Acadia NP: Nesting falcons prompt trail closures

[TJ aka Teej]

Acadia NP: Nesting falcons prompt trail closures

http://www.bangornews.com/news/t/hancock.aspx?articleid=147986&zoneid=178

Not earthquakes closing trails this time, just more peregrines nesting!

 

[Maddy]

It's really fun to be up there after the babies hatch and they start emerging out of the nest, onto the cliffs. They set up a nice telescope and there is someone around to explain what is happening. If you are really lucky, you will see them take their first flight. It's quite the process and a big waiting game.

This falcon site in NY is terrific. Palemale and Lola. The pics are absolutely incredible and they are continuously updated.
http://www.palemale.com/

 

[Artex]

Neat birds for sure.

 

[audrey]

Maddy, thank you for the website. I would kill to have the chance to take pictures like that!

 

[gaiagirl]

Maddy's pics are very nice, but they're not falcons, they're Red-tailed hawks.
Just an FYI

 

[Early Bird]

Falcon cam

There is a falcon cam in Manchester, NH. This is the link to it: http://www.nhaudubon.org/research/pcamframehi.htm A couple of years ago.. or was it last year... I watched four eggs being laid and two chicks hatch and grow. Never did see them fledge. By that time in the summer am spending way more time in the woods than I am online.