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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gmax" data-source="post: 2243572" data-attributes="member: 33636">Hello everybody,just a short story to get you acquainted with the family of peregrine falcons I've been monitoring in the last few years. I hope you like it.(NB the storyline is my fiction, but information and pictures are from the actual behaviours as observed).__________After a long time, a pair nested back on the seacliffs in my area (NE Italy) and successfully raised two youngs.During this springtime I have spent many long hours perched on the prickly rocks at the top of the cliff edge, where a footpath runs winding along it, exploring the area with my bins and observing their habits.Although I knew approximately where the nest was, I decided to place my hide along the route they were regularly following to and fro along the cliff, almost a km away.At first, I managed to catch just a glimpse here and there: like a phantom, they would appear for a while and suddenly disappear from my sight [picture 1].After some time, days later, my presence went unnoticed and I could observe better their swift flights [picture 2], admiring their flying skills and appreciating how much they seemed to be enjoying it.One day, my perseverance was rewarded.The whole family gathered together for the first flying lesson! [picture 3]One of the parents dived into a bush, grabbed a twig or some leaves and rapidly flew up on high, soaring around. [picture 4].- continue -</blockquote>