Although in this pic, you can clearly see a falcon on the top rail next to the pole. If you look real close to the left on the top platform, you can see a small dark blip.....may be Beauty eating. Is DC back?
On one side of the tower this morning; maybe Beauty having breakfast?
While on the other side; possibly DC?
No, I think that's when Beauty was done eating and flew to her other Fav spot. Only took her a second to fly over there. If you look through the archives, you can see her leave then Shaky moved the camera over to the right.
Their impressive-looking, ritualized way of gathering each evening is called "staging." They gather in an appointed spot and then move together to another area where they'll roost for the night - in this case, in those sycamore trees along the river.
Two peregrine falcons have been spending time outside the Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square. The birds of prey were photographed on the sign at the hotel on Thursday. (That's all she wrote)
WILDLIFE WATCHING — Birders have been reporting more and more observations of snowy owls showing up in Washington. Although they routinely venture this far during their winter migration from the arctic, Last year's big number of snowy owls across the northern tier of states was recognized as an irruption.