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4 days ago · The nest is the handiwork of a female falcon named Larry, short for Lawrencium. Larry hatched on the University of California, Berkeley’s bell tower in 2018. To track Larry’s progress in the ...
4 days ago · The new camera is on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, where Larry, a nickname for mama falcon Lawrencium, hatched four fluffy peregrine falcon chicks in a protected cave on the island several weeks ago. National Park Service biologists have been using a small camera to monitor Larry’s nesting since 2023.
3 days ago · This tour leaves from Pier 33 in the middle of the afternoon, and you will return mid-evening. You can choose from several ferries heading back starting at 8:30 pm. Make sure to allow for at least four to five hours on the island when you book this tour. This is a recap of my recent experience on this fun Alcatraz Island tour.
5 days ago · The Park Conservancy of the National Park Service has set up a livestream of a wild peregrine falcon family that has nested on Alcatraz Island. Viewers can watch the fledgling chicks grow under the watchful eye of their doting mother. This was the second time that peregrine falcons nested on Alcatraz Island in recorded history. The first was in ...
5 days ago · May 6, 2024 4:01PM EDT. Watch Video: Watch: Bird’s eye view of falcons on the hunt. Just decades ago, peregrine falcons were largely absent from California and much of the U.S. amid widespread use of pesticides. But now, a pair of the fastest birds in the world are nesting on Alcatraz Island in what officials call a “tremendous conservation ...
5 days ago · Live camera shows peregrine falcons nesting on Alcatraz Island decades after species was largely wiped out from the state Share A pair of the fastest birds in the world are nesting on Alcatraz Island in what officials call a "tremendous conservation success" – and you can watch their family blossom live online.
4 days ago · May 8, 2024. webcam focused on the Peregrine falcon nest on Alcatraz Island, California. Peregrine falcons were taken off the Endangered list in 1999. This webcam is focused on a nesting pair of Peregrine falcons that lives in a cave near the Alcatraz prison. axidermied Peregrine falcon displayed at Museum of Natural History.
