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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:
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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.
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Alison on July 18, 2017, 14:32 ---Two pairs of breeding peregrines found in South Dakota
I wonder if any of these birds were originally from Winnipeg, or are descendants of Winnipeg peregrines.
It seems much too early to consider removing peregrines from the endangered species list in South Dakota.
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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. North Dakota and South Dakota aren't that different from southern Manitoba, just not a lot of places to nest here before we started building cities here so the population was never particularly prolific - with buildings and nestboxes we can have birds breeding where they didn't before - good for the species overall but urban nesting peregrines in Canada only make up a small fraction of all the peregrines nesting in our country. I'm going to assume that it is not dissimilar in the US - they may not have the dense arctic populations we have but they do have more natural nest sites in the east than we do. Will have to see if I can find out what the ratio is of urban vs non-urban nests south of the border.
Alison:
Two pairs of breeding peregrines found in South Dakota
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Breeding peregrine falcons have been found in South Dakota for the first time in 50 years.
The Game, Fish and Parks Department confirmed that two pairs of peregrines successfully nested in the Black Hills earlier this year, the Capital Journal reported. A third pair was spotted but didn't appear to have a nest.
American peregrine falcons were removed from the federal endangered species list in 1999 but are still listed as endangered in South Dakota, where there's limited habitat.
The birds were found in part because of the department's effort to establish delisting criteria for all the species on the state's threatened or endangered-species list. The effort led the department to hire retired Wyoming biologist Bob Oakleaf, who specializes in peregrine falcons, to help identify potential nest sites.
The search included an aerial survey of the Black Hills to identify which cliffs peregrines may use, as well as a ground survey to see if any birds were already there.
"We basically sat in lawn chairs and watched," said Casey Heimerl, a wildlife biologist with the department.
The criteria are expected to be finalized over the next few months. They will require a certain number of nesting pairs over a certain number of years. Currently the falcons can only be removed from the list if the department finds five nesting pairs for five consecutive years, but Heimerl said those numbers may change as new data is evaluated.
http://www.aberdeennews.com/wire/ap-state-sd/breeding-peregrine-falcons-found-in-south-dakota/article_6ad1e034-b106-5a08-8a89-220eb4b1b037.html
I wonder if any of these birds were originally from Winnipeg, or are descendants of Winnipeg peregrines.
It seems much too early to consider removing peregrines from the endangered species list in South Dakota.
dupre501:
Interesting idea!
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