Peregrine Falcons

It's tough to find Peregrine Falcons in the wild near NYC. But there are two places where they have been nesting reliably over the past several years, and that's in the bridges over the Jamaica Bay. On a recent cruise in the bay, we were able to take several good shots:







Other pictures from the Broad Channel bridge area:

"A" train crossing from Broad Channel into the Rockaways:




To let our boat pass, they had to turn the subway bridge around. So if you were stuck on the "A" train on the evening of May 27, you were waiting for us!


The black things sticking upward from the bridge deck are actually the subway rails!


Someone buzzing the Marine Parkway Bridge from below: