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The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: burdi on December 08, 2017, 01:23 ---Windsor bird watcher wants peregrine falcons to stay on endangered list
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Urban peregrine population numbers are much lower than some southern non-urban (Alberta, Ontario) and northern populations and it is overall national population numbers and distributions for anatum and tundrius subspecies that are major considerations in determining if a species remains on the "at-risk" list. Peregrines (anatum & tundrius) haven't been an endangered species federally for more than a decade, but individual provinces have their own lists. In Ontario they are "special concern" the least of the at-risk categories. In Manitoba they are still endangered for the moment. They haven't been on Saskatchewan's SAR list for years and have been "threatened" in Alberta since 2014 and Alberta is a peregrine powerhouse province both north and south.
burdi:
Windsor bird watcher wants peregrine falcons to stay on endangered list
Steve Atkins thinks the species need 3-5 more years to recover
CBC Posted: Dec 07, 2017 2:46 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 07, 2017 3:09 PM ET
A Windsor bird watcher believes the peregrine falcon should not be taken off the endangered species list.
Earlier this week, a federal committee recommended the birds be seen as a self-supporting species for the first time in 40 years, but Steve Atkins, a member of the Canadian Peregrine Falcon Watch, said it's not actually good news for the falcons, which still face a long road to recovery.
"It's not going to do any good whatsoever at all, because they're still on the comeback," he explained.
A pair of falcons currently roost under the Ambassador Bridge and call Windsor home. This year they had four hatchlings, according Atkins, whose volunteer group watches out for baby birds.
He pointed to the high mortality rate and burgeoning black market for the falcons, which can be easily trained when young, as reason to keep them on the list.
This year, one of the four hatchlings was hit by a car. Atkins said falcons fly low to the ground, so they face multiple hazards.
"The bird flew out through a fence and ran into the back of a car and knocked him down on the ground," he explained. "They're not like robins that have to deal with cats, raccoons and rats to survive. They just don't know."
Atkins added resources are still scare for the species — the falcon watch group relies heavily on volunteers who spend whatever time they can watching the small birds.
"I think they need to remain on the endangered species list for another three to fives years," he said. "Bring the population up more to where it is actually sustainable."
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/falcons-stay-endangered-species-list-1.4437773
burdi:
Peregrine falcon no longer a threatened species after four decades
For the first time in four decades, a bird known for its speed could be removed from the list of threatened species in most of Canada.
The peregrine falcon, which can fly at speeds up to 320 kilometres per hour, was listed as endangered in 1978. At the time, there was only one active nest east of the Rocky Mountains and south of the 60th parallel, and the northern population was also struggling.
Its numbers have increased steadily to 600 birds in southern Canada and 1,500 in northern Canada after a ban on DDT, a toxic pesticide. There has also been a captive breeding program in the southern population that has helped in the bird's recovery.
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada is now recommending to the federal government that the peregrine be delisted as a threatened species.
Read the entire news story
I noticed that Dr. Gordon Court is listed as a member of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).
COSEWIC website
Alison:
Peregrine juvie survives collision with commercial airliner
This beautiful young peregrine collided with a plane which was taking off from Wisconsin Central Airport. The little juvie was rescued, and a volunteer transported him to the Raptor Education Group Inc. (REGI) for care.
X-rays showed that he has a wing fracture (a fractured ulna), but remarkably he has no other injuries.
He is banded black/blue 73/E, and is from the Weston Power Plant nest in Rothchild, Wisconsin. He was named Morgan by school children.
Morgan is expected to make a full recovery and to be ready for migration in the fall.
Photos: Raptor Education Group Inc.
https://www.facebook.com/RaptorEducationGroupInc/posts/10155726337221019
Alison:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on July 18, 2017, 15:52 ---
I'm going to have to do a bit of snooping and talking to buddies of mine south of the border to find out if there are any Manitoba birds in the mix - not impossible by any stretch - we are nesting north and south of them. Will let you know if I hear anything.
As for endangered species lists - it would just be a state protection as they are completely off the federal recovery lists.
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Thank you for the reply, TPC! I would be interested to know if you do hear anything. Since South Dakota is pretty much within the corridor the Winnipeg birds like to travel, I thought it was possible that at least one of them might have decided to look around for a nest site.
And yes, I was referring to state protection, which is still good to have. Some states take it very seriously, some less so.
I don't know the ratio of urban to non-urban sites in the U.S., but it seems that the birds are becoming less and less interested in utilizing, for instance, natural cliff sites.
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