Peregrine Fledge Watch, 3 June: One Fledged, Three to Go

Two visited the nest, 3 June 2026, 6:06pm (photo from the snapshot camera at Univ of Pittsburgh) 4 June 2026 Yesterday, 3 June, the Pitt peregrine youngsters were in and out of the nestbox … but mostly out. I walked over at 11:00am and saw three on the nestrail and Ecco high on the Fifth Avenue side staring intently at the likely location of the fourth. One had fledged, three to go. This score was confirmed when someone at Fledge Watch remarked that she saw a peregrine in “flappy flight”(*) around the top of the building between 11:30a and noon, followed by an adult. Those are typical behaviors when a juvie flies. If only I’d looked up while I was walking home! Fledge Watch at 4:30-5:30p was right next to a big event in the Schenley Plaza tent: AlphaLab Demo Day (AL26). Some of the participants stopped by to look at the peregrines. Pitt Peregrine Fledge Watch, 3 June 2026 (photo by John English) We saw all four youngsters, three perched in the keyholes and one on top of the nestrail.…