Update for Friday, March 8, 2024
On Friday there were three food exchanges, a few matings and two ledge displays between Astrid & Ares. There was also a major intruder incident. A particularly brazen adult female Peregrine came into the nest and danced with Ares. It was a rather stilted and highly vocal dance and Ares seemed a bit more menacing than usual. We weren’t sure where Astrid was when all this was happening. After the stranger left, Astrid came to the nest and had a look around the place. Someone had been in her bed!! She did some frantic vocalizing and then went out onto the long perch. Ares arrived and tried to give her a food gift, but she didn’t want it and flew away instead. Later in the day, Astrid & Ares preformed another ledge display at the box and she did finally accept another food gift from him. I guess all was forgiven!
