My Dayton Area Peregrine Patrol Page

The latest report from the Lazarus Building
I'll try to keep you posted on the latest activities of Daytons only nesting pair of Peregrine Falcons. I'll certainly report anything I see, but I'll also try to include other's observations and general news as well.
To the right you can see a picture of the nestbox put up for the falcons. The birds you see are chicks from this years hatch. One day later they all fledged.

The terror of the skies lives just downtown!

First a word from the ODNR organizer :

Briefly, there are three Peregrine chicks in the nest box on the south side of the Lazarus building in Dayton. Banding will occur on Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at 11:00 AM. Fledging should occur around June 15th.

A Peregrine meeting is scheduled for June 8th from 6 PM - 7 PM at Book Friends, 19 E Second Street, downtown Dayton, Ohio be sure and tell your friends. If you have questions, contact Rick Jasper at (937)372-9261.

Short Summary of 1998 Nest Activty

Four Eggs Laid on or around 28 March
Three eggs hatched around 5 May
Banding occured Tuesday May 26 when the chicks were about 3 weeks old
The chicks were determined to be 1 Male 2 Female 3 weeks old
A female was first out of the nest box when she fell out on 13 June. The other two fledged on Tuesday 16 June.

Family Photos


The young male chick atop the Lazarus Building	One of the female chicks sitting atop a sidewalk overhang of the Lazarus Building

A close up of the female chick seen above. This time sitting on top of the Court House Square parking garage.	The proud mother, Baltimore

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