This adult Peregrin Falcon flies high over downtown Ottawa. The parents are becoming more vigilant now that the two baby Peregrin Falcons...born not too long ago...are making themselves more visible, even hanging near the ledge of the downtown hotel they call home as they begin getting themselves ready to fly one day.
"The name "peregrine" means wanderer, and the Peregrine Falcon has one of the longest migrations of any North American bird. Tundra-nesting falcons winter in South America, and may move 25,000 km (15,500 mi) in a year." --- Cornell Bird website.