Other Peregrine Projects > USA Peregrines
MN / Elk River - 2008-22
Aline:
Don't forget pigeons are delightful falcon preys :P
carly:
It's kind of cool because we're actually witnessing the evolution of pergrines right before our eyes as they adapt to all the changes we've imposed on them by destroying their habitats.
I wonder what happens when a peregrine from the wild meets a city peregrine ;D
eagle63_1999:
Yeah TPC can correct us both on the issue of migration but you are correct, Carly, some are choosing not to migrate and if they do it's not as far as some of the Tundra Peregrines. I think each situation is different depending on location, weather, food supply etc.
carly:
Not sure on what their migration pattern is as they are more south than us in Canada and it may be milder there in the winter. In Etobicoke, Ontario the parents don't really migrate until late October or November (depends how cold it gets). The parents here last year were seen as late as November and then back as early as February. We even have pictures of them in the box surrounded by snow with talon prints in the snow leading to the box !!! The kids though are encouraged to go out on their own and explore the world in the Fall when the migration season starts if they haven't left on their own already.
Some articles I've read suggest that urban peregrines are not migrating at all or not very far from their home location due to the abundance of food and relative safety from predators in the city. Tracy would be able to speak to that much better though.
eagle63_1999:
If memory serves me correctly I believe the parents migrate first and the fledglings leave a couple of weeks later. Migration is a whole other fascianting issue when it comes to birds.
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