Penegrine Camera Coming Soon!
Snap Security is installing technology previously reserved for top secret intelligence that will let the public and scientists delve deeper into the extraordinary peregrine falcon’s behaviour. Powered by Bell Mobility, in partnership with Alberta Conservation, a camera mounted on the Bell Tower in downtown Edmonton will stream real time video of the peregrine and her chicks to computers and also mobile devices. See what the peregrines are doing at any time. The camera will follow her as she hunts and nests, and then the chicks as they grow and learn to fly and hunt. Prepare yourself for spectacular viewing!
Critical Stats
Identity: Known as E4
Bio: Born and raised on a natural sandstone cliff, Red Deer River, summer 2002
Age: 9
Sex: Female
Recognize her: E4 is an extremely beautiful falcon – a classic example of an anatum peregrine. The photo was taken when she was much younger. Her cere (the fleshy part at the base of her bill) and feet are far more yellow now and she has developed a real salmon hue to her ventral plumage (the underside of her body).
Status: Arrived Bell Tower in downtown Edmonton – possibly from Brazil. She has yet to be defeated in a nesting battle and has been nesting there since 2004.
Special Skills: Considered the world’s fastest animal, a peregrine in a dive can go over 300 km/h. A deadly aerial hunter and fearless flyer, E4 is no exception.
Notable Achievements: Only female peregrine to raise 5 young in Alberta's history (2010).
Definitely a “top gun” – has held the Bell Tower since 2004. Peregrines compete most ferociously for this territory, sometimes resulting in death of the combatants.
Target: Pigeons, window-washers, gulls, grebes, small songbirds, insects
