Mt Tom Peregrine Falcons 2016 

Jerry- thanks! Ray

Jerry Langlois. Peregrine Falcon is my most favourite birds of prey. Fastest bird in the world 🌍

Hi Nature Nolan, Thanks for the compliment... thankfully, there are now once again a number of nesting pairs of falcons in Massachusetts. If you can locate a nest site where you can quietly sit (for hours a day!) and see the nest area from a reasonable distance, and you have a video camera with a long telephoto lens (on a tripod), that's basically all it takes. Be prepared to wait and wait for something to happen each day... when it does, it will probably happen very quickly and suddenly, and won't last long, so you have to always be prepared to get the camera focused and running (very frustrating at times). The adults will take turns tending the nest while the other one disappears, on the hunt for food. During that time, there will likely be little happening at the nest area, at least until the chicks are fledged, or close to it. The chicks often get vocal when they detect an adult coming in, probably long before you'll see the adult coming. The hunting parent will eventually suddenly swoop in with a prey item (a bird), and maybe hand it off to the other parent (often in the air). The food will be brought by one of the parents to the chicks in the nest (or wherever the chicks may be, if already out of the nest). Once they've been fed, the chicks will likely be sedentary and quiet, until the next feeding (hours later). Once the chicks begin to fly, things get more interesting, as they learn the skills they'll need. They'll hang around the nest site, continuing to be fed by the adults until the adults encourage them to hunt for themselves (probably about August here in Mass). To film the whole story, you'll have to start watching the nest site in perhaps March or April, through July and maybe into August. Try to be quiet and still so as not to stress the parents; some are more tolerant of people nearby than others. The chicks won't be bothered by your presence (as long as you don't get too close), as they don't really know what you are; but the parents may be upset and may not nest there again next year if disturbed too much. Good luck!

New England Forests Thank you for the detailed response, this is really helpful and I can't wait for spring to start filming

One landed out my back today he got a pigeon I got a video and photos of him - he's been around the last few days I'm going to try catch him

By choosing the right parents!

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Reincarnation 🙄

Is this a joke, or did you mean to say falconer?

Hi there! I have watched quite a few falcon videos with four chicks in a family, so it seems normal for this particular bird. It remains to be seen how many manage to survive, regrettably.

Peregrine falcons often raise 4-5 chick's. It is more common for a brood to have 4 eyases than it is 2 for instance.