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Four peregrine falcon eggs can be seen March 22, 2024, via the New York State Thruway Authority's "falcon cam" set up to observe the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge falcon nesting box.
The peregrine falcon eggs were incubated for about a month on Alcatraz Island near San Francisco, the National Park Service said in an April 12 news release.
Every year since, a pair of peregrine falcons has laid eggs in the nesting box. Web cameras were installed in 2016 to provide the 24/7 Falcon Cam livestream of the interior and exterior of the nest.
Peregrine falcons initially established a territory and nest at Sather Tower in spring of 2017. [3] Initially, the falcon pair laid their eggs on a broken sandbag on the upper balcony of Sather Tower, which was replaced by researchers with a nest box after scientists found that eggs were rolling off of the sandbag. [4]
The Barbary falcon is a bird of semi-desert and dry open hills. It typically lays its eggs in cliff-ledge nests. It is similar to other subspecies of the peregrine falcon, but smaller at 33–39 cm (13–15 in) length with a wingspan of 76–98 cm (30–39 in). It has characteristic plumage, and adults can be recognised from peregrines.
The Barbary falcon is a subspecies of the peregrine falcon that inhabits parts of North Africa, from the Canary Islands to the Arabian Peninsula. There was discussion concerning the taxonomic status of the bird, with some considering it a subspecies of the peregrine falcon and others considering it a full species with two subspecies.
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South Africa Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden It is a large falcon , at 43–50 cm (17–20 in) length with a wingspan of 95–105 cm (37–41 in). Eurasian lanner falcons ( Falco biarmicus feldeggi , also called Feldegg's falcon ) have slate grey or brown-grey upperparts; most African subspecies are a paler blue grey above.