Nesting Peregrine Falcons on Alcatraz Represent “Tremendous Conservation Success”

Make room Jackie and Shadow, more California birds are making headlines and exciting wildlife lovers. Larry the peregrine falcon and her growing family are now being livestreamed from their home on San Francisco’s famed Alcatraz Island.
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The species’ presence on the island has been hailed by the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy as “a tremendous conservation success story.” Per the National Park Service, peregrine falcons previously suffered in the U.S. due to the widespread use of now-banned pesticides like DDT. In 1970, a survey in California found just two peregrine nests in the entire state, making Larry’s brood all the more notable.
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The livestream (which you can watch here) comes from the conservancy and shows Larry, her male partner, and their chicks in their nest at the former prison. Although biologists have been monitoring the nest since last year, the wildlife cam allows them to “share this incredible view of a wild peregrine falcon nest with the world.”