The Persnickety Reader

Not as neat as the Eagle Cam (link to previous post), but a good site for information, nonetheless: the Falcon Cam. An initiative of CBC Manitoba and some people from the corporate world with a lot of neat facts, stuff, and even a “Falcon Chick” blog, but a web cam that unfortunately only refreshes every 30 seconds.

The Peregrine Falcon Recovery Project (Manitoba), Shaw and CBC in Manitoba are proud to share with you a very special journey in the life of the peregrine.

Follow the only known pair of nesting peregrine falcons in Winnipeg as they make their home on a downtown high rise.

Also check out: The Peregrine Falcon Recovery Project.

I always really liked Don McKay’s poem, “Identification,” from Birding, or Desire (1983):

Yesterday a hawkish speck
above the cornfield moving
far too fast its where are those
binoculars sharp wings row row row the air above
the Campbell’s bush it

stooped and

vanished

Peregrine

I write it down because

I write it down because of too much sky
because I might have gone on digging the potatoes
never looking up because
I mean to bang this loneliness to speech you
jesus falcon
fix me to my feet and lock me in this
slow sad pocket of awe…