Four juvie peregrines wait on the nestrail for dinner, 4 June 2026 (photo by Kate St. John)

5 June 2026

Last night we had a good turnout at Pitt Peregrine Fledge Watch from 6:30-7:30pm. We all hoped to see a young peregrine fly.

Fledge Watch, 4 June 2026 (photo by Kate St. John)

We had additional confirmation that a juvie had flown on 3 June when John Dzikiy showed me a video by Conor Tompkins, taken at 7pm Wednesday, of a juvenile peregrine flapping a lot as it flew out and back to the Cathedral of Learning.

The scene was set. All four chicks were on the nestrail — the Launch Zone — and both Ecco and Carla flew and sometimes soared together. The chicks were ready. Surely at least one youngster would fly while we watched.

But no. They sat around and waited for dinner. Sometimes one flapped a bit. One ran up and down the nestrail. But none of them got worked up enough to fly.

However, everyone got good looks at the juvenile peregrines and that’s a good thing.

Come on down to the last scheduled Fledge Watch is this evening, 5 June 6:30p-7:30p at Schenley Plaza.

After tonight I will still be watching but it will be a spur of the moment pop-up event.

You can always come down on you own and look in the sky near the Cathedral of Learning. Carla and Ecco live there year round. Their kids will leave town in July.