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The Peregrine Chick:
2015 NESTING SEASON

Here is a nice update by Laura Erickson about this year's Duluth Peregrines ...

Laura's Birding Blog: The Bold and the Beautiful: The continuing saga of Duluth's Peregrine Falcons

Alison:
This is the surviving chick from Greysolon Plaza from last year.

 
At banding (he was very ill)             During migration

Alison:
2009 NESTING SEASON

Only two of the four chicks at this nest still survive. One of those two is in rehab at The Raptor Center. One chick was electrocuted, and one was hit by a car.  :'(

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/125947/

This pair deserved to have things go better for them this year. Last year they also had four chicks; three of the chicks died of Trichomoniasis, and the fourth was very weak and emaciated when he was found at banding. He was treated and recovered. He was named Shaheen, a Persian word for falcon. During migration banding later in the year, he was caught in the nets, and he looked great!

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