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The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Jazzerkins on October 20, 2013, 17:11 ---Wouldn't a better idea be to somehow block off the know sites under the bridge(s) to discourage nesting at all, rather than let the chicks drown if they fall. :'( Maybe chicken wire or something similar?
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I daresay with the "changes" someone will propose that and/or propose changes to nestsites - modified nestboxes or nestbox locations or some such ... don't know much about how the birds use the underside of bridges as nesting areas other than they do look like cliff ledges ... someone will experiment, no one really wants chicks to die if they can find a way to modify the sites to give them a better chance ...
Jazzerkins:
Wouldn't a better idea be to somehow block off the know sites under the bridge(s) to discourage nesting at all, rather than let the chicks drown if they fall. :'( Maybe chicken wire or something similar?
RCF:
Feds: Falcons recovered; no more chick rescues
After decades of scrambling on the underside of California bridges to pluck endangered peregrine falcon chicks from ill-placed nests, inseminating female birds and releasing captive-raised fledglings, wildlife biologists have been so successful in bringing back the powerful raptors that they now threaten Southern California's endangered shorebird breeding sites.
As a result, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will no longer permit peregrine chick rescues from Bay Area bridges, a move that they concede will likely lead to fluffy chicks tumbling into the water below and drowning next spring.
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_24348854/feds-falcons-recovered-no-more-chick-rescues
The Peregrine Chick:
Lowestoft, Suffolk
According to a twitter post from a photographer, apparently the first peregrines in 200 years just fledged from the Lowestoft area in Suffolk
And a note from a local birding group:
* PEREGRINE Falco peregrinus
Having both fledged at the end of June the youngsters remain in the vicinity of Lowestoft Grain Silo. Success on the second attempt for this young pair.
The last time Peregrines bred in the Lowestoft area was 200 years ago in the early 1800's, and as the young on that occasion were taken by a local falconer it may be these two birds are the first to fledge for even longer than that.
One, presumably one of the adults from the silo, was seen at Carlton Marshes on the 1st and 7th
Here's some background - the Return of the Peregrine
allikat:
--- Quote from: RCF on June 23, 2013, 08:32 ---93 UAE falcons released into the Kazakhstan wild
The release which was carried out through May 16 to 18 of this year included a total number of 46 Peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) and 47 Saker falcons (Falco cherrug) which were released in Kurchum, eastern Kazakhstan, for the fifth consecutive year.
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/environment/93-uae-falcons-released-into-the-kazakhstan-wild-1.1200757
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This is absolutely wonderful news! Go falcons go!!!
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