AlisonH
In anticipation of our own nest about to empty: Veer, the baby peregrine tiercel (male) hatched last year at City Hall, has clearly found and established his personal space, having been found there, repeatedly. Although he won’t officially be a mature adult till next spring, his adult featheration is pretty much in–and he has a falcon (technical term for female) hanging out with him these days. Look at that lovely white line over her beak. Just like his mom’s, only a bit poofier, even shaped like knit stitches across a row; ya gotta love it. (His father’s is dark all the way down.)
I guess it’s official: everybody’s into knitting now!
6 Comments so far
Leave a comment
The bird is gorgeous. Looks like a garter stitch pattern to me.
Comment by Joansie 08.26.10 @ 4:25 amHuh. So falcons are females? Cool!
Love the parallels between the two families…
Comment by Channon 08.26.10 @ 6:37 amShe’s a beauty, mono-brow and all! Gives new meaning to “knitting one’s brows”. LOL!
Comment by Julie 08.26.10 @ 8:20 amGorgeous bird! And I loved the other photos on that site. So, your nest is emptying? Who is leaving, Michelle?
Comment by Don Meyer 08.26.10 @ 9:06 amYes, everybody’s into knitting. Even my DD, who came to knit nite last week, and knit on some I-cord for me while we laughed together with the group. She has now asked me to knit a shawl for her wedding. . .next August! (It was going to be Nov. 2011 up until last night!) I better get started in the pattern picking! lol
Comment by Pam 08.26.10 @ 1:09 pmI like the thought of being a falcon. I like the thought of young love even more!
Comment by twinsetellen 08.26.10 @ 9:19 pmLeave a comment
Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>