Sep 15, 2002--
    Ruth Taylor spotted a new banded adult male peregrine at the West Seattle Bridge courting the resident female (unbanded). It turns out to be one of the first Tacoma eyasses that was banded two summers ago.

May 29, 2002--
    Three eggs the falcons laid this season did not hatch. The spoiled eggs were probably due to cold, wet weather. This is not too unusual for urban Peregrine falcons.
    Peregrines nested in 5 cities in western Washington this season: Seattle (3 pairs), Everett (1 pair), Bremerton (1 pair), Bellevue (1 pair) and Tacoma (1 pair). Only the pair at the Washington Mutual building in Seattle and the Everett pair fledged young falcons this season.

April 7, 2002-- Roger Orness has been observing the falcons lately in the evenings. Here's the latest from Roger's journal:
    Three hours of nest watching on Sunday, 4/7 resulted in seeing both adults. An hour of nothing, then the male flew from the east to the northwest corner of the west tower to a prey cache. A few minutes later he flew directly to the north half of the east counterweight, landing on the west edge, hopped in, and disappeared into the vegetation. The female flew out from around back of the east tower, directly up to the same place the male had just been.
    I moved to Cliff Ave, and she is eating a pigeon next to the cable drum. After eating, she flew to the upper hand rail on the north half of the east tower, where she preened for awhile, then did a lot of sleeping. A classic shift change, indicating incubation is on.
    A possible explanation of why they chose the east tower again could have been due to the demolition of the old town dock, which was right next to the bridge, and close to the west tower. I did not see how the building was dismantled, but there were cranes, heavy equipment, noise, commotion and the dust.

March 15-18, 2002-- Roger Orness has been observing the falcons lately in the evenings. Here's the latest from Roger's journal:
    On 3/15, at 17:40, I located the male Peregrine on the east tower, upper beam catwalk of the eleventh street bridge. At 17:42 he flies off landing on the north half of the east counterweight, then jumped into the weight, out of my view, and 17:45 was back perched in view, until 18:05 when he flew off, and landed on the top, south end ledge on the east face of the Wells Fargo building.
    The female Peregrine had just landed on the southeast corner of the roof, a few feet above the male, where she remained until 18:30. Then she flew off, circling back, landing on the same ledge as the male. He's in the center of the 4 foot wide opening and she is near the south column.
    A few vocal echups by one, or both on arrival, then she assumes her roosting position, facing into the building, while he remains sort of facing her, as I leave for my roost.
    On 3/16, they roosted on the south face of the Wells Fargo, and 3/18 were back on the east.