"The Peregrine Project is a joint educational campaign by the ECOS, U of A Engineering and Infrastructure, APIRG, Mountain Equipment Co-Op, GE Security Canada, and Infosat Communications.

The Peregrine Webcam Project is a valuable project preserving and appreciating urban wildlife species. It is an important component to campus sustainability because it creates awareness of endangered species that exist within our immediate environments, as well as bringing diverse network of community stakeholders together to talk about issues of sustainability. A camera was installed on the U of Calgary peregrines in the early 1990s. That camera was not only the first webcam on a peregrine nest anywhere, it was the first webcam on any bird nest in the world. There are nine other webcams in Eastern Canada.

There are now more than forty-five pairs of Peregrine Falcons across Alberta, including one pair nesting atop the Clinical Sciences building on the University of Alberta campus. There are three webcams focused on the Peregrine nest box, one with an outdoor view of the nest box from the side, one with an outdoor view of the nest box from the front and one on the box, which provides a view of the nest inside.

Current News

June 27, 2011 - Our fledge watch starts on July 11 and will last till the chicks “get their wings under them”. Any time than you can join the watch would be of great help to us. You can email ecos@su.ualberta.ca if you have any questions or comments. Visit the Fledge Watch page for a full update.

June 7, 2011 - The hatch began on Saturday June 4th between 7:00 am and 6:00 pm! It appears there are 4 new chicks but this still needs to be confirmed. View photos here.

May 2, 2011 - The present egg count has risen to three. The third egg appeared on Saturday, 29 April 2011.

April 28, 2011 - Egg number two was laid sometime between 10:19 and 10:29 am.

April 26, 2011 - It appears the peregrines returned the beginning of April! Somewhere between the evening of April 25th and 8:18 am April 26, the first egg was laid. Keep watching over the next few days for more eggs.