Peregrines used to nest on the High Bridge plant smoke stack until it was brought down in 2008. (after witnessing the demolition of this iconic landmark, my young daughter sighed: "St. Paul used to be a unicorn. Now it's just a horse").
The nesting peregrines were encouraged to move house up river where a nest box was prepared for them atop the ADM Stackhouse near Randolph and Shepard. Instead peregrines took up under the High Bridge deck, above the pier that Linda describes. Last Friday one of the chicks jumped and had to be rescued from the dog park below the nest. Monday, I was just leaving the dog park when I saw a male falcon attempting to gain altitude with a rock pigeon it had just caught. It managed to crash land on top of the pier where it seemed contented to simply sit on the struggling pigeon for a good ten minutes. I could not stay to watch the rest of the story. On my way out I viewed two osprey checking out the nest platform near the dog park. Tom Klein West Side -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of linda whyte Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:25 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Peregrine They've been spotted there recently, but I'm not sure where they might be nesting. Last year, it was atop the concrete support directly above the pedestrian path, near the end of Randolph Ave. Linda On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Stefanie and Kurt < hostil...@centurylink.net> wrote: > Traveling over the high bridge in St. Paul on my way to work this > morning a Peregrine Falcon banked and flew right over my car. I used > to see them with some regularity in this area but this is the first > I¹ve seen here in quite some time. > > Kurt > Ramsey County > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
