T06 Heidelberg: Church of the Holy Falcons Featured
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The Church of the Holy Spirit stands tall over Heidelbergâs Market Square. But up top its central steeple is an annual springtime renewal: a new family of falcons.
For a number of years, volunteers have managed the ânest boxâ in the steeple above the clock face, and run the Wanderfalken website. A couple of falcons pair up, mum lays eggs in the cozy church box on high, and parents raise the chicks over a timescale of weeks: until the chicks âdisappearâ in flight. All of this is in view of everyone who has Internet access.
The nestâs entrance faces âoutâ to the east, as seen in âWebcam 1â with Heidelbergâs Karlsplatz and Kornmarkt visible. Webcam 2 faces âinâ to the âbackâ of the box, and Webcam 3 from the outside faces west to the roost next to the entrance.
I made the first two images above with an iPhone15 on 13 May 2024, plus remaining same-day screen captures from webcams on the Wanderfalken website. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.