrine falcons on the Washington Mutual Tower have four eggs. The webcam watching the falcons is here.

Another egg

The pair of Peregrine Falcons nesting on Seattle's Washington Mutual tower have a second egg, reports Urban Peregrines of Western Washington. The usual clutch size is four. The view from the webcam is nice and clear today.

Peregrines lay first egg on Seattle skyscraper

The peregrine falcons nesting at the 56th floor of the Washington Mutual Tower in Seattle have laid their first egg of the season. The pair could be the same couple that were there last year -- and lost all their chicks to disease -- but observers can't be certain, because the falcons are not wearing bands. The Falcon Research Group has a webcam trained on the nest. (It's hard to see much on a sunny morning.) Peregrine falcons have been nesting on the downtown building since 1994. For more details about urban falcons, here's a story I wrote about them.