Alcatraz Peregrine Falcons: Ocean front view of Larry's nesting area 🌊 Evening gathering🌙2024 May 20

The camera operators adjusted the camera angle such that we can now see the ocean's proximity to Larry's nest area.
Courtesy Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

[@leslie-dg4um]

Appears Larry found a nice rugged nesting spot. No gravel scrape that she was raised on, but they have rock pillows. Wonder if the sound of running water is like a good lullaby.

[@kitkat5765]

What a stunning view! A perfect place. Thanks, SKH!

[@katmundy5806]

So great to see them in a natural scrape - Can't help worrying for them fledging over water though!! Scary - I just hope there are spots nearby they can land easily.

[@6falconsue]

Even though Larry was born and raised in the luxury accommodations of the Campanile, it seems she got the call of the wild when she chose where to raise her kids. Maybe she looked at Alcatraz from her childhood home and dreamed of living there someday. And her kids seem to love it but may end up nesting in a high-rise in San Fran or a mansion in Silicon Valley! (Btw, per Google, San Francisco Bay is an estuary--it has a combination of salt water from the Pacific and freshwater flowing into it from the Delta.) Like Larry, I grew up in a home that had a view of Alcatraz and the 3 bridges but never had the desire to move to Alcatraz someday! Thank you for sharing this fantastic footage, SKH--a special treat to see this falcon family thriving on this notorious island in the Bay.

[@theck672]

Wow 🤩 this is wonderful to witness❣️

[@ceegee777]

THANK YOU! I wondered what the view looked like (beautiful) and how close to the edge the little ones were. Thanks ❤

[@gigiv5434]

very rugged! truly out in the wild!

[@LemonLadyRecords]

Annie's grandchicks!!! ❤️❤️Boy, they've really grown in a couple of days since I've seen them (can't save the live cam to my vast nest playlist as the cam is YT Kids, and I don't understand why I can't, so it doesn't spring up in my feed or is easy to run through my playlist. But SK Hideaways does, so ty! ). This is how I think of non-urban falcon nests, on a cliff or rocks, but hopefully a bit more level lol. But they seem to do fine. 4 fine falcon chicks who look just like Annie! Of course lol. And will carry forth the Annie and Grinnell name for generations. Wish I had seen Larry grow up, though! 😢 Did anyone here?

[@skhideaways]

Cal Falcons didn't install web cams will 2019. Larry was born in 2018, so while there may be articles about that clutch out there (I believe there are), I don't know if there's any video. Worth a Google, though!

[@brucemarshall3446]

😮I wonder if any escapees hid there( before recapture)😅

[@rahulnans]

Have they fledged? The way they are moving, think so.

[@skhideaways]

Hard to tell from only this view. I haven’t heard that they fledged, but should do at some point later this week.