Male Peregrine Falcon

Rebecca Lays First Eggs of Season and Kewpee is Challenged

Peregrine Falcon & Two Eggs
3/30/2015

This past weekend was an exciting time for our Kalamazoo Peregrine Falcons. First, on Saturday night, Rebecca laid her first egg, then drama ensued. On Sunday morning, Rebecca quickly became agitated and very vocal as a second male falcon entered the scene. He came to challenge Kewpee for his territory, and they fought in the area for about 3 to 4 minutes before Kewpee won the battle and the intruder departed.

Tags: Male Peregrine Falcon, Peregrine Eggs

New Banded Male Falcon From Eastern US Visits Nest

Kalamazoo Male Peregrine
3/3/2015

For the last few years, there had been two adult Peregrine Falcons in downtown Kalamazoo: a banded female (Rebecca) and an unbanded male.  Because of the band number, we know the female is Rebecca and that she was hatched in South Bend. 

These adults successfully raised four young in 2014.  Astute Kalamazoo Peregrine Falcon watchers started to notice a change in behavior of the adult resident birds in November of 2014.  On February 21, there was footage from the nest camera that confirmed the presence of a male Peregrine with leg bands. 

Tags: Male Peregrine Falcon