Peregrine falcons at Atlanta's SunTrust Plaza Tower will not be nesting on camera this spring. As last year, the peregrines previously live-streamed by DNR are not nesting on balconies where the camera can be set up.
In 2016, the birds -- one of them possibly a new adult -- apparently nested at an undetermined site on the building, according to staff at Dentons, a cam partner and international law firm with offices overlooking the balconies.
While the news from Atlanta is disappointing for falcon fans, Georgia DNR also shares live-streaming video of other raptors and even fish. Check out www.georgiawildlife.com/cams to watch bald eagles at Berry College, ospreys at The Landings and largemouth bass and other aquatic life at the Go Fish Education Center.
For a firsthand look at nesting peregrines, take a day-trip to Tallulah Gorge State Park in northeast Georgia. Here, a pair of the world's fastest birds have a nest with four eggs within sight of a gorge overlook.
This is the third straight year the falcons have been seen nesting at Tallulah Gorge, the state's only known peregrine nest site outside of metro Atlanta. The park provides information and loaner binoculars at the viewpoint.
