Windsor's Ambassador Bridge has a Peregrine Falcon nest box that is used yearly by the same pair of birds (usually the same pair, read about some falcon drama from last year in Windsor's newspaper). A typical number of chicks for falcons is 2-4, but this year there are 5 fledglings moving around and getting ready to make their first flights!
Here is one of the parents perched on the nearby church steeple yesterday, a favorite perching spot for them.
The same parent moved to the bridge to watch her young more closely.
Yesterday I could only see four of the fledglings, and one was doing a lot of wing stretching.
Today all five young were out of the nest and moving about, two of them doing lots of wing stretching.
The one on the right in this photo seems pretty antsy - pacing back and forth, stretching lots, calling lots...
The one on the right here did some wing stretching but mostly kept its head down where it had some food it's parent brought in right before I started getting photos.
Hopefully some more falcons flying around Windsor in the next week!
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