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The Peregrine Chick:
Tracking falcons' comeback along the Mississippi
WJAL
http://www.wral.com/tracking-falcons-comeback-along-the-mississippi/12304235/
The Peregrine Chick:
Science Codex - 25 March 2013
The genomes of peregrine and saker falcons throw lights on evolution of a predatory lifestyle
http://www.sciencecodex.com/the_genomes_of_peregrine_and_saker_falcons_throw_lights_on_evolution_of_a_predatory_lifestyle-109160
interesting ...
The Peregrine Chick:
Hmmm, just looking at these new rules the following comes to mind ...
* up to two peregrine falcons per selected falconer - okay need a permit to be "selected", and up to two might help ensure that a nest isn't completely emptied
* nestling or juvenile wild peregrines - nestlings is easy, but what qualifies a juvenile peregrine? If based on plumage, by May many (if not most) young peregrines look like adults so juveniles could mean fledglings of the year in this case or 1+ year old birds that look like juveniles, but that would require trapping which needs experience
* open seasons from 2013-15 - choosing an only three year period could give enough data on how it impacts wild populations
* May 1 to Aug 31 - would mean most birds would have to be from within the state as most (but not all) young of the year from elsewhere haven't started migration yet though they can wander a long way in the lead up to migration
Will be interesting to see if they report the results of these rules as well as announcing the start of them.
Nice find RCF!
RCF:
March 20, 2013
Idaho sets rules for falconers to take wild peregrines
Idaho will allow up to two peregrine falcons a year to be taken from the wild by selected falconers under rules adopted by the state Fish and Game Commission Tuesday. Rules allow the take of nestling or juvenile wild peregrine falcons during open seasons from 2013 through 2015. The capture season runs May 1-Aug. 31.
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2013/mar/20/idaho-sets-rules-falconers-take-wild-peregrines/
RCF:
The male has already accepted a new female, who is unbanded and they have been observed bonding. The male is a Canadian bird from the Niagara Falls site, his name is Yankee (black/black 42/Y).
Yankee was one of four chicks hatched at a nest site in the Niagara Gorge in 2008 to an unbanded male and an unidentified female.
Photo of Yankee with article
http://flic.kr/p/bo7h8f
Photo courtesy of Sage
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