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Mid-Hudson Bridge
Poughkeepsie, New York
(photos: bridge from Wikipedia; nestbox from Poughkeepsie Journal)
The Mid-Hudson Bridge (officially the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge) is a toll suspension bridge which carries US 44 and NY 55 across the Hudson River between Poughkeepsie and Highland in the state of New York. Governor and local resident Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor attended the opening ceremony on August 25, 1930. The bridge was renamed the "Franklin D. Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge" in 1994 though the span is rarely referred to by its official name. The bridge is 3,000 feet (910 m) long with a clearance of 135 feet (41 m) above the Hudson. At opening, it was the sixth-longest suspension bridge in the world. (Source: Wikipedia)
webcam link: www.dec.ny.gov/animals/53052.html
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The Peregrine Chick:
State Tower Building
Syracuse, New York
(photos: building from Syracuse.com; nestbox from CNYCentral; nestbox from Syracuse.com)
The State Tower Building is a high-rise building located in Syracuse, New York. Completed in 1928, the building remains the highest in Syracuse to date. It has 23 floors and rises 95.4 meters (312 feet) into the air. The building was designed as a large office building with the first 10 floors being large, and the top floors being setback and smaller such that one entity might occupy an entire floor. On the roof of the tenth floor was a deck on which there was a full-service restaurant. The building is made of steel and concrete with a limestone, terra-cotta and brick facade. The architect was Thompson & Churchill. It was renovated in 2003. (source: Wikipedia) The peregrines nest on the 20th floor.
webcam link: http://www.wvtc.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=555
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The Peregrine Chick:
Gulf Tower
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(photos: building from Wikipedia; nest site location & nestbox from WQED)
Gulf Tower is a 44-story, 177.4 m (582 ft) Art Deco skyscraper in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The tower is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of the city. Built as the headquarters for the Gulf Oil Company, and known as the Gulf Building, the structure was designed by the firm of Trowbridge & Livingston and completed in 1932 at a cost of $10.05 million ($141.9 million today). Now called Gulf Tower, it has 44 floors and rises 177.4 m (582 ft) above Downtown Pittsburgh. The crown of the skyscraper is modeled after the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus in the style of a step pyramid. The building was listed as a Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark in 1973. Peregrines have nested at the Gulf Tower since 1991.
webcam link: www.aviary.org/PF-NestCam2
updates: Kate St John's WQED Blog = www.wqed.org/birdblog
Site operated by National Aviary, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pix Controller and the management of the Gulf Tower.
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The Peregrine Chick:
James River Bridge
Newport News, Virginia
(photos: bridge source unknown; tower lift (where nestbox is located) & nestbox is from Centre for Conservation Biology)
The James River Bridge is a four-lane divided highway lift bridge across the James River in the U.S. state of Virginia. Owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Transportation, it carries U.S. Route 17 (US 17), US 258, and State Route 32 across the river near its mouth at Hampton Roads. The bridge connects Newport News on the Virginia Peninsula with Isle of Wight County in the South Hampton Roads region, and is the easternmost such crossing without a tunnel component. When completed in 1928, the 4.5-mile (7 km) bridge was the longest bridge in the world over water. The original two-lane bridge was replaced from 1975 to 1982 with a wider four-lane bridge that could handle increased traffic volumes. In 2005, the bridge carried an annual average daily traffic of about 30,000 vehicles per day. Bicycles, mopeds, and pedestrians are banned from using the bridge; the easternmost crossing for them is the Jamestown Ferry, about 25 miles (40 km) upstream (source: Wikipedia)
website link: http://ccb-wm.org/vafalcons/falconcam/falconcam_jamesriverbridge_4.htm
The patriarch of this nest, Sir James, first nested in this box in 1992. James would have been 21 years old the year he disappeared.He held the honor of the oldest known nesting falcon in the US last year. (source: Skygirlblue)
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The Peregrine Chick:
Hack Site
Cobb Island, Virginia
(photos: Cobb Island Station pre-move; nest structure from CCBBirds.org)
Along the seaside of Virginia's Eastern Shore are a chain of uninhabited barrier islands, stretching from Assateague Island at the Maryland border, to Fisherman's Island at the foot of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. These 23 shifting islands of sand, as well as a swath of marshland and lagoons constitute one of the longest undeveloped stretch of shoreline on the East Coast. While most are protected today by the Nature Conservancy's Virginia Coast Reserve, untouched they are not. Since the mid-1800s, people have attempted beach resorts, hunting and fishing clubs, and even entire communities on these islands exposed to the ravages of sea and storm. Cobb Island was a magnet for the rich and famous, with a large resort hotel built by the Cobbs with their earnings from salvaging shipwrecks. Decoys carved by Nathan Cobb Jr. are exhibited in museums and worth thousands of dollars.
webcam link: http://ccb-wm.org/vafalcons/falconcam/falconcam_cobisland2.htm
website link: http://ccb-wm.org/programs/peregrine/peregrine_coast_cobbis.htm
Cobb Island was the site of the first Peregrine release in Virginia. The coast guard station located on the extreme southern end of the island served as a base of operations for all releases. Peregrines were first released in 1978 from the coast guard station itself. Birds were hacked from a box placed on the third floor observation room. Birds hacked after 1978 were released from the peregrine hack tower erected in the winter of 1978. The island is now owned by The Nature Conservancy and is included in The Conservancy's Virginia Coast Reserve. The Cobb Island coast guard station was moved from the island to the town of Oyster in 1999 and restored. The peregrines continue to use the hacksite for their nest site.
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