2006 - Midwest Peregrine Falcon Restoration Project
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MIDWEST PEREGRINE FALCON<br />
RESTORATION<br />
<strong>2006</strong> ANNUAL REPORT<br />
midwestperegrine.org
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COVER PHOTO<br />
Four-year old Liberty b/g 0/*T is shown with her young in the nest box mounted on the chimney at<br />
We Energies Valley Power Plant (VAPP) in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she was<br />
photographed by Greg Septon. We Energies hosts nesting peregrines at four of their Wisconsin power<br />
plants which can be viewed via web cam at:
Contents<br />
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<strong>Midwest</strong> <strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong> Website, Background 1<br />
Introduction 3<br />
Territorial Pairs 1998 – <strong>2006</strong> 3<br />
<strong>Peregrine</strong> Population Growth and Productivity in the <strong>Midwest</strong>, 1981-<strong>2006</strong> 4<br />
Productivity of Individual Adults 5<br />
Summary of <strong>Peregrine</strong> Nesting in <strong>2006</strong> 6<br />
<strong>2006</strong> Population Status 6<br />
-North Dakota 7<br />
-Minnesota 7<br />
-Wisconsin 15<br />
-Michigan 19<br />
-South Dakota 20<br />
-Nebraska 20<br />
-Iowa 21<br />
-Illinois 22<br />
-Indiana 23<br />
-Ohio 26<br />
-Kansas 29<br />
-Missouri 29<br />
-Kentucky 30<br />
-Ontario 32<br />
-Manitoba 35<br />
<strong>Peregrine</strong> Releases in <strong>2006</strong> 35<br />
Blood Samples 36<br />
Plans for the Future 36<br />
Acknowledgments 36<br />
Wild <strong>Peregrine</strong>s Banded in <strong>Midwest</strong>, <strong>2006</strong>, alphabetical by state 38<br />
Hacked <strong>Peregrine</strong>s Banded in the <strong>Midwest</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> 47<br />
Figures Summarizing Status of <strong>Peregrine</strong>s in <strong>Midwest</strong>, <strong>2006</strong> 48<br />
Special Article: Reading <strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong> Color Bands at Long Range 56
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March 9, 2007<br />
MIDWEST PEREGRINE FALCON RESTORATION, <strong>2006</strong> REPORT<br />
Patrick T. Redig,* John S. Castrale** and Jane A. Goggin*<br />
*Raptor Center **Indiana Div. Fish & Wildlife<br />
Univ. of Minnesota 562 DNR Road<br />
1920 Fitch Ave. Mitchell IN 47446<br />
St. Paul MN 55108 (812)849-4586<br />
(612)624-9790<br />
redig001@umn.edu jcastrale@dnr.in.gov<br />
goggi001@umn.edu<br />
MIDWEST PEREGRINE FALCON WEBSITE<br />
A peregrine website for the <strong>Midwest</strong> is open at the University of Minnesota<br />
. Richard Peifer, Mark Decker, Bruce Fall, and Kyle Hammond from<br />
the University’s Biology Program developed the web site. Peifer designed the website, Decker and<br />
Hammond adapted the database to the website and made it searchable, and Fall designed the database<br />
at its start in 1992. In addition to general information about the peregrine program, the site presents<br />
the <strong>Midwest</strong> peregrine database in a searchable format, making it useful for research as well as for<br />
locating specific records or groups of records.<br />
Many features were added to the database during <strong>2006</strong>. The additional refinement and<br />
programming was done by the partnership of Rick Peifer and Kyle Hammond, IT specialist for the<br />
Biology Program. The first new element was a temporary database that can be accessed by<br />
authorized individuals allowing them to submit data. When fully tested and operational, this feature<br />
will permit direct data entry. Once the entire dataset for a season has been collected, it will be<br />
checked for errors, and then added permanently to the main database. The second element was<br />
addition of exact GPS lat/long coordinates for each site, a work still in progress. This function in the<br />
database has been linked to Google Maps, allowing operators to obtain actual 3D views of peregrine<br />
nest sites. The third element is a section of the database where detailed reports submitted by state and<br />
area coordinators will be posted in toto as received. In these are contained more detailed information<br />
than what is summarized in this report along with many excellent photographs taken at the various<br />
sites.<br />
BACKGROUND<br />
Redig assumed the role of overall coordinator of <strong>Midwest</strong> peregrine work in <strong>2006</strong>,<br />
coordinating the maintenance of the database, and preparing the annual report, including the narrative<br />
and Tables 1 and 2. Portions of the report accounts were provided by individual state coordinators<br />
and were edited by Tordoff and he also updated the lists of most productive females and males. Jane<br />
Goggin and Richard Goggin prepared Tables 3 and 4, handled the distribution of bands, banding<br />
reports from the field, and blood sampling supplies, and, with Redig and Peifer managed printing and<br />
circulation of this report. John Castrale prepared Figures 1 through 15, based on his separate<br />
database, and performed meticulous editing of the script and error-checking of the data. Jim<br />
Fitzpatrick, Carpenter Nature Center, holds the master federal banding permit under which we work.
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All peregrines banded in the U.S. <strong>Midwest</strong> (ND, MN, WI, MI, SD, NE, IA, IL, IN, OH, KS,<br />
MO, KY) in <strong>2006</strong> wear a bicolored project band, black over green on the left leg. Wild-produced<br />
birds have a purple anodized USFWS band on the right leg; hacked birds have a gold anodized<br />
USFWS band on the right leg. In Canada (SE MB, NW ON), hacked birds receive a red band and<br />
wild-produced birds get a black band, in addition to a silver USFWS band. <strong>Project</strong> bands are<br />
intended to be readable in the field, given the right circumstances and appropriate optics (see article<br />
by Tordoff included in this report).<br />
Many of the black/green and black/red bands (from earlier years) have the upper or lower<br />
character (or both) tipped to the left on its side; these we show by using a star (*) to indicate the<br />
tipped-over letter or number, for example, *2/E or H/*4. It is essential to include the star because all<br />
combinations are in use (H/4, *H/4, H/*4, *H/*4 for example). It is also important to put all bands<br />
on right side up, to make them easier to read in the field. To avoid confusion, numerals take<br />
precedence over letters; that is, numerals 1 and 0 are used on the project color bands, letters I and O<br />
are not used.<br />
We cannot change names of localities in the peregrine database when the names of buildings<br />
or companies change. The original names are entered in the database in too many places. Incomplete<br />
corrections would confuse searches for data. The same goes for individual birds—once named and<br />
entered, the name sticks.<br />
Authorized users may download the contents of the database into an Excel spreadsheet. This<br />
is accomplished by clicking on the “submit data” link, then at the top of the banding information<br />
table, click on “Output birds for FileMaker "Peremain" import.” This will generate a transition file,<br />
which you should save. Then open this file with Excel, and select the delimited with comma’s<br />
option, click “finish”, and you will have the file in a spreadsheet format.
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INTRODUCTION<br />
<strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong> (Falco peregrinus) egg-laying began in March in the southern <strong>Midwest</strong> and<br />
progressively later to the north. Known territorial pairs were reported at 210 compared to 197 in<br />
2005, however, several sites, especially on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan were not reported on<br />
this year owing to access issues. Production of young was 435 compared to 421 in 2005. Table 1 is a<br />
nesting summary for nine years by state and province (sequence here and in the main list below is<br />
north tier of states first, west to east; second tier, etc., then NW Ontario and SE Manitoba).<br />
Table 1<br />
TERRITORIAL PAIRS / YOUNG FLEDGED, <strong>2006</strong><br />
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 <strong>2006</strong><br />
N. Dakota -- -- 1/0 1/3 1/0 1/4 1/2 1/4 1/4<br />
Minnesota 24/52 28/54 33/56 29/69 32/60 36/67 38/84 43/83 51/112<br />
Wisconsin 11/33 13/36 15/39 19/53 19/50 20/63 20/55 27/59 27/65<br />
Michigan 9/10 10/16 9/10 10/13 11/14 15/23 16/26 17/33 17/29<br />
S. Dakota 1/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0<br />
Nebraska 1/5 1/5 1/0 1/3 1/3 2/2 2/3 2/2 2/8<br />
Iowa 2/6 3/6 3/10 5/8 5/10 6/16 8/13 10/20 11/11<br />
Illinois 5/13 8/11 9/23 9/21 11/19 10/23 14/32 13/29 11/30<br />
Indiana 9/15 9/24 9/23 11/20 11/27 11/33 12/30 12/29 13/30<br />
Ohio 11/17 12/13 16/27 14/36 15/34 16/31 16/54 22/57 21/60<br />
Kansas 1/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 1/0 1/0 1/0 1/0<br />
Missouri 4/11 4/11 4/5 5/7 6/9 6/13 6/11 3/8 5/9*<br />
Kentucky 1/1 2/3 3/5 3/4 4/7 4/7 4/12 4/11 8/8<br />
Manitoba 3/4 2/5 2/4 2/1 2/1 2/0 2/4 3/7 4/5<br />
Ontario 17/38 13/30 24/41 24/52 25/50 33/70 31/50 39/79 39/66**<br />
Totals 99/205 107/214 129/243 133/290 144/284 163/352 171/376 197/421 210/435***<br />
*Does not include four hacked birds<br />
**Minimum count as some nest sites not visited a second time to confirm breeding success<br />
*** 65 unbanded birds included in this tally<br />
We point out again that yearly changes depend in part on arbitrary decisions about what<br />
constitutes a countable pair. Production of young per territorial pair was 2.0 in 2002, 2.2 in 2003, 2.2<br />
in 2004, 2.1 in 2005, and 2.0 this year.
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Year<br />
Hacked<br />
Young<br />
Table 2<br />
PEREGRINE POPULATION GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY<br />
IN THE MIDWEST, 1981-<strong>2006</strong><br />
Terr.<br />
Pairs<br />
Nest.<br />
Pairs<br />
Succ.<br />
Pairs<br />
Young<br />
Fledged<br />
Young/<br />
Terr.<br />
Pair<br />
Young/<br />
Nest.<br />
Pair<br />
Young/<br />
Success.<br />
Pair<br />
1981-6 130 4 2 0 0 0 0 0<br />
1987 78 6 4 1 3 0.5 .75 3.0<br />
1988 90 13 8 6 16 1.2 2.0 2.7<br />
1989 129 16 12 9 22 1.4 1.8 2.4<br />
1990 113 23 16 13 33 1.4 2.1 2.5<br />
1991 147 30 22 17 36 1.2 1.6 2.1<br />
1992 112 37 32 23 68 1.8 2.1 3.0<br />
1993 41 53 43 33 87 1.6 2.0 2.6<br />
1994 67 62 51 41 116 1.9 2.3 2.8<br />
1995 58 67 53 43 118 1.8 2.2 2.7<br />
1996 26 77 58 48 127 1.6 2.2 2.6<br />
1997 36 90 69 58 167 1.9 2.4 2.9<br />
1998 55 99 84 74 205 2.1 2.4 2.7<br />
1999 63 107 89 76 214 2.0 2.4 2.8<br />
2000 32 129 101 83 243 1.9 2.4 2.9<br />
2001 24 133 119 102 290 2.2 2.4 2.8<br />
2002 19 144 128 106 284 2.0 2.2 2.7<br />
2003 16 163 144 125 352 2.2 2.4 2.8<br />
2004 7 171 153 133 376 2.2 2.5 2.8<br />
2005 6 197 169 149 421 2.1 2.5 2.8<br />
<strong>2006</strong> 4 210 172 153 437 2.0 2.5 2.8<br />
Total 1253 1831 1529 1293 3615 2.0 2.4 2.8<br />
Note: “Young fledged” includes all young surviving to first flight from nest. <strong>Falcon</strong>s hacked in<br />
Tennessee, Alabama, and Arkansas are excluded on geographic grounds. Some totals for<br />
earlier years shown here differ from previous editions of this table as new information has<br />
become available.
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PRODUCTIVITY OF INDIVIDUAL ADULTS<br />
Here are the ten most productive females, four still alive (augmented young omitted).<br />
• ^Meg 12R (North Central Life, St. Paul MN), 43 young, 16 seasons, 2.7/season (hacked = h)<br />
• ^Sibella 20V (Firstar, Milwaukee WI), 39 young, 15 seasons, 2.6/season (h)<br />
• Camilla E/B (Monticello MN), 37 young, 11 seasons, 3.4/season (wild-produced = w)<br />
• Freedom U/*8 (One Summit Square, Fort Wayne IN), 36 young, 11 seasons, 3.3/season (h)<br />
• ^Mae 31V (NSP King, Bayport MN), 34 young, 14 seasons, 2.4/season (w)<br />
• b/r 7/*1 (NSP Prairie Island, Goodhue Co., MN), 34 young, 10 seasons, 3.4/season (h)<br />
• ^Liberty b/r E/*D (WPL Edgewater, Sheboygan WI), 33 young, 9 seasons, 3.7/year.<br />
• Raynie A/*H (Froedtert Malt, Milwaukee WI), 32 young, 9 seasons, 3.5/season (w)<br />
• ^Zenith 23W (Terminal Tower, Cleveland OH), 31 young., 9 seasons, 3.4/season (w)<br />
• ^Atlanta L/*C (WEPCO Oak Creek, Milwaukee WI), 29 young, eight seasons, 3.6/season (w)<br />
^ = known or presumed dead<br />
Here are the ten most productive males, again four still alive (augmented young omitted).<br />
• ^Kato 31T (Colonnade, Minneapolis MN), 43 young, 14 seasons, 3.1/season (w)<br />
• Kinney 7/*3 (Market Tower, Indianapolis IN), 42 young, 12 seasons, 3.5/season (h)<br />
• ^Hubert 987-20710 (125 S. Wacker, Chicago IL), 37 young, 13 seasons, 2.8/season (h)<br />
• ^Will 04Y (Multifoods Tower, Minneapolis MN), 37 young, 14 seasons, 2.6/season (h)<br />
• Mercury 21X (Lazarus, Dayton OH), 37 young, 14 seasons, 2.6/season (h)<br />
• ^64X (Firstar Bank, Cedar Rapids IA), 36 young, 12 seasons, 3.0/season (h)<br />
• Leopold C/D (Froedtert Malt, Milwaukee WI), 36 young, 13 seasons, 2.8/season (h)<br />
• ^Bill 74T (Firstar, Milwaukee WI), 34 young, 11 seasons, 3.1/season (h)
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• Roosevelt R/*4 (One Summit Square, Fort Wayne IN), 34 young, 9 seasons, 3.4/season (w)<br />
• ^Marty 53Z (Cline Avenue, East Chicago IN), 30 young, 11 seasons, 2.5/season (w)<br />
^ = known or presumed dead<br />
SUMMARY OF PEREGRINE NESTING IN <strong>2006</strong><br />
In the <strong>Midwest</strong>ern United States, southeastern Manitoba, and the Lake Superior basin of Ontario in<br />
<strong>2006</strong>, 211 pairs were known to be on territories (although we are lacking information on several sites<br />
reported on in previous years), 172 pairs (90%) laid eggs, 153 pairs (89% of the nesting pairs) were<br />
successful in fledging 435 young, 2.84 young per successful pair, 2.53 per nesting pair, 2.0 per<br />
territorial pair. Of the 172 pairs that laid eggs, 79 (54%) were on buildings, 28 (20%) were on<br />
smokestacks, 17 (12%) on bridges, and 48 (28%) on cliffs.<br />
Comparing this year with 2005, the total number of known pairs was larger (210 vs. 197 in 2005),<br />
however, with some sites not visited or unreported, it is not an entirely informed comparison;<br />
percentage-wise, more nested (90% vs. 86%), and percentage of successful nesting pairs was the<br />
same (89% this year vs. 89% in 2005). Four more pairs fledged young this year than last (153 vs.<br />
149) resulting in more young fledged (435 vs. 421).<br />
In addition to the 435 young known to have fledged in the wild in the <strong>Midwest</strong> this year,<br />
four young were hacked in Missouri.<br />
TOTALS FOR REGION:<br />
<strong>2006</strong> POPULATION STATUS<br />
153 known successful pairs fledged 435 young (SP in list below), of which 65 were not<br />
banded<br />
19 pairs laid eggs but failed to fledge young (LE)<br />
38 pairs, non-breeding (NB)<br />
210 territorial pairs (SP, LE, NB)<br />
For each state, province, or area, successful pairs (SP) are listed first, followed by pairs<br />
laying eggs (LE), then non-breeding pairs (NB).
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NORTH DAKOTA<br />
1. SP-Community First Bank, Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota. Wick Corwin reports that<br />
five-year-old female Frieda b/g 24/A, here for the fifth year, paired again with nine-year-old male<br />
Dakota Ace b/r *H/D, here for the seventh year. Four eggs were laid in the box, all hatched, and four<br />
young fledged, three males and one female. Two of the young were killed shortly after fledging, in<br />
separate situations. One, Maris b/g W/37 flew into a window. Another, Prairie Rose b/g *H/*W was<br />
found dead along railroad tracks on July 3 rd a short distance from the nest site. First year nesting<br />
attempted: 2000; total young produced: 17.<br />
MINNESOTA<br />
2. SP-Colonnade, Hwy. 100 and I-394, Golden Valley, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Bud<br />
Tordoff and Mischelle Johnson report that a new male, six-year-old Malik b/g 5/*9 (seen in early<br />
April at the Xcel Energy Riverside site by Bob Anderson), fledged in 2000 from North Central Life<br />
in St. Paul, paired with three-year-old Loree b/g 49/E (NSP Monticello 2003), here for the second<br />
year. Four eggs were laid in an open gravel tray, all hatched and four young fledged, three males and<br />
one female. Malik had previously nested for three seasons at the NSP Riverside Plant in<br />
Minneapolis. Malik replaced 16 year-old Kato 31T, who nested here for 14 seasons and sired 43<br />
young, perhaps the most fledged young yet recorded for a wild male peregrine. Kato fledged wild in<br />
St. Paul, MN, and was found severely injured in Minneapolis on November 29, 2005 and was<br />
euthanized. First year nesting attempted: 1991; total young produced: 47.<br />
3. SP-Multifoods Tower (aka City Center), Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. The<br />
male here for his second season is three-year-old Younger b/g 04/N, fledged in 2003 at Maiden Rock,<br />
Wisconsin, the second male from this cliff site to nest at Multifoods Tower. The female at this site is<br />
once again an unbanded female, most likely the same female here since 2003 from photograph<br />
identification. Four eggs were laid and four young fledged, all males. One young male died after<br />
colliding with a building shortly after fledging. First year nesting attempted: 1987; total young<br />
produced: 39<br />
4. SP-City Hall, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. An adult female peregrine<br />
wearing only a silver USFWS band on her left leg (1807-348), origin unknown, was first reported at<br />
this site in 2000. She once again was paired with three-year-old Bor b/g 03/N, fledged in 2003 at<br />
NSP Monticello, Minnesota. The pair, closely watched by Barbara Hendrickson, nested again in a<br />
cubbyhole on the east side of the 5th Street Tower of the century old City Hall. Four eggs were laid,<br />
one hatched and one female fledged. First year nesting attempted: 2000; total young produced: 7.<br />
5. SP-Riverside Plaza/I-94 Mississippi River Bridge, Minneapolis, Hennepin County,<br />
Minnesota. Twelve-year-old Phoebe, after nesting six years on the river bridge, moved in 2004 a<br />
mile to a box at Riverside Plaza, where she first attempted to nest in 1997. She paired for the third<br />
year with six-year-old Rocket b/g L/M. Three eggs were laid, all hatched, and three young fledged,<br />
two males and a female. Phoebe is an escaped falconry bird from Kansas in 1994 and is still<br />
identifiable by her breeder band and leather anklet. Rocket fledged in 2000 from a smokestack at<br />
NSP Riverside, Minneapolis, Minnesota. A male fledgling from the Riverside nest was found dead<br />
in a new nest box installed at a plant in Elk River MN in mid-September. Riverside is one of seven<br />
sites monitored in the state as part of the federal monitoring program for <strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong>s. First<br />
year nesting attempted: 1997; total young produced: 11.
6. SP-Lock and Dam 1/Ford Parkway Bridge, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.<br />
Six-year-old male Scotty b/g P/T and six year-old female Amelia b/g 0/*G, both here for their fifth<br />
season, nested in the nest box installed in 2003 by Mike DeRusha, Jim Ryan, Nate Johnson, and<br />
others of the Lock and Dam 1 staff on a man-altered cliff at the west end of Lock and Dam 1, about<br />
250 yards downstream from the bridge. Four eggs were laid in the box, two hatched and two young<br />
fledged, one male and one female. This site offers some of the best public viewing of a peregrine<br />
nest and post-fledging behavior from the observation platform. First year nesting attempted: 2000;<br />
total young produced: 21<br />
7. SP-Norwest Financial Center (aka Wells Fargo), Xerxes and I-494, Bloomington,<br />
Hennepin County, Minnesota. For the tenth year, a pair nested in an open tray on the east side of the<br />
building. Throughout the winter, Jackie Fallon observed a pair of peregrines, three-year-old female<br />
Barbara b/g 51/B and seven-year-old male Nero b/g V/D, here for his sixth season. However, on<br />
April 4, it was discovered that a new female had taken up residence, nine-year-old Mendota b/r *4/C.<br />
A territorial fight was seen on April 4. The two females took to the sky, grappling and vocalizing,<br />
and the larger Mendota proceeded to chase the second female, presumed to be Barbara, to the west.<br />
The pair was out of view for nearly 30 minutes. Mendota returned to the building and was soon<br />
joined by the male, Nero, and the pair copulated within minutes. The pair laid four eggs, four<br />
hatched, and two male and two females fledged in late June. Mendota, nested at the Colonnade<br />
building for six years and was observed in the spring in 2005 at both the Multifoods Tower,<br />
Minneapolis, and Norwest Financial for short periods of time. Female Barbara b/g 51/B has not<br />
been seen after the April 4 th territorial battle. First year nesting attempted: 1997; total young<br />
produced: 27.<br />
8. SP-Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota. Ted Bartel and Tom Behrens<br />
report that a pair of peregrines nested successfully here for the second year, with seven unproductive<br />
years between 1997 and 2004. An unbanded adult male and an unbanded adult female produced four<br />
eggs and fledged four young, two males and two females. As in the past, the entire banding process<br />
was televised throughout the world-renowned clinic. The pair and young were filmed through the<br />
season for patients, visitors, and staff to view in the lobby of the clinic, offering all a unique view of<br />
peregrine behavior. One of the young males was found a few weeks after fledging with a spinal<br />
injury requiring euthanasia a few days later. First year nesting attempted: 1991; total young<br />
produced: 23.<br />
9. SP-NSP Black Dog Plant, Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota (aka Xcel Energy Blackdog<br />
Plant). Bob Anderson reports that ten-year-old female Nora b/r G/*V, here for at least the sixth year,<br />
paired with an unidentified male. Four eggs were laid, four hatched, but two of the chicks died for<br />
unknown reasons. Two young, one male and one female, fledged. First year nesting attempted: 1993;<br />
total young produced: 35.<br />
10. SP-NSP King Plant, Bayport, Washington County, Minnesota (aka: Xcel Energy King<br />
Plant, Oak Park Heights, Washington County MN). Occupied since 1990. Bob Anderson reports<br />
that 7-year-old female Belinda b/g W/E, here for the third year, paired with 11-year-old male Doug<br />
b/r 0/*L, first identified here in 2003. Five eggs were laid, three hatched, three young fledged, two<br />
females, one male. First year nesting attempted: 1990; total young produced: 41.<br />
11. SP-NSP Prairie Island, Goodhue County, Minnesota (aka Xcel Energy Prairie Island<br />
Plant, Goodhue County, MN). Bob Anderson reports that 13-year-old female b/r 7/1, nesting here<br />
since 1997, and an unidentified male, fledged three young, two males and one female. First year<br />
nesting attempted: 1997; total young produced: 31.<br />
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12. SP-NSP Sherco Plant, Becker, Sherburne County, Minnesota (aka Xcel Energy Plant<br />
Becker, Sherburne County, MN). Dan Orr, NSP biologist, and Bob Anderson report that seven-yearold<br />
Seminoe b/r W/A, fifth year at this site paired with an unidentified male. Four eggs were laid,<br />
four hatched, four young fledged, two males and two females. First year nesting attempted: 1992;<br />
total young produced: 38.<br />
13. SP-NSP Monticello Plant, Monticello, Wright County, Minnesota (aka Xcel Energy<br />
Monticello Plant Wright County, MN). Dan Orr (NSP) and Bob Anderson report that 12-year-old<br />
female Camilla b/r E/B, here for the eleventh year, paired with an unidentified adult male, laid four<br />
eggs, hatched one, and fledged one female. First year nesting attempted: 1995; total young produced:<br />
40.<br />
14. SP-Minnesota Power and Light Boswell Energy Center, Cohasset, Itasca County,<br />
Minnesota. A pair of unidentified adults, female unbanded and male banded b/g, laid four eggs,<br />
hatched and fledged four young, three females and a male. First year nesting attempted: 1993; total<br />
young produced: 44.<br />
15. SP-Cargill Elevator, Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota (aka Red Wing Grain Stack<br />
House Red Wing, Goodhue County, MN). Bob Anderson reports that eight-year-old female Husker<br />
b/r *M/D, here for at least the sixth year, paired with eight-year-old male Prescott b/r *3/*2. One<br />
young female fledged. First year nesting attempted: 2001; total young produced: 16.<br />
16. SP-State Prison/University Bridge, St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota. For the fifth<br />
year, a pair of peregrines nested in a box on the water tower at the state prison. The female is fiveyear-old<br />
b/g 1/*W, fledged in 2001 at Norwest Financial, Bloomington, Minnesota, and the male is<br />
five-year-old Rocky b/g 84/H, fledged in 2001 at NSP King, Bayport, Minnesota. Four young<br />
fledged, unbanded, three males and a female. This site is one of seven sites monitored in the state as<br />
part of the federal monitoring program for peregrine falcons. First year nesting attempted: 1994; total<br />
young produced: 14.<br />
17. SP-Champion International Paper Mill, Sartell, Stearns County, Minnesota. For four<br />
years, Rick Fern, plant safety supervisor, has watched this site. This year the pair nested in a new<br />
box that was installed on the east side of the mill stack in winter 2005-6. Returning for the second<br />
year was five-year-old female Copper b/g *7/C, fledged in 2001 at Fargo, North Dakota, and her halfbrother,<br />
three-year-old Dakotah b/g 78/P, fledged at Fargo in 2003. On May 30, three young were<br />
banded, two males and a female. The young female b/g W/22 was found in the nearby Mississippi<br />
River on June 28, <strong>2006</strong>, about a week after fledging. The adult female at this site is extremely<br />
defensive and was involved with strikes at pedestrians on a bridge about three blocks from the box.<br />
Signs were posted to inform the public about this behavior, which lasted for about two weeks. First<br />
year nesting attempted: 1999; total young produced: 6.<br />
18. SP-Queens Bluff, Great River Bluffs State Park, Winona County, Minnesota. An<br />
unbanded adult female and two-year-old male Cranberry b/g 17/N, fledged in 2004 at Dairyland<br />
Cooperative, Genoa, Wisconsin, nested in a cave eyrie that has been used since 2000. Four young<br />
were banded, two male and two females, and all four fledged successfully. Jim Mussell and Joel<br />
Sniewolski climbed the cliff here. State park resource biologist Shawn Fletcher observed the banding<br />
and assisted the banding crew on May 22. First year nesting attempted: 2000; total young produced:<br />
19.<br />
19. SP-Great Spirit Bluff, La Crescent, Houston County, Minnesota. First used in 2005. Bob<br />
Anderson and his crew report that three-year-old female Katrina b/g 59/E, fledged at Dairyland<br />
Cooperative, Alma, Wisconsin, in 2003, paired with a b/g banded male. Four eggs laid, three young<br />
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hatched and fledged, one female and two males. First year nesting attempted: 2005; total young<br />
produced: 7.<br />
20. SP-Blatnik Bridge, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota / Superior, Douglas County,<br />
Wisconsin. Dave Evans reports that an unbanded adult male was paired with a new female, black<br />
*B/8, fledged in 2004 from Mount McRae, Ontario. The pair fledged 3 young, unbanded due to<br />
traffic safety considerations. First year nesting attempted: 1995; total young produced: 6.<br />
21. SP-Greysolon Plaza (aka Duluth Hotel), Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Rob<br />
MacIntyre and Amy Ries scored a home run when they captured the unbanded adult female here,<br />
who is now known as Amy b/g 82/C; the male is still unbanded. They laid four eggs, hatched and<br />
fledged four young, two of each sex. First year nesting attempted: 2003; total young produced: 10.<br />
22. SP-Bong Bridge, Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin / Duluth, St. Louis County,<br />
Minnesota. Dave Evans reported that that eleven-year-old male Trevor b/r K/*A, fledged in 1995<br />
from a cliff at Kennedy Creek, Minnesota was paired with three-year-old female black *Y/6, fledged<br />
in 2003 from Caribou Island, Ontario. This pair nested in a new location closer to land on the<br />
Minnesota section of land, on a beam of the bridge. Two young males were banded when they were<br />
found to have landed below the bridge at about 30-35 days of age. The pair was believed to have<br />
failed, but had actually just moved locations from the usual tub located in the center of the bridge<br />
over water to the new location. One of the young was found dead on the bridge July 9th by Dave<br />
Evans. First year nesting attempted: 1994; Total young produced: 8.<br />
Each year, Minnesota North Shore peregrines are banded with the essential and much<br />
appreciated help of expert climbers from the Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center,<br />
Finland, Minnesota. This year the climbers and others that helped at North Shore sites were<br />
(alphabetically): John Arent, Gail Buhl, Dave Evans, Dave Graf, Brice Hansen, Peter Harris,<br />
Brad Johnson, Jim Mussell, Peter Smerud, Joel Sneiwolski, Mike Steffes, Joe Walewski, and<br />
Lori Walewski.<br />
23. SP-Superior Shores, Rocky Point, Two Harbors, Lake County, Minnesota. New Site.<br />
Dave Evans reported nesting activity at this site. An adult unbanded male was present with threeyear-old<br />
female Phoenix b/g 96/E, fledged in 2003 from North Shore Mining, Silver Bay,<br />
Minnesota. The pair failed in late May, but was observed to have re-nested in an old raven nest<br />
by June 11 with three eggs. On July 31, Adam Barnett climbed to the nest; two female chicks<br />
were safely banded and fledged from the site in late August. First year nesting attempted: <strong>2006</strong>;<br />
total young produced: 2.<br />
24. SP-Crow Creek, Lake County, Minnesota. This site was occupied regularly by the<br />
pre-DDT peregrines and now since 2003. Six-year-old Wally b/g P/R, fledged at Palisade Head<br />
in 2000, paired with an unbanded female. Two young females were banded on June 8, and<br />
fledged successfully by the end of the month. Dave Evans identified male Wally b/g P/R in 2002<br />
at Silver Cliff, about two miles from Crow Creek. First year nesting attempted: 2003; total young<br />
produced: 6.<br />
25. SP-Castle Cliff, Castle Danger, Lake County, Minnesota. Mike Steffes and Dave<br />
Evans reported on this pair for the fifth season. As in previous years, the female was unbanded.<br />
The male was banded b/g, but remained too secretive to further identify him. Four eggs were<br />
laid, four hatched, and four young were banded, three females and one male. The three young<br />
females were found to have died or were missing from the eyrie before fledging age, leaving a
single male to fledge successfully. Mike Steffes sent graphic pictures of a dead young that had<br />
fallen to rocks below the nest ledge. First year nesting attempted: 2001; total young produced:<br />
20.<br />
26. SP-North Shore Mining, Silver Bay, Lake County, Minnesota. Dave Evans and<br />
Warren Lind report that a pair of unbanded adults nested here for the eighth year. As in 2004 and<br />
2005, the nest was on a beam under an enclosed conveyor. Three young fledged, two males and<br />
one female. A nest box was installed in late winter, <strong>2006</strong>, to allow easier access to the chicks at<br />
banding time, but went unused by the peregrines this season. This site is one of seven sites<br />
monitored in the state as part of the federal monitoring program for peregrine falcons. First year<br />
nesting attempted: 1999; total young produced: 21.<br />
27. SP-Pink Cove, Beaver Bay, Lake County, Minnesota. Dave Evans reported an<br />
unbanded adult female and male Jean b/g 7/*L, 2001 fledge from Corundum Point. Four eggs<br />
were laid, three young were banded, two males and one female, on June 20. Joe and Lori<br />
Walewski climbed at this challenging site. First year nesting attempted: 1996; total young<br />
produced: 12.<br />
28. SP-Kennedy Creek cliff, Lake County, Minnesota. Dave Evans, Peter Harris, and Sue<br />
and Gary Prebil helped keep track of this site. This year the pair moved around the point to a cliff<br />
face closer to the creek to the west. The male is five-year-old Chris b/g P/V, fledged in 2001 at<br />
Castle Cliff, Castle Danger, Minnesota, here for his third year, and an unbanded adult female.<br />
Four eggs were laid, and three male and one female young were banded on June 20. Four young<br />
fledged in early July. First year nesting attempted: 1995; total young produced: 11.<br />
29. SP-Palisade Head cliff, Tettegouche State Park, Lake County, Minnesota. A pair of<br />
adults, most likely the same pair as in 2005, nested on a cliff south of the tower at the parking lot.<br />
The male is banded with a silver USFWS band only and the adult female was unbanded.<br />
According to Dave Evans, four eggs were laid, four young hatched and two male and two female<br />
young were banded and known to have fledged. First year nesting attempted: 1988; total young<br />
produced: 52.<br />
30. SP-Manitou cliff, northeast of Little Marais, Lake County, Minnesota. Dave Evans<br />
reports that adult female believed to be Susan b/g 9/*2, who fledged in 2002 at Corundum Point,<br />
is paired with an unknown adult male. For the first time since birds were discovered nesting at<br />
the site in 1999, access was allowed by the new property owners. Two young were banded, one<br />
male and one female. John Arent climbed here on June 11. First year nesting attempted: 1999;<br />
total young produced: 14+.<br />
31. SP-Corundum Point cliff, Split Rock State Park, Lake County, Minnesota. As in<br />
former years, the adults are very cautious, usually soaring high above when disturbed. The male<br />
may be twelve-year-old Dudley, b/r 8/*D, 1994 fledge from Palisade Head, who was confirmed<br />
nesting here in 1997, and the female is an unknown adult. Brad Johnson and Dave Evans were<br />
able to locate the nest location from the lake, and on June 8 the banding crew was able to band<br />
two young female chicks. This site is one of seven sites monitored in the state as part of the<br />
federal monitoring program for peregrine falcons. First year nesting attempted: 1997; total young<br />
produced: 20.<br />
32. SP-Birch Bay, Lake County, Minnesota. New Site. Peter Harris reported a new pair<br />
of birds nesting on a cliff in a raven nest. The male was black band *5/4, a 2002 fledge from<br />
Squaw Bay, Ontario, and the female was black band *X/7, 2003 fledge also from Squaw Bay,<br />
Ontario. Three young males were discovered at the nest site, but determined to be too old to band<br />
safely on banding day. This site was a late discovery in the season due to the belief that this pair<br />
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was the same pair of birds on territory at Kennedy Creek, located just ¾ mile up shore from this<br />
site. We are looking forward to banding at this site in the future. First year nesting attempted:<br />
<strong>2006</strong>; total young produced: 3.<br />
33. SP-Hat Point cliff, northeast of Grand Portage, Cook County, Minnesota. Dave Evans<br />
reports that an adult bird with a juvenile was observed in August. No further information is<br />
currently available on the identification of the adults or other possible young produced. First year<br />
nesting attempted: 1996; total young produced: 12.<br />
34. SP-NSP High Bridge, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota (aka: Xcel Energy<br />
Highbridge Plant). Bob Anderson, Raptor Resource <strong>Project</strong>, reports that three-year-old female<br />
Athena b/g 01/D, paired with an unbanded male. They laid four eggs, hatched and fledged four<br />
young, two males and two females. First year nesting attempted: 2000; total young produced: 18.<br />
35. SP-Cargill Elevator, Lake City, Wabasha County, Minnesota (aka: Horizon Milling,<br />
Lake City). Bob Anderson reports that peregrines nested here for the fifth year. Six-year-old<br />
male Gretch K/U, back for the fifth year, paired with five-year-old female Lolo 29/A, here for the<br />
fourth year. After an unsuccessful last year owing to injury of the female in mid-incubation, the<br />
pair this year laid four eggs, hatched and fledged four young, two males and two females. First<br />
year nesting attempted: 2002; total young produced: 15.<br />
36. SP-Mendota Bridge, Fort Snelling State Park, Dakota County, Minnesota. Jackie<br />
Fallon reported that nine-year-old female P.W. b/r*5/V fledged in 1997 from the Ford Parkway<br />
bridge, Minneapolis, here for eighth year, over wintered with an unbanded male. Near the end of<br />
March, this male was displaced by two-year-old Survivor b/g 42/N, a 2004 fledge from Dairyland<br />
Cooperative, Alma, Wisconsin. Survivor was observed to copulate with P.W and be at the site<br />
for about a month. Ultimately, he was replaced by three-year-old Matrix b/g 74/P, fledged from<br />
the Colonnade building, Minneapolis, in 2003, here for his second year. It was believed that the<br />
pair had not produced young, but in late July, three chicks were found on a new ledge of the<br />
bridge, about 1/3 mile west of the historic arch area, by Mark Cleveland, MN DNR. One male<br />
chick was found below the nest at about 35 days of age and was taken to The Raptor Center when<br />
it was determined at banding to have injuries that would require medical care. The injuries were<br />
too severe and the juvenile was euthanized several weeks later, when it was discovered that the<br />
chick had also contracted West Nile virus. The other two chicks were observed to have<br />
successfully fledged within two weeks of discovery of the eyrie. Greg Mikkelson, Mike Gabriel,<br />
and Mark Cleveland assisted with observations at this site. First year nesting attempted: 1996;<br />
total young produced: 25.<br />
37. SP-Faith Bluff, John Latsch State Park, Winona County, Minnesota. An adult male of<br />
undetermined banding status and an unbanded adult female were successful in the box on the cliff<br />
face. Four young were successfully banded, three females and one male. All four young fledged<br />
successfully later in the month. State park manager Brent Anderson observed the banding for the<br />
first time and assisted the banding crew on June 12. <strong>Peregrine</strong>s have nested in the box at this<br />
southern-most bluff of the three in the park in 2000, 2002, and 2004 successfully. The box was<br />
installed in 1988. John Arent and Joel Sniewolski climbed the cliff here. First year nesting<br />
attempted: 1986; total young produced: 13.<br />
38. SP-Milwaukee Railroad Bridge/Hastings Cliff, Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota.<br />
For the first year, success was made at this site by five-year-old Penny b/g 27/A, fledged in 2001<br />
from NSP Sherco, Becker, Minnesota and three-year-old Charlie b/g 64/P, fledged in 2003 from<br />
the Cargill Elevator, Red Wing, Minnesota. A single female young was fledged from the site on<br />
July 1 and banded when she landed on the ground. This site is unique, as discovered by Tordoff,<br />
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in that the nest and chick were on the counterweight that travels vertically some 30 feet when the<br />
bridge rises and falls for boat and train traffic. This site is one of seven sites monitored in the<br />
state as part of the federal monitoring program for peregrine falcons. First year nesting attempted:<br />
2001; total young produced: 5.<br />
39. SP-Railroad Bridge, Prescott-Dakota County, Minnesota/ St. Croix County,<br />
Wisconsin. (Jackie is working on the name for this one 1/9/07) New Site. Jen Veith reported<br />
that a pair of peregrines was observed in the area. Todd Haarstick and Tordoff confirmed the<br />
presence of the pair on the west end (Minnesota) of the bridge. The adult female is unbanded and<br />
the male is two-year-old Butler b/g 19/N, a 2004 fledge from the Cargill Elevator, Red Wing.<br />
Three young fledged in July, not banded because of no access to the site. First year nesting<br />
attempted: <strong>2006</strong>; total young produced: 3.<br />
40. SP-3M Water Tower, Arcade and East 7th Street, St. Paul, Ramsey County,<br />
Minnesota. Russ Edmonds assisted with observations at this site throughout the season. On<br />
April 1, Tordoff observed four-year-old Jill, b/g 50/B, fledged in 2002 from a cliff at Castle Rock,<br />
Wisconsin, to be paired with twelve-year-old Sota b/r 8/*E. This pair was previously observed at<br />
the Bremer building (formerly the North Central Life building, site #45) in March, nesting for two<br />
years at that site. The pair laid four eggs in the box on the water tower that was installed in the<br />
fall 2004. Two young hatched, and two young fledged, one male and one female. Jim Mussell<br />
and Dr. Luiz Cruz, DVM a post-doctoral assistant at The Raptor Center, climbed the 170’ to the<br />
nest box, with the female entering the box while the chicks were removed for banding.<br />
Approximately 40 3M staff and other viewers observed the banding below the tower for this site’s<br />
first successful nesting. The male chick was found dead on 7/13/06 near 6th and Wabasha in<br />
downtown St. Paul with injuries consistent with colliding with a building. First year nesting<br />
attempted: <strong>2006</strong>; total young produced: 2.<br />
41. SP-I-494 Bridge (Wakota Bridge), South St. Paul, Washington County, Minnesota.<br />
(aka Dakota Bridge) In 2003, four eggs were laid on this bridge that was then undergoing heavy<br />
reconstruction, but none hatched. Last season, 2005, a pair was present, male MNDOT b/r *D/C,<br />
fledged in 1997 Mendota Bridge in Ft. Snelling State Park and an unbanded one-year-old female,<br />
but no nesting occurred. This year, the same male was again present and a new female, fouryear-old<br />
Trudy b/g 41/B, 2002 fledge from NSP Monticello, Monticello. The pair nested on a<br />
center beam over the river, where a piece of plywood had been left behind. A single female chick<br />
was banded on June 9, with the considerable assistance from Mark Pribula and Bill Wald of MN<br />
DOT and their crews doing the reconstruction and demolition of the old bridge. The young<br />
female fledged successfully in late June. It is not known at this time if the bridge will remain for<br />
another year or not, due to financial costs of the bridgework. First year nesting attempted: 2003;<br />
total young produced: 1.<br />
42. LE-Finn Church, two miles northeast of Tofte, Cook County, Minnesota. Fallon<br />
reports that a pair of birds was observed at the site in late April. The pair nested here for the<br />
second consecutive year. The adult female is an unbanded bird, and the male is three-year-old<br />
Chuck b/g 81/P, fledged in 2003 from North Shore Mining, Silver Bay, and here for the second<br />
year. Two eggs were observed in mid May, but by June 1, it was discovered that the cliff face<br />
had fallen into Lake Superior, which has happens frequently at this site. The pair remained on<br />
territory through the summer. Student naturalist Tiffany Smith from Wolf Ridge ELC assisted<br />
with observations at this site. First year nesting attempted: 1993; total young produced: 17.<br />
43. LE-<strong>Midwest</strong> Plaza, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Jackie Fallon<br />
discovered that eight-year-old adult female b/r *E/X, fledged in 1998 in Des Moines, Iowa was<br />
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paired bigamously with three-year-old adult male Younger b/g 04/N, simultaneously the breeding<br />
male at the Multifoods Tower (site #3), just one block to the northwest of this site. This behavior<br />
was confirmed on several occasions during incubation when Younger was seen leaving the box<br />
on the SE corner of the 50th floor of the Multifoods Tower and arriving at the tray on the 22nd<br />
floor on the south side of the <strong>Midwest</strong> Plaza building. Food deliveries were also observed by this<br />
male to both females at the two separate sites. Eight eggs were laid by *E/X, none of which<br />
hatched. This site is 38 floors lower and 100 yards south and west of the nest box on the<br />
Multifoods Tower. Observations of the bigamous behavior were made possible by access to the<br />
adjoining Medical Arts roof where observations could be done of both sites simultaneously. First<br />
year nesting attempted: 2004; total young produced: 5.<br />
44. LE-Space Tower, State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. Donnelle<br />
Burlingame discovered a pair of peregrines using the nest box atop the Space Tower ride in late<br />
March. The male was identified by Mark Martell to be five-year-old Gold b/g 90/H, a 2001<br />
fledge from the NSP High Bridge, St. Paul. He previously was paired with the current female at<br />
the Minneapolis City Hall site in 2004, producing 2 young that year. The Space Tower female<br />
this year was banded b/g, but no further ID could be made. Three eggs were laid but did not<br />
hatch. In 1998 a pair of birds produced eggs here that failed to hatch, and in 2000 a pair was<br />
present at the site without any known egg production. This site has not produced any live young<br />
to date, but appears to be somewhat attractive to peregrines. First year nesting attempted: 1998;<br />
total young produced: 0.<br />
45. NB-Interchange Building, I-394 and Hwy. 169, Golden Valley, Hennepin County,<br />
Minnesota. New to the site was male Mike b/g D/22, a 2004 fledge from Lock and Dam 1,<br />
Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the female was an unbanded adult, believed from photos to be the<br />
same female as in 2005 as reported by Jackie Fallon. The female disappeared from the site in mid<br />
April. A nest box was installed by Dean Lerch and his staff with a camera shortly before the<br />
female disappeared, but no nesting occurred. The male was observed throughout the summer<br />
using the building. First year nesting attempted: 2005; total young produced: 0.<br />
46. NB-North Central Life (aka Bremer Building), St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.<br />
Throughout the winter, four-year-old Jill b/g 50/B, fledged in 2002 at a cliff at Castle Rock,<br />
Wisconsin, and here for the third year, paired with twelve-year-old four-toed Sota b/r 8/*E, here<br />
for the ninth year. They were observed on territory, even making a fresh scrape in the nest box by<br />
April 5. However, within a week of the scrape, the pair left this site and moved two miles to the<br />
northeast to the 3M Water Tower (site #39) and set up nesting at the water tower site. It is not<br />
known if the pair left the box due to disturbances in 2005 during incubation and hatching to the<br />
building or parasite infestation. No other birds were observed through the summer or fall at this<br />
site. It will be interesting to see if peregrines will utilize this site in the future, as they have since<br />
1988. First year nesting attempted: 1989; total young produced: 46.<br />
47. NB-Homer Cliff, Homer, Winona County, Minnesota. For the second year, Bob<br />
Anderson observed falcons defending this cliff. No evidence of nesting was observed. In 2005, a<br />
single female wearing a gold band was seen at this site.<br />
48. NB-NSP Riverside Plant, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Bob Anderson<br />
reports the same unfortunate scenario as has played out now for the fourth year in a row, wherein<br />
female Speedy b /g / is displaced by a non-reproductive unbanded female, after a fierce fight.<br />
Six-year-old male Malik b/g 5/*9 is but a bystander.<br />
49. NB-Lock and Dam #9, Lynxville, Crawford County, Wisconsin. New Site. Bob<br />
Anderson and Neil Rettig found a one-year-old female, banding status undetermined, paired with<br />
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an unbanded adult male. Neil reported seeing one of the pair chasing a bald eagle away from the<br />
cliff face. The pair was present until the end of June.<br />
50. NB-Mankato Concrete Plant, Blue Earth County, Minnesota. In December <strong>2006</strong>, it was<br />
reported to Jackie Fallon by a reliable Mankato resident that a pair of peregrines had been on<br />
territory throughout the summer, but no young were observed. However, during the multiple trips<br />
that Fallon took during the spring and early summer, she was only able to observe an unbanded<br />
adult female in the area. The banding status of the male is unknown.<br />
51. NB-Taconite Harbor, Cook County, Minnesota. A pair of adult peregrines was known<br />
to be in the area this season. No positive identification was made on either bird and it is not known<br />
for sure if they successfully produced any young. First year nesting attempted: 2004; total young<br />
produced: 5.<br />
52. NB-Agate Bay Ore Docks, Two Harbors, Lake County, Minnesota. Dave Evans<br />
reports that a pair of adult peregrines was seen at this site this spring and observed copulating on<br />
April 20. Unfortunately, access to the site is limited and we have no further information at this<br />
time about any young produced.<br />
[Bovey Mine, Bovey, Itasca County, Minnesota. No information was available on the identification<br />
of the adults or of possible young produced.]<br />
[Hull Rust Mine, Hibbing, St. Louis County, Minnesota. No information was obtained regarding<br />
activity at this site in <strong>2006</strong>.]<br />
WISCONSIN<br />
In <strong>2006</strong> in Wisconsin there were 22 nesting attempts, 21 of which were known successful peregrine<br />
nests and produced a total of 65 young (3.09 yg./successful nest). Eleven nests were located along the<br />
Lake Michigan shoreline, eight along the Mississippi River (four on cliffs), two inland nests and one<br />
site in the Fox Valley. Once again power plants comprised nearly half (48%) of the successful nests<br />
and produced over half (51%) of the young.<br />
53. SP-Miller Brewery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. An unbanded adult<br />
female was present here once again with a new adult male. The new male was identified by Greg<br />
Septon as Herbert (b/g) 80/N produced at the WE Energies Valley Power Plant in Milwaukee in<br />
2004. Four eggs were laid and two young of each sex were banded on June 12, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
54. SP-Froedtert Malt, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Greg Septon reported that<br />
the adult male here appeared to be fourteen-year-old Leopold b/r C/D, a captive-produced peregrine<br />
released at Pleasant Prairie, WI in 1992, and present here since 1994. The adult female was Raynie<br />
b/r A/*H, a 1995 wpr female from Chicago. This was Raynie’s 9th year at this site. From four eggs<br />
laid, two young were produced. They were banded, a male and female on June 7, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
55. SP-WEPCO Oak Creek Power Plant, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Greg<br />
Septon & Rose Dehli report ten-year-old Atlanta b/r L/*C was here for her 8th year. “Griffin” b/r<br />
5/*D her former mate was replaced by a new adult male identified as six-year-old Scott b/g M/Y.<br />
Scott was produced at Milwaukee’s Froedtert Malt Complex in 2000. Scott had nested at the Racine<br />
County Courthouse since 2002 but as indicated below (#57) has now been replaced. Four eggs were
laid, one disappeared, two of the remaining three hatched. One chick died on day one after hatching<br />
and the other, a male, was banded on June 7, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
56. SP-WEPCO Valley Power Plant, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Greg<br />
Septon, Bill Holton and Bob Meidl report that the adult female here was once again four-year-old<br />
Liberty b/g 0/*T, nesting here for her third year. The adult male was not identified. They laid and<br />
hatched four eggs, and two males and two females were banded on May 30, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
57. SP-WEPCO Port Washington Power Plant, Port Washington, Ozaukee County,<br />
Wisconsin. The adult female, Whitney 6/*E was lost to an accident at the end of the 2005 season.<br />
Greg Septon reported an adult pair of falcons was present here until mid-April when an immature<br />
female arrived and displaced the adult female. This immature female laid a single egg on April 24th.<br />
On May 3rd, a new banded adult female was on site. Now paired with eight-year-old male Flaps b/r<br />
8/*T, this new female laid her first of three eggs on May 11th in the nest box next to the previously<br />
laid egg. She was identified on June 2nd as Icon b/g 50/D produced at the LTV Steel site in<br />
Cleveland, OH in ’04. Two young hatched and two young were banded, one each sex, on July 12.<br />
The single egg from the immature female did not hatch.<br />
58. SP-WPL Edgewater Generating Station, Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Greg<br />
Septon and Joe McClurg report the adult female here was Liberty b/r E/*D. This was ten-year-old<br />
Liberty’s 9th year at Edgewater. The adult male was not identified, but he wears a b/g band. Six eggs<br />
were laid between March 31 – April 8, five hatched and four young were banded on June 2, <strong>2006</strong>,<br />
two males and two females. On June 22, Liberty was found dead in the switchyard at this site. She<br />
nested at Edgewater since 1998 producing a total of 33 young (3.7/year).<br />
59. SP-Busch Agricultural Resources Complex, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.<br />
Greg Septon and Rise’ Sieben reported the adult female here was five-year-old b/g 7/*U produced in<br />
2001 at the New Center in Detroit, MI. This was her second year at this site. The adult male has not<br />
been identified. Five eggs were laid, four hatched and four young, one male and three females were<br />
banded on May 25th, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
60. SP-WPS Pulliam Power Plant, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin. Greg Septon<br />
reported that the adult female here was three-year-old Beth b/g 25/B. She was produced in 2003 at<br />
the <strong>Midwest</strong> Generation Power Plant in Waukegan, IL. The adult male remains unidentified. Four<br />
eggs were laid, three hatched, and two males were banded on May 25, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
61. SP-WEPCO Pleasant Prairie Power Plant, Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.<br />
Greg Septon and Bob Reske reported that the adult female here was eight-year-old Breezer b/r *R/*2<br />
produced in 1998 at the U.S. Steel site in Gary, IN. This was Breezer’s 8th year at P4. Greg Septon<br />
finally identified the adult male as Duke b/r 1/*P produced in 1998 at Milwaukee’s Landmark on the<br />
Lake apartment building. The nest box on the old chimney was closed off in January when the nest<br />
box inside the new chimney was finished. By March, the pair had located and occupied their new<br />
box. Five eggs were laid and five male young were banded on May 25, <strong>2006</strong>. Female Breezer laid<br />
two eggs at age one, four her second year, five in 2001, 2002, 2003, four in 2004, five in 2005, and<br />
five again in <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
62. SP-Racine County Courthouse, Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin. Greg Septon reported<br />
that the adult female here was once again five-year-old Lily b/g 56/A hatched in 2001 at the Firstar<br />
Bank in Cedar Rapids, IA. Scott b/g M/Y, who was at this site since 2002, was replaced by a new<br />
unidentified adult male. Scott is now paired with Atlanta at the Oak Creek Power Plant. They laid<br />
four eggs and four males were banded on June 7, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
63. SP-Cargill Malt Complex, Jefferson County, Jefferson, Wisconsin. Greg Septon and Pete<br />
Dempsey reported that an adult pair of falcons was nesting once again at this site. The female was<br />
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three-year-old Smokey b/g 82/Awho was produced at the Edgewater Generating Station in<br />
Sheboygan, WI in 2003 and was nesting here for the third year. The adult male is banded b/g. Five<br />
eggs were laid, four hatched, and four young were banded on June 12, <strong>2006</strong>, three males and one<br />
female.<br />
64. SP-Rothschild-WPS Weston Power Plant. New Site. Greg Septon and Tom McLean<br />
reported an unbanded female paired with a b/g adult male. Four eggs were laid and four young were,<br />
two males and two females, were banded on May 31, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
65. SP-NSP-Dairyland Genoa Power Plant, Genoa, Vernon County, Wisconsin (aka:<br />
Dairyland Power Cooperative, Genoa, WI). Bob Anderson and John Thiel reported that ten-year-old<br />
female Scooter b/r U/W, here for the ninth year, paired with six-year-old male Rich b/g 21/H, his<br />
third year here. Four eggs were laid and four young were banded, three females and one male, the<br />
same sex ratio as last year.<br />
66. SP-Maiden Rock, Pepin County, Wisconsin. Bob Anderson reported that seven-year-old<br />
male Gunnar, hacked at Effigy Mounds National Monument in 1999 and identified here in October<br />
2004, paired with an unbanded adult female. They fledged two female young.<br />
67. SP-Castle Rock, Buffalo County, Wisconsin (aka: Castle Rock cliff Trempealeau County,<br />
WI). Bob Anderson reported that an unidentified pair fledged three female young. They utilized a<br />
nest box and this was the fifth year of nesting here.<br />
68. SP-Lynxville Cliff, Lynxville, Crawford County, Wisconsin. This was the fourth year this<br />
site has been active. Bob Anderson reported that four-year old male Les b/g 64/K, fledged at Lake<br />
City, Minnesota in 2002, paired with three-year-old Jackie 51/E, daughter of Gunner at Maiden Rock.<br />
They fledged one male and one female. Maggie Jones and David Linton helped keep track of falcon<br />
activity at this site. Dan Berger reminds us that peregrines were fledged here in 1952 and adult<br />
falcons were here in 1953, 1954, and 1956.<br />
69. SP-Nelson Dewey Power Plant, Cassville, Grant County, Wisconsin (aka: Alliant Energy<br />
Nelson Dewey Plant). Bob Anderson, Brett Mandernack, and Dave Kester reported that seven-yearold<br />
male G/V was here for his sixth year at this site. His mate was observed to be banded but was not<br />
completely identified (4/E). Two female and one male young were banded. This pair was<br />
confirmed at the nest site on 2/28/06.<br />
70. SP-Kenosha Memorial Hospital, Kenosha County, Kenosha. (aka: United Hospital<br />
System, Kenosha Medical Center). Greg Septon, Bob Springer & Jeff Woller reported that four-yearold<br />
Aaron b/g 80/H, fledged in 2002 at Froedtert Malt, Milwaukee, Wisconsin paired with an<br />
unbanded female, presumed to be the same bird as in 2005. She was caught and banded by Greg<br />
Septon on banding day and is now known as “Maggie b/g M/14”. After failing in 2005, they laid<br />
and hatched four eggs; three males and one female were banded on June 2, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
71. SP-Dairyland Power Cooperative, Alma, Buffalo County, Wisconsin. John Thiel and Bob<br />
Anderson reported that five-year-old female R/A, here for the fourth year, paired with male Mark b/g<br />
23/M, a 2002 fledge from Castle Rock, Trempealeau county, WI. This year, they moved back to<br />
the nest box on the stack, laid four eggs and fledged four young, three males, and one female.<br />
72. SP-U.S. Bank, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. After two seasons of nonbreeding<br />
by falcons in 2004 and 2005, Bob Anderson and Fred Lesher reported that the two falcons<br />
identified in 2005 as then one-year-old female Majestic b/g 43/C, fledged from Colonnade,<br />
Minneapolis, Minnesota, and one-year-old male Lucas b/g 40/N, fledged from Dairyland<br />
Cooperative, Alma, Wisconsin, nested and produced three young, 1 male and two females.<br />
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73. LE-Maassen Bluff, two miles south of Nelson, Buffalo County, Wisconsin. This site was<br />
occupied by an adult male and a one-year-old female, both unidentified. They produced one egg and<br />
it failed to hatch.<br />
74. LE-StoraEnso Kimberly Mill, Outagamie County, Wisconsin. Greg Septon and Bob<br />
Vanthiel reported that four-year-old Louise b/g V/U hatched in 2002 at the Ameren UE Labadie<br />
Power Station in St. Louis, MO and three-year-old Darrel b/g 44/M, a falcon produced in 2003 at the<br />
Busch Agricultural Resources site in Manitowoc, WI were here for their second year in <strong>2006</strong>. Four<br />
eggs were laid, three hatched. Unfortunately, all chicks were lost when a May 11th storm flooded the<br />
nest ledge. A new nest box has been installed at this site which will eliminate any future flooding<br />
problems.<br />
75. NB-Kaukauna- Thilmany Mill – New site -An adult male and an immature female were<br />
on site here this spring although no eggs were laid. Greg Schuh, an employee at the Thilmany site<br />
was able to get a few great shots of the female as well as her bands. She is Nora b/g P/76 wpr<br />
produced in 2005 at the Greysolon Plaza in Duluth, MN, as reported by Greg Septon.<br />
76. NB-Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant, Kewaunee, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. Greg<br />
Septon reports that falcons were present at this site in <strong>2006</strong>, but there is no additional information.<br />
77. NB-WE-Energies Minergy Glass Aggregate Plant, Neenah, Winnebago County,<br />
Wisconsin. Greg Septon and Jan & Ed Schmidt reported a turnover of falcons at this site where<br />
young were produced last year and a new immature female was present for some time this spring.<br />
However, last year’s female Karla b/g 4/*5 returned paired with a new adult male named Thor b/g<br />
76/N who was produced at the Busch Agricultural Resources site in Manitowoc, WI in 2004. Thor<br />
replaces Riot b/g 55/H who nested here last year. Unfortunately with the territorial skirmishes and<br />
turnover of falcons late into the nesting season, eggs were never laid here this year. An unbanded<br />
immature falcon has been seen at this site recently.<br />
78. NB-Fountain City cliffs, Fountain City, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. Doug Wood<br />
got permission for a box to be mounted by Bob Anderson and his crew on the largest cliff here on<br />
June 15, 2005; two falcons were seen defending the next box in <strong>2006</strong>, but no nesting occurred.<br />
79. NB-Alma Marina Cliff, Alma, Buffalo County, Wisconsin. Bob Anderson reported that<br />
falcons were seen at this site.<br />
[Firstar Center, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Greg Septon reports that this site has<br />
remained unproductive since Sibella (20V) ended her 15-year presence here in ‘03. <strong>Peregrine</strong>s have<br />
been observed here regularly but no nesting attempt was made in ‘06. Once again, it may be that the<br />
Liberty (b/g) O/*T (who is very aggressive) who is nesting at the nearby Valley Power Plant is<br />
commanding a much larger territory than other falcons in the past and preventing another nesting<br />
from occurring at the nearby US Bank.]<br />
[Hoan Bridge, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. This site, discovered in 1999 after the<br />
young had just fledged, has not been occupied since.]<br />
[West Bluff, Pepin County, Wisconsin. After successful nesting in 2005, this site was unoccupied in<br />
<strong>2006</strong>.]
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MICHIGAN<br />
Information for Michigan was reported by Tim Payne and Ray Rustem<br />
80. SP-New Center / Fisher Building, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Tim Payne reports<br />
three young, two males and one female, were banded on June 1, <strong>2006</strong>. Names of the adults were<br />
given as Mauma and Alpha (possibly a 2001 fledge from Columbus, Ohio).<br />
81. SP-Consumers Energy Campbell Plant, Port Sheldon, Ottawa County, Michigan. Third<br />
year for this site. Four young, one male and three females were banded on June 7, <strong>2006</strong>. No<br />
information on adult identities given.<br />
82. SP-Consumers Energy B. C. Cobb Plant, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan. Three<br />
young, two males and one female, were banded on June 7, <strong>2006</strong>. No information on adult identities<br />
given.<br />
83. SP-Grand Haven Board of Light and Power, Sims Plant, Grand Haven, Ottawa County,<br />
Michigan. Three young were fledged from this site. Two females and one male. All three were<br />
banded as reported by Ray Rustem.<br />
84. SP-Detroit Edison Power Plant, Raisin River, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan. Ray<br />
Rustem reports that three young were hatched with one male found dead on 5/25. The remaining two<br />
females were banded. One adult was identified as eleven-year-old Leopold, a 1995 fledge from<br />
Columbus; the other is unknown.<br />
85. SP-Blue Water Bridge, Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan. Second year for this site.<br />
Three young, one male and two females were banded on June 8, <strong>2006</strong>. Male has been identified as<br />
Dubya hatched and reared in Manitowoc, WI. Female is Tonga hatched Mississauga, Ontario in<br />
2003, according to Ray Rustem. Both adults were three years old.<br />
86. SP-Whittier Apartments, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Three-year-old Miriam bl<br />
89/H, fledged in 2003 at Toronto, Ontario, paired with seven-year-old male Allegro V/G had a clutch<br />
of three eggs and produced two female young. They were banded on May 25, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
87. SP-Book / Ameritech / SBC, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Ray Rustem reports that<br />
two young were fledged here this year. The female parent was again eight-year-old Sara *3/Y. The<br />
male peregrine is seven-year-old Gregory who fledged from Jackson State Prison in Chicago.<br />
88. SP-University of Detroit Mercy, Bell Tower, Detroit, Michigan. As reported in 2005,<br />
Ray Rustem reported that in <strong>2006</strong>, three young were found after fledging. They were not banded<br />
and their parents were not identified.<br />
89. SP-Spartan Stadium, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan.<br />
No activity was reported at this site, although Dr. James Sikarskie reports seeing a young peregrine<br />
on the Crop and Soil Science building in August. We will continue to evaluate this site.<br />
90. SP-National Steel, River Rouge, Wayne County, Michigan. Ray Rustem reported that<br />
three young were verified as fledging from this site. Two males, one female. They were not<br />
accessible for banding.<br />
91. LE-Board of Water and Light power plant / Michigan National Bank / State Capitol,<br />
Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan. Ray Rustem reports that nine-year-old female Stelco bl 4/S and<br />
six-year-old male Alimak G/C nested at the Board of Water and Light Power plant. Five eggs were<br />
laid. The nest failed.
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92. LE-Macomb County Building, Mt. Clements, Macomb County, Michigan. Ray Rustem<br />
reports that four eggs laid none of which hatched.<br />
93. NB- Bell Tower, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co. New Site. A pair<br />
of peregrines established a territory at this site. Breeding activity was observed but no eggs were<br />
laid. Female is banded, potentially from the Toledo area.<br />
94. NB-Federal Center building, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. Ray Rustem<br />
provided information that two birds were reported in downtown but no nests were found. Female is<br />
banded and male is unbanded.<br />
95. NB-Grand Rapids, Michigan. According to John Will, a pair of adult birds was present in<br />
downtown Grand Rapids for virtually all of <strong>2006</strong> -- possibly the same pair as '04 and '05 but<br />
unconfirmed. Based on their behavior they very likely nested twice -- in March and May, both<br />
unsuccessfully -- though nest sites were unconfirmed. Their lack of success was, once<br />
again, probably due to the absence of a reasonably well located nest box. Last fall, a new nest box<br />
was put in place atop the McKay Tower in the same location as our hacking box in the mid-'80.!<br />
Hopefully, the nest box first put up by the State Office Building a year ago has now been moved to a<br />
more favorable location atop that building to provide 2 well located nest boxes. The birds continue to<br />
be present and use our entire downtown for roosting.<br />
96. NB-Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, five miles west of Silver City,<br />
Ontonagon County, Michigan. In six visits, Joe Rogers and Barb Rogers observed courtship and it is<br />
thought a pair may be nesting to the west of the original site, according to information relayed by Ray<br />
Rustem.<br />
No information was available for the following Michigan sites in <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
[Mackinaw Bridge, linking Upper and Lower Peninsulas, Michigan]<br />
[Kewaunee Peninsula, Kewaunee County, Michigan]<br />
[Trap Hills, Ontonagon County, Michigan]<br />
[Grand Portal cliff, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Alger County, Michigan]<br />
[Au Train Island, Alger County, Michigan]<br />
[Grand Island, Alger County, Michigan]<br />
SOUTH DAKOTA<br />
[Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. No report of any peregrine activity in <strong>2006</strong>.]<br />
NEBRASKA<br />
97. SP-Woodmen Tower, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. Kari Andresen and Joel<br />
Jorgensen, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, report that twelve-year-old male Zeus X/R<br />
fledged in Rochester NY in 1994, here for the eleventh year, paired again with an unbanded female.<br />
They fledged two male and three female young.
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98. SP-State Capitol Building, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. After failed nesting<br />
attempts in 2003 and 2004, followed by success in 2005, a pair successfully nested again this year.<br />
The male is five-year-old b/g 19/K, fledged in Des Moines, Iowa in 2001 and also here in 2003 and<br />
probably in 2004, and the female was two-year-old bl A/*Y, fledged at Radisson /Delta Winnipeg<br />
Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 2004. One male and two females fledged as reported by Kari<br />
Andresen.<br />
IOWA<br />
99. SP-Firstar Bank (US Bank), Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. Jodeane Cancilla,<br />
Macbride Raptor <strong>Project</strong>, Pat Schlarbaum, and Bruce Ehresman, Iowa DNR, report that eight-yearold<br />
female *S/*5, nesting here for the seventh year, and three-year-old male 78/E, here nesting for<br />
year two, produced four eggs, hatched all four, and fledged four young, three males and a female.<br />
Young hatched around May 8 th and fledged between the 12th and 15th of June <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
100. SP-MidAmerican Energy Corporate Headquarters, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa.<br />
(one of three sites in the Quad Cities). Dave Sebben reports that two seven-year-olds, female 8/*E,<br />
fledged at Muncie, Indiana, in 1999, paired with male P/D, fledged at Dubuque, Iowa, in 1999, and<br />
produced two young.<br />
101. SP-MEC Louisa, Louisa County, Iowa. Jim Haack, MidAmerica Energy, reports that<br />
an unidentified female and an unidentified male, both banded, fledged three young, one male and two<br />
females. One “much younger” male was found dead in the nest box at banding time. This is the fifth<br />
year of successful nesting at this site.<br />
102. SP-Alliant Energy Plant, Chillicothe, Wapello County, Iowa (aka Ottumwa). Judi<br />
Johnson reports that seven-year-old female Z/V and an unidentified male fledged one young.<br />
103. SP-Mississippi bridge, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Local birder, Hal<br />
Geren, reports seeing and hearing two adults and one young peregrine flying in the vicinity of the<br />
bridge throughout July.<br />
104. LE-Waukon Junction Cliff, Waukon Junction, Allamakee County, Iowa. This was the<br />
third year this cliff site was occupied by the same pair. On March 23, Bob Anderson identified both<br />
adults, now three-year-old female Lora 48/E and four-year-old Brady 19/M. Occupying the same<br />
cliff, but a different ledge than in 2005, hatching was observed, however, the nest was lost to<br />
predation, presumably by raccoons.<br />
105. LE-Alliant Energy Lansing / Lansing cliff, Lansing, Allamakee County, Iowa. In<br />
2005, this site was occupied by an unidentified adult female with a b/r band paired with eight-yearold<br />
male Alpha *T/M, nesting here for the seventh year. In <strong>2006</strong>, the pair (not identified) attempted<br />
to nest on the stack, but was disturbed by construction work. They moved over to the nearby cliff<br />
which had been unsuccessful in previous years. Bob Anderson and associates conducted a nest<br />
inspection on May 17th and found evidence of probable raccoon predation.<br />
106. LE-I-280 Bridge Quad Cities, Scott County, Iowa. Local Birder Kelly McKay<br />
reported a pair of falcons on the west pier (Iowa side) of the bridge. Two eggs on concrete were<br />
discovered and placed in a nest tray with pea gravel. There was no further activity reported at this<br />
site.<br />
107. LE-American Republic, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Bruce Ehresman and Pat<br />
Schlarbaum, Iowa DNR, report that an unidentified female laid four eggs on a bare, cold concrete<br />
ledge. Pea gravel was added under them, but the eggs failed to hatch.
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108. NB-I-80 Bridge, Quad Cities, Scott County, Iowa. Pat Schlarbaum reports peregrine<br />
activity at this site in <strong>2006</strong>. Adult pair on site defending, but no young were found. This bridge is 12<br />
miles upstream from Centennial Bridge.<br />
[State Capitol, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Pat Schlarbaum reports that this site was not active<br />
in <strong>2006</strong> and has not been active since 2004.]<br />
ILLINOIS<br />
Mary Hennen notes that this completes the 21st year of peregrine restoration in the<br />
Chicago area. Lincoln Park Zoo, Shedd Aquarium, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and SOAR<br />
have provided help in monitoring sites, banding young, taking blood samples, and care for<br />
injured birds. Web cams at the <strong>Midwest</strong> Generation Plant and Evanston Public Library were<br />
great successes this year as well as the expedition website.<br />
109. SP-Jackson Street Prison, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. This is the ninth year for a<br />
nest here, again in an inaccessible area. Both adults were identified this year, the male being sixyear-old<br />
b/g 5/*E from Milwaukee (2000) and the female nine-year-old Hercules b/r*D/W from<br />
Minneapolis (1997).All four young were grounded at fledging allowing recovery for banding.<br />
Female young K/42 was grounded a second time and contracted aspergillosis, a fungal disease of the<br />
respiratory system; she was euthanized. Male E/34 was also retained at SOAR and ultimately<br />
released on July 28, <strong>2006</strong> at Lockport. Another adult female that had been present at the site in 2004<br />
was identified from photographs as b/r 4/*K, according to Mary Hennen.<br />
110. SP-Uptown Theatre, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Sixth year for this site. Mary<br />
Hennen reported that five-year-old male b/g G/G, here for the fourth year, paired with nine-year-old<br />
female Zoom *4/H, also here for the fourth year. They nested in a box on a fire escape, laid four<br />
eggs, hatched two, and fledged two males, both banded. An infertile egg was collected at banding<br />
time.<br />
111. SP-<strong>Midwest</strong> Generation, Waukegon, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Mary Hennen<br />
reported that seven-year-old female Fran b/g 5/*X, fledged in 1999 at Hoan Bridge, Milwaukee,<br />
Wisconsin, and nesting here since 2001 (although band not read in 2004), paired with an unidentified<br />
male. They produced four eggs, hatched all four, and fledged four young, two of each sex. This is<br />
the sixth year for this building site.<br />
112. SP-5821 Broadway, Irving Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Mary Hennen<br />
reported that seven-year-old female Auntie Em b/g 5/*P, here in 2004 and probably 2003, paired with<br />
nine-year-old Tracy b/r *P/M, fledged here in 1997 and also here at 5821 Broadway in 2004 (not<br />
male L/N, erroneously reported in the 2004 report). Five eggs were laid, four were banded on June 9,<br />
<strong>2006</strong> and fledged, two males and two females.<br />
113. SP-Pilson Park, Throop Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Fifth year for this site.<br />
Mary Hennen reports that six-year-old male b/g L/N and an unidentified female b/g 0/, produced<br />
four eggs. Three, hatched and three young, two males and one female were banded. Male K/31<br />
(banded as a female, though found later to be a male), was recovered with a broken leg and was<br />
undergoing rehabilitation at SOAR.<br />
114. SP-Evanston Library, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois. Mary Hennen reports that the<br />
unidentified male, paired with a female, two-year-old b/g 64/D, fledged in 2004 at Firstar Bank,
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, here for her second year. Four eggs were laid; three hatched and three fledged,<br />
two males and one female. They were banded on June 12, <strong>2006</strong>. Two of the three were grounded<br />
and replaced shortly after fledging.<br />
115. SP-St. Michael’s, Old Town neighborhood, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Second<br />
year for this site. Adult female two-year-old Sadie b/g 75/E, fledged in 2003 at IPL Stout Plant,<br />
Indianapolis, Indiana, who died on Feb 10, <strong>2006</strong> from an apparent skirmish with another new female,<br />
was replaced by the victor two – year- old Kelliwatt 60/D from Aberdeen OH (2004) She paired<br />
with three-year-old male Hops 58/M, fledged in 2003 at Miller Brewery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<br />
They laid four eggs and hatched four, two of each sex. Three of the young were accessible for<br />
banding, the fourth E/31 grounded at fledging and was then banded.<br />
116. SP-125 S. Wacker, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. After being unoccupied in 2005,<br />
following the death of both adults in 2004, a pair was present in <strong>2006</strong>. The female is five-year-old<br />
Rahn b/g 01/A from Sheboygan WI and the male is four-year-old Etienne from Etobicoke Canada.<br />
They laid eggs and hatched four young, three males and a female. They were banded on May 31,<br />
<strong>2006</strong>. Three of the four young were grounded during fledging and returned. E/23 repeatedly<br />
grounded, and after a brief sojourn at SOAR was released at Lockport on July 28, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
117. LE-Lawndale, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Third year for this site. Mary Hennen<br />
reported that two adults, male Dave b/g 14/K and female Nitz b/g s/*Y, both five-years-old were<br />
present and seen copulating in April. An infertile egg was collected on May 24th<br />
118. LE-University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Eighth year for<br />
this site. Nine-year-old female Rosie b/r *6/D and an unidentified male. They laid four eggs, two of<br />
which were rolled off the nest ledge by the adults. The other two apparently did not hatch, according<br />
to Mary Hennen.<br />
119. NB-Lakeview, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Mary Hennen reports that a pair of<br />
peregrines was seen here periodically in spring and throughout the season. No nesting was<br />
attempted.<br />
[96th Street and Skyway Bridge, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Mary Hennen reports that workers<br />
at Execelon Corporation observed two immature birds at this site. No information about the adults.]<br />
[Hyde Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Mary Hennen reports that there was no nesting activity<br />
here in <strong>2006</strong>, following two failed nesting attempts in 2005 by Magnolia black 22R and male b/g S/T,<br />
a mother and son pairing. A single unidentified bird was seen here periodically during the summer<br />
season.]<br />
[“River Birds” Various sites near Execu-Stay Marriot / Allerton Hotel / Palmolive Building / 225<br />
West Wacker, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Mary Hennen reports that though birds were seen in<br />
the neighborhood utilized in 2005 early in the year, no birds were present past February <strong>2006</strong>. The<br />
female at this site in 2005, Rahn b/g 01/A was identified as the female at the Wacker site.]<br />
INDIANA<br />
John Castrale, IN DNR, collected the Indiana peregrine information. Thirteen sites were active<br />
in <strong>2006</strong>, with the addition of new nests at Mittal Steel West (East Chicago) and US Steel (Gary) and<br />
inactivity at one of the bridge sites at Cline Avenue (East Chicago). Banding of 23 chicks occurred at
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9 sites and 30 checks fledged from 12 sites. Comparatively, during 2005, 12 sites were active in<br />
Indiana and 9 sites were successful in producing 29 young falcons; 25 chicks were banded. The<br />
Wheatfield site had 5 chicks (one eventually died prior to fledging), only the third time an Indiana<br />
pair has attempted to raise this many chicks. <strong>Falcon</strong> cams can be viewed at:<br />
http://www.aep.com/go/<strong>Falcon</strong>Cam (Fort Wayne), http://blogs.indystar.com/falconblog/<br />
(Indianapolis) and http://www.nisource.com/enviro/falcon.asp (Wheatfield).<br />
121. SP-One Summit Square, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Twelve-year-old female<br />
Freedom U/*8, eleventh year nesting at this site, paired again with eleven-year-old male Roosevelt<br />
R/*4, his tenth year here. Egg laying commenced on March 16th and four were laid. Two chicks<br />
hatched on March 25th and 26th. Two females were banded on May 19th; the desiccated remains of<br />
one (M/65) was later found on July 12th.<br />
122. SP-Market Tower, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. John Castrale, Richard<br />
Kinnett, and Laura James-Reim, reported that thirteen-year-old male Kinney 7/*3, here for the<br />
twelfth year, paired for the fifth year with eight-year-old Chantal *B/*C (aka KathyQ). This site is<br />
under camera surveillance. Four eggs were laid beginning on March 11th. They endured heavy<br />
snow in the box on March 21 and three eggs hatched beginning on April 18th. Three young, 1 male<br />
and two females were banded on May 12th and the unhatched egg was collected. One of the females<br />
was retrieved from the street on 6/3 and returned to the 31st floor. She was found dead after being hit<br />
by a vehicle on 7/7. Over the 12 years of nesting here, 42 young have fledged, a remarkable 3.5 per<br />
year, all sired by Kinney 7/*3.<br />
123. SP-Cline Avenue at Lake Michigan, East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana. Eighteenth<br />
year for this site. This site, the first in Indiana, has produced 53 young peregrines in 18 years, 2.79<br />
per year. It is a very long overland bridge. In 2004, it was finally determined that birds were nesting<br />
simultaneously in the original recess under the elevated expressway, as well as in an expansion joint<br />
about 400 yards from the original site. During 2004 and 2005, two females (both with bands) and<br />
never more than one unbanded male were observed at this location. Eight-year-old female *U/3,<br />
nesting here since 2002 but not identified in 2003 was found dead at nearby Inland Steel on<br />
November 8, 2005. Remaining female was eleven-year-old female Laurie b/r E/*H, nesting for her<br />
seventh year, two of which were at Wheatfield in 1998 and 1999 and unaccounted for in 2002, but<br />
possibly at Cline Avenue, paired with an unbanded male, as reported by Skip Gehring. Access to the<br />
site was attempted on May 30th by John Castrale, but the two nearly fledged chicks could not be<br />
reached. The second nest site showed no sign of recent use.<br />
124. SP-NIPSCO Schahfer Plant, Wheatfield, Jasper County, Indiana. This is the ninth<br />
year of occupancy for this site. John Castrale and Tony DiPaolo reported that seven-year-old female<br />
Latesha Z/K, here for the sixth year, paired again with ten-year-old male Rollin K/*8, here for the<br />
ninth year. Five eggs were produced by April 11th, the first of which was seen by nest camera on<br />
March 21st. Five chicks hatched and were banded, three females and two males on May 23rd. On<br />
June 1, one bird was recovered with facial injury and subsequently died. Another was recovered with<br />
minor soft tissue injury and was released on June 13th. On July 24, <strong>2006</strong>, another young, M/72, was<br />
found dead from head injuries according to John Castrale.<br />
125. SP-NIPSCO Plant, Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana. This is the eleventh year<br />
for this site. John Castrale and Jeff Neumeier reported that eight-year-old female Cloud Dancer<br />
*B/*G fledged in Green Bay, here for the seventh year, and eleven-year-old Uncle Billy 3/*B fledged<br />
in Milwaukee, his eleventh year here, fledged one of each in early June. An unhatched egg was also<br />
collected at banding time on May 22nd.
126. SP-Tower Building, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. Carole Riewe and John<br />
Castrale reported that female Guinevere 79/E, banded here in 2003 as an adult, paired with sevenyear-old<br />
male Zephyr b/r *9/*A, here since 2003. Four eggs were laid between March 20th and<br />
March 27th. Three chicks, two males and one female, were banded on May 22nd. M/67 was<br />
retrieved post-fledging with a fractured wing tip on June 12th; rehabilitated and released on July<br />
23rd; prone to injury or perhaps just bad luck, he was found injured in NW Ohio (Williams Co.) on<br />
August 6th, he entered training by a falconer and was released around November 1st. On July 27,<br />
<strong>2006</strong>, another young, E/71, was recovered in South Bend with a fractured ulna and sent to a<br />
rehabilitation facility according to John Castrale.<br />
127. SP-U.S. Steel (sinter plant), Gary, Lake County, Indiana. Seven-year-old female<br />
Crystal X/*K, here for the sixth year, paired with three-year-old Brook b/g 47/H, fledged in 2003 at<br />
Monroe, Michigan and here for his second year after replacing his grandfather, Vulcan in what may<br />
have been a hostile takeover in 2005. Mark Happer observed the pair (female bands read) on 3/17 at<br />
one of the empty nest boxes. Four eggs were in the box on 4/10 and 5/3. Ted Weitzel noted at least<br />
2 chicks on 5/8. Four eggs hatched. Only 3 chicks were in the box on 5/23. They were banded 5/30,<br />
two males and one female, all of whom fledged.<br />
128. SP-NIPSCO Bailly Plant / Mittal Bethlehem Steel / Cargill, Porter, Porter County,<br />
Indiana. This is the eleventh year for this site. After switching among five sites at three locations in<br />
the past ten years, this pair moved back to a smokestack at the Bailly Plant after nesting at Mittall’s<br />
Bethlehem Steel plant the previous two years. Eleven-year-old Barb b/r E/*L, her ninth year, paired<br />
with thirteen-year-old Bailly, b/r 4/9, his eleventh year here. On 4/24, Jeff Neumeier approached the<br />
nest box at the Bailly plant and was greeted by an aggressive pair. Four eggs were observed in that<br />
box on 4/26. Three eggs and one recently hatched egg were found on 5/22. The female chick was<br />
banded and one was egg retrieved on 6/12.<br />
129. SP-BP Amoco, Whiting, Lake County, Indiana. This is the third year for this site.<br />
John Castrale and Steve Hopman report that four-year-old female Nancy b/g 5/*4 wild-produced in<br />
Waukegon, IL in 2002, paired with male g/b B/18, the closest they’ve come yet to identifying the<br />
male. Steve Hopman reported both birds in nest box on 3/23 with no eggs and four eggs by 4/4. The<br />
female was observed in the box with 4 eggs on 4/17. Three chicks and 1 egg were noted on May<br />
4th. Two chicks were banded on 5/30 and the adult male's band briefly noted. The female was<br />
captured. One chick (E/81) was found dead on July 3rd with burnt feet.<br />
130. SP-Southside Landfill / IPL Stout (Harding St.) Plant, Indianapolis, Marion County,<br />
Indiana. This is the fifth year for this site. An unbanded one-year-old female paired with ten-yearold<br />
Orion b/r L/*8 here for at least his fourth year. On March 8th, an adult was perched near the nest<br />
site at the Southside Landfill where nesting took place last year. On the same day, no signs of<br />
peregrines were observed at the Stout Plant where a new nest box was placed last fall. On March<br />
19th, Richard Kinnett saw the pair at the box at the Stout Plant and no birds at the Southside landfill.<br />
Both adults (b/r L/ band was observed) were present on March 22nd at the Stout plant and the empty<br />
nest box had evidence of a scrape. On March 30th and April 5th, no birds were observed at the Stout<br />
plant, but the female spent most of her time at the nesting tube at the Southside landfill with the male<br />
(unbanded) perched nearby. Access to the Southside Landfill was denied after April 5th, when the<br />
building was being demolished. On April 20 and April 21, a pair was seen at the Stout Plant nest<br />
box. The nest box at Stout Plant was checked on May 12 and contained four eggs, likely a renesting<br />
attempt after disruption at the Southside Landfill. Three chicks (one runt) were observed on June 5.<br />
Two chicks were banded on June 19th, 1 male and 1 female; one unhatched egg was collected.<br />
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131. SP-Inland Steel (aka Mittal Steel – Indiana Harbor East), East Chicago, Lake County,<br />
Indiana. This site has been active for at least 12 years, but monitoring is difficult because the nest<br />
box cannot be accessed due to safety concerns and the adults are always quite distant. The adults<br />
(left b/g on one, right b/g on the other) are likely here for the second year. Robert Page noted adults<br />
entering the nest box as early as March 22nd. John Castrale observed two banded males interacting<br />
aggressively on May 9th. Finally, on June 12th, three 5-week old chicks were perched at the nest box<br />
with an adult nearby and likely fledged within the next week.<br />
132. SP- Mittal Steel - Indiana Harbor West, East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana – New<br />
Site (3rd year in use, but first report – two chicks reported fledged each in 2004 and 2005). Adults -<br />
unidentified but at least one with a green band. At the end of the summer, John Castrale received a<br />
call about possible solutions for falcons attacking workers at this steel plant. Although he had not yet<br />
visited the site, descriptions by John Zellers convinced him that peregrines were nesting on an I-beam<br />
on the BOF (Basic Oxygen Furnace) and three chicks fledged in <strong>2006</strong>. Young unbanded falcons<br />
have been retrieved in this area in previous years, but they were attributed to birds from nearby nest<br />
sites at Cline Avenue and Inland Steel. A nest box will be installed during the winter.<br />
133. LE- US Steel (pre-carb plant), Gary, Lake County, Indiana. New Site. Neither adult<br />
was identified or even determined to be banded at this site. A pair and nest (3 eggs) in a soot-filled<br />
gutter was first reported by Mark Happer on April 20th, 1 mile east of the nest at the sinter plant. The<br />
nest abandoned by May 15th. Eggs were still present on May 23rd and both adults were observed<br />
from a distance. A nest box was erected nearby in the fall.<br />
[Kokomo Gas and Power, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana. After the gas tower, where a<br />
pair nested from 2001 to 2003, was imploded in the fall of 2003, a nest box was placed at the nearby<br />
Daimler-Chrysler Plant. On June 5 th , <strong>2006</strong> various sites were checked but no sign of peregrines were<br />
observed. A nest box at the Chrysler-Daimler plant was removed last year, according to John<br />
Castrale.].<br />
OHIO<br />
Dave Scott, Ohio DNR, collected the Ohio peregrine information. In summary:<br />
-Division of Wildlife staff and volunteers identified 20 pairs around the state, including a<br />
new pair on the I-480 Bridge in southern Cuyahoga County<br />
-Eighteen territorial pair nested (pairs in Lorain & at the I-480 Bridge were not known<br />
to have nested this year)<br />
-Nineteen nesting attempts were made by these 18 pairs (the 1 st nest by the Youngstown<br />
pair failed; their 2 nd nest attempt was successful)<br />
-Approximately 72 eggs were produced in <strong>2006</strong> (this is an estimate since we did not have<br />
complete counts for two nesting attempts)<br />
-Sixty-three eggs hatched<br />
-Sixty-one chicks lived to three weeks of age and were banded
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-Sixty chicks fledged successfully (two of these are currently in rehabilitation and four<br />
are known dead)<br />
-Ohio peregrines fledged 3.33 chicks per successful nest in <strong>2006</strong><br />
134. SP-Commodore Perry Motor Inn, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. Dave Scott and Bill<br />
Roshak, Ohio Division of Wildlife, report that five-year-old female Striker 7/*5, a 2001 fledge from<br />
Cleveland, Ohio, replaced *7/X in April <strong>2006</strong> here for the first year, paired with five-year-old male<br />
Angus bl 6/3, here for the third year. Three eggs were laid in mid-April; one hatched and one was<br />
banded as a male on June 9, <strong>2006</strong>. The young male fledged in early July <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
135. SP-Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Dave Scott and Tom Henry,<br />
Ohio Division of Wildlife, report that seven-year-old female b/r S/*W, here for the fifth year, paired<br />
again with ten-year-old male Buckeye b/r *R/K, here for the seventh year. They produced four eggs<br />
in mid-March, hatched all four, and fledged one male and three females by May 30th.<br />
136. SP-LTV Steel, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Dave Scott and Tom Henry<br />
report that four-year-old female b/r *K/*A, fourth year at this site, paired again with an unbanded<br />
male. They produced four eggs and fledged one male and three females that were banded on May 25,<br />
<strong>2006</strong>.<br />
137. SP-Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Dave Scott and Tom Henry<br />
report that male Flash b/r *3/*H and female Liberty C/W, both seven years old and both here for the<br />
fifth year, hatched four eggs and fledged two males and two females that were banded on May 16,<br />
<strong>2006</strong>.<br />
138. SP-Bohn Building, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Kate b/g 61/C, banded as an<br />
adult last year, paired with an unbanded male. The pair produced three eggs in early April and<br />
fledged three young, two females and a male. They were banded on June 1, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
139. SP-Cuyahoga River I-90 Bridge, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Seventh year<br />
for this site. Five-year-old female Newton b/r 18/A, paired again with three-year-old Bolt b/g 18/P.<br />
Two males and one female were banded on May 25, <strong>2006</strong> and fledged around June 9th. The Ohio<br />
Department of Transportation again provided equipment to reach the nest under the bridge.<br />
140. SP-Hilliard Road Bridge, Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Dave Scott and Tom<br />
Henry report that for the fourth year an unbanded female paired with thirteen-year-old male Buckeye<br />
b/r 3/1, his ninth year at this bridge. They produced four eggs, fledged one of each sex; banding was<br />
on May 21, <strong>2006</strong>. The Ohio Department of Transportation again assisted with the banding by<br />
providing specialized equipment to reach the nest site.<br />
141. SP-Miami Fort Station, Cinergy, Cleves, Hamilton County, Ohio. <strong>Peregrine</strong>s nested at<br />
this power plant, 20 miles west of Cincinnati, for the tenth year. For the fourth year, an unbanded<br />
male paired with eight-year-old female Mary Ellen *B/*B, her seventh year here. Five eggs were<br />
produced again this year for the fifth year in a row; all five hatched, and five young were banded;<br />
three males and one female fledged. The other young male died due to a fall from the nest box prior<br />
to fledging.<br />
142. SP-AT&T Building, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. Dave Scott and Rick Jasper,<br />
Ohio Division of Wildlife, report that sixteen-year-old male Mercury 21X paired for the fifth year<br />
with six-year-old female Snowball 3/*B. Four eggs were laid and two of each sex were banded on<br />
May 17, <strong>2006</strong> – all reported as fledged.<br />
143. SP-First Merit Tower (actually the Landmark Building across the street), Akron,<br />
Summit County, Ohio. Eight-year-old female Chesapeake b/r *P/*S, here for the sixth year, and
eleven-year-old male Bandit b/r 3/*P, here for the tenth year, produced four eggs and hatched four<br />
young, three males and one female. They were banded on May 24, <strong>2006</strong>, and fledged in mid-June.<br />
144. SP-Ironton/Russell Bridge, Lawrence County, Ohio/Greenup County, Kentucky. Both<br />
adults were replaced at this site in <strong>2006</strong>. The male sports a b/g band and the female a green band on<br />
the right leg that Dave Scott reports looks like an anodized USFWS band, neither further identified.<br />
They laid four eggs, and fledged three male young in late June. Banding took place on May 31,<br />
<strong>2006</strong>.<br />
145. SP-Bank One, Canton, Stark County, Ohio. Tom Henry reports that six-year-old male<br />
Maverick b/g R/R, here for the fourth year, paired again with Priscilla b/g 74/C, trapped and banded<br />
as an adult in 2005. Their four eggs all hatched around May 10 and four young fledged, two males<br />
and two females, around June 15, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
146. SP-J.M. Stuart Power Plant, Aberdeen, Brown County, Ohio. Fifth year for this site.<br />
Dave Scott and Diana Malas report that again an unbanded male paired with Pinkie 73/E. They<br />
produced four eggs and fledged four young by June 1st, 1 male and 3 females. Banding occurred on<br />
May 11, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
147. SP-Bank One Building (next door to First National Bank), Lima, Allen County, Ohio.<br />
Four-year-old female Majesty 2/*A paired with three-year-old male 76/E. They produced four eggs,<br />
and fledged two of each sex in late June with banding occurring on May 25, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
148. SP-PNC Bank/Chemed Center, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Dave Scott and<br />
Rick Jasper report that eight-year-old female Princess b/r *B/*S, fledged in 1998 at Manitowoc,<br />
Wisconsin, and most likely here since 2003 when the female was seen to have a black/red band,<br />
paired male Powerhouse 31/K. They produced four eggs, hatched three, and fledged three females.<br />
Banding took place on May 23, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
149. SP-Office Tower, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Dave Scott and Donna Daniel,<br />
Ohio Division of Wildlife, report that three-year-old male Orville 12/P, here for the third year paired<br />
with four-year-old female Victory 2/*1, here for the fourth year (injured in September, fractured ulna,<br />
pinned at OWC, release being contemplated after Jan 1, 2007; new female present at site off and on –<br />
according to Donna Daniel, December 28, <strong>2006</strong>). They produced four eggs and fledged one male and<br />
three females that were banded on May 19, <strong>2006</strong>, and fledged in early June.<br />
150. SP-Stambaugh Building, Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio. This is the second<br />
year for this site. Three-year-old female Stellar b/g 26/E, fledged from LTV Steel, Cleveland, Ohio,<br />
in 2003 paired with three-year-old male b/g *4/*W, fledged in 2003 from the University of Pittsburgh<br />
Cathedral nest site in Pennsylvania (2206-24698). The first nest failed and incubation of the second<br />
clutch of two eggs began in mid-June. One male was banded on August 4, <strong>2006</strong>, and fledged in late<br />
August.<br />
151. SP-Eastlake Power Plant, Eastlake, Lake County, Ohio. This is the second for this<br />
site. Three-year-old female Starbright b/g 19/E, fledged at Miami Fort Station, Cleves, Ohio, paired<br />
with and unidentified male (new male) at this smokestack site. Four eggs were laid by April 11, all<br />
four hatched, two of each sex was banded on June 8, <strong>2006</strong> with fledging occurring in late June.<br />
152. NB-Edgewater Power Plant, Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio. An unbanded female and<br />
two-year-old male Titan b/g 97/P, fledged at Bank One, Canton, Ohio, were present through the<br />
season near a nest box provided on a power plant building but did not nest.<br />
153. NB-Peavey Grain, Huron, Erie County, Ohio. An unbanded male was reported here<br />
throughout much of the nesting season in <strong>2006</strong>. A nest box was provided for the pair on the roof of<br />
this large grain processing facility early in the nesting season but nesting did not occur.<br />
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154. NB-I-480 Bridge over the Cuyahoga River, southern Cuyahoga County – two adult<br />
falcons verified to be using this area; no known nest, according to Dave Scott.<br />
[Ohio River Bridges, Aberdeen, Brown County, Ohio. No report of activity in <strong>2006</strong>]<br />
[BP Refinery, Oregon, Lucas County, Ohio. No report of activity in <strong>2006</strong>.]<br />
Other Sightings & Information:<br />
► Downtown area, Xenia = single bird reported since early March.<br />
► Ohio State University campus, Columbus = single bird reported near the stadium in early March.<br />
► Downtown area, Chillicothe = single bird reported during March.<br />
► Reliant Energy Plant, Avon Lake = unbanded adult female seen occasionally in March.<br />
► Republic Steel, Lorain = unbanded female seen here, possibly the same bird seen at Avon Lake.<br />
► Downtown Warren = unbanded female seen frequently during January - March.<br />
KANSAS<br />
155. LE-Kansas Power and Light (Westar Energy), Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.<br />
Brad Loveless reported that in <strong>2006</strong> we had the same male and female renest on the top of the Westar<br />
Building in downtown Topeka. As in the past 2 years, the male broke the eggs shortly after<br />
incubation was initiated. On the second clutch this spring, Westar and a local rehabilitator got<br />
USF&WS permission to replace the peregrine eggs with wooden, dummy eggs and incubate the live<br />
ones with the intent of replacing the chicks in the nest shortly after hatching. Unfortunately, none of<br />
the incubated eggs were viable, so no chicks were produced in <strong>2006</strong>. Anyone with suggestions that<br />
might help can reach him at <br />
MISSOURI<br />
156. SP-Commerce Tower, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. Debra Burns,<br />
Missouri Department of Conservation, reports on Commerce Tower, Kansas City, MO. Three<br />
chicks were hatched the week of May 8 to the Kansas City pair. The adult male is unbanded. The<br />
adult female appears to be unbanded, and probably the same female as previous years. The site is<br />
inaccessible so no chicks were banded. All 3 chicks fledged sometime during the week of June 5.<br />
Size wise one looked like a female and one looked like a male. The third bird was always hidden<br />
behind the other two, but looked to be similar size as the male.<br />
157. SP- Kansas City Power and Light, Hawthorn Plant, Kansas City, Jackson County.<br />
Adult birds were seen around a nest box and a juvenile bird in late summer <strong>2006</strong>. The box is on a<br />
smoke stack and due to the lack of safety equipment, “we couldn't get up there to check”, reported<br />
Deb Burns.<br />
158. SP-Interco Building,, St. Louis County, Missouri. Mike Cooke reported that female<br />
R/*A, here for eight, possibly nine years, was replaced by juvenile female M/27, a 2005 hacked bird<br />
from New Madrid Power Plant, paired with an unbanded male. Four eggs were laid, one hatched<br />
and was banded.<br />
159. SP-AmerenUE, Labadie Power Station, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri. Mike<br />
Cooke reported that, for the fifth year, a pair nested in a box on a catwalk 450 feet up on a<br />
smokestack. Neither adult was identified. Three young fledged, two males and one female.
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160. SP-Hwy 255 Jefferson Barracks Bridge. Mehlville, St. Louis County. One female<br />
near fledgling found by bridge painters on June 23, <strong>2006</strong>, according to Mike Cooke.<br />
[Plaza/Regency Apartment, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. Debra Burns reports again no<br />
peregrine activity at this site in <strong>2006</strong>. This site has now been vacant for two years after three years of<br />
use]<br />
[Chase Park Plaza, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri. No information from this site this year.]<br />
[Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri. No information from this site<br />
this year.]<br />
[McKinley Bridge, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri / East St. Louis, Madison County, Illinois.<br />
Mike Cooke reports that he has no information about peregrine activity at this site this year.]<br />
[St. Louis University Hospital, St. Louis County, Missouri. No information from this site this year.]<br />
[Southwestern Bell, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri. No information from this site this year.]<br />
KENTUCKY<br />
161. SP-Kentucky Utilities Ghent Station, Ghent, Carroll County, Kentucky. Shawchyi<br />
Vorisek and Adam Smith report that new female six-year-old T.C. b/g 7/*8 paired with five-year-old<br />
male Oliver b/g 14/H both fledged from the LG&E Plant in Bedford, Kentucky, and produced two<br />
young, one of each sex. They hatched on April 21, <strong>2006</strong> and fledged at the end of May. Both were<br />
banded.<br />
162. SP-Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E), Bedford, Trimble County,<br />
Kentucky. Shawchyi Vorisek and Adam Smith report that nine-year-old Natasha b/r *6/Y, fledged in<br />
1997 in Toledo, Ohio, her seventh year at this site, paired again with nine-year-old male Greyfire b/r<br />
*K/V, fledged in 1997 in Calloway County, Missouri, eight years at this site. They laid four eggs and<br />
fledged four young, two of each sex. All young were banded. On August 5th, adult female Natasha<br />
b/r *6/Y, the breeding female at the T.C. Plant since 2000, was found dead near the base of the<br />
smokestack that holds the nest box.<br />
163. SP-U.S. 421 Milton-Madison Bridge, Ohio River, Milton, Trimble County, Kentucky.<br />
Shawchyi Vorisek and Adam Smith report that male Asa Crane b/r *D/D, a nine-year-old hacked bird<br />
from the Ghent, KY power plant, paired with an unbanded female. Four young were produced, but<br />
only two female young were fledged and banded, both after they had fledged and were captured on<br />
the ground. Both young were treated for trichomoniasis at the time of banding.<br />
164. LE-Louisville Bridges (Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky) This pair encountered<br />
numerous problems in <strong>2006</strong>. The male (unbanded) is likely the same individual as 2005; however,<br />
the female (Asha, b/g 18/D) was a sub-adult that fledged from Ghent in 2005. Early in the breeding<br />
season, they showed a strong affinity to the Big 4 Railroad Bridge. On April 4th, the pair was<br />
observed using the Kennedy Bridge for the first time, and by April 12th, the pair appeared to be<br />
incubating, On May 5th, Brian Smith and I met Bob Meade, Tom Wright, and Mike Baase at the<br />
Kennedy Bridge, and they accompanied us to the nest. We found the female incubating on the<br />
catwalk, but did not disturb her. Beginning in early May, crews started removing the rigging used for<br />
painting that was attached to the KY side of the Kennedy Bridge. On May 19th, neither falcon was<br />
observed incubating and nest failure was suspected. One wet, cold egg was recovered from the<br />
scrape on May 26th. By mid-June, neither falcon was spending significant time around the Big 4 or<br />
Kennedy Bridges.
165. LE-Combs-Hehl/I-275 Bridge (Highland Heights, Campbell Co., Kentucky) New<br />
Site. They were first spotted on January 30th by local resident and birder, Jeff Winkler. Both falcons<br />
are banded, but have yet to be identified; the male has an injured left leg with a silver band on it, and<br />
the female is a sub-adult bird banded in 2005. This pair began incubation inside the top beam of the<br />
westbound bridge between April 18th and 20th, putting the hatch date between May 21st and 23rd.<br />
On May 31st, both adult falcons were observed feeding the nestlings, but the young were not visible.<br />
On June 13th, one 20d nestling (est.) was observed at the entrance to the eyrie. On June 22 nd , again,<br />
one 30d nestling (est.) was observed at the entrance to the eyrie. No fledglings were observed on or<br />
around the I-275 Bridge on July 3rd; at the time, the river was flooded and fireworks remnants were<br />
found not far from bridge. Again, on July 13th and July 25th, the site was observed, but no<br />
fledglings were found; mortality was likely.<br />
166. NB-Spurlock Power Plant (Maysville, Mason Co., Kentucky) New Site. The pair was<br />
first spotted in January by plant employees. On March 29 th and April 11 th , a banded adult male and a<br />
banded sub-adult female were spotted hunting around the plant and loafing on the smokestacks. On<br />
April 14 th , the sub-adult female (Anne, 19/D B/G ), who fledged from the Milton-Madison Bridge, was<br />
recovered and taken to Raptor Rehab of Louisville with a broken wing and internal bleeding. A new<br />
sub-adult female, this one unbanded, was observed at the power plant on April 26, less than two<br />
weeks after the other female had be injured. On May 11, a nest box was installed on a catwalk half<br />
way up the middle smokestack. Attempts were also made to capture the birds, but failed. On May<br />
25 th , the male, along with another new female, this one an adult, were spotted using the nest box for<br />
loafing. The female spent significant time inside the box, but did not seem to be nesting. On June<br />
12 th , male A.J. b/g 48/P, a Ft. Miami Power Plant in Hamilton Co., Ohio in 2004 fledge, was<br />
identified. Female Cootes b/b 92/H fledged from the Hamilton Sheraton Hotel in Hamilton, Ontario<br />
in 2004. This pair has created some scrapes in the nest box, but did not nest.<br />
167. NB-Mill Creek Power Plant (Kosmosdale, Jefferson Co., Kentucky). New Site. This<br />
plant was first investigated on April 25 th , but no peregrine falcons were observed. On June 20 th , a<br />
banded adult male (O’Trey b/g 22/P) was found dead along the entrance road leading into the power<br />
plant. On June 30 th , while investigating the plant after finding a dead falcon, a banded male (purple<br />
federal band and black/green color band) and an unbanded sub-adult female were spotted loafing on<br />
the smokestacks. This pair appeared to be territorial, but did not seem to have a nest or fledglings.<br />
On July 10 th , a meeting was conducted with Mike Kirkland, Doug Chin, and Oz Haeberlin. It was<br />
determined that the staff of the plant would construct a nest box and place it in the 1&2 Unit<br />
Smokestack. On August 10 th , the completed nest box was filled with gravel and opened, and the two<br />
falcons were observed at the tops of the smokestacks. By providing some food (dead pigeons) on the<br />
nest box entrance, the falcons began some limited usage of the nest box by the second week of<br />
September.<br />
168. NB-Matthew E. Welsh Bridge (Brandenburg, Meade Co., Kentucky/Mauckport,<br />
Harrison Co., Indiana) New Site. The pair was first observed on April 25 th . The male (Fabian b/g<br />
53/P) fledged from the PNC Bank Building of Cincinnati, OH in 2004, while the female was<br />
unbanded. This bridge is one of the few structures across the Ohio River between Louisville and<br />
Hawesville. However, the bridge itself lacks any quality nesting sites, which may be keeping this<br />
pair from establishing a nest. Nonetheless, this pair is strongly territorial.<br />
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ONTARIO<br />
Brian Ratcliff, Thunder Bay Field Naturalists, Reported on the activities around the Lake<br />
Superior Basin. In <strong>2006</strong>, <strong>Project</strong> <strong>Peregrine</strong> continued its eleventh year of intensive monitoring<br />
of peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) within the Lake Superior Basin, and west to Atikokan.<br />
Forty-four territories were confirmed, which is the highest number ever recorded by <strong>Project</strong><br />
<strong>Peregrine</strong>. Of the 44 territories, there were 34 territorial pairs, and 6 single birds on territory.<br />
The 34 territorial pairs consisted of 28 breeding pairs, 26 successful breeding pairs, and 66<br />
chicks were assumed to have fledged. The number of chicks fledged is lower than reported in<br />
2005 (79) as a result of some of the nest sites were not visited a second time to confirm the<br />
breeding success. The banding team only banded at the western end of Lake Superior this year,<br />
and 35 chicks were banded at 11 nests. The eleven year banding program has now banded 354<br />
chicks, all at cliff nesting sites. A mild spring resulted in the earliest start to the banding<br />
program (June 17), and the banding was completed for the first time before July.<br />
169. SP-Pie Island, Turtle Head, Ontario. On June 16, two chicks about 24 days old were<br />
observed from the helicopter. The nest site has moved about 750 meters to the southwest on the next<br />
cliff face.<br />
170. SP-Pie Island, Le Pate, Ontario. Three chicks about 14-16 days old were located on<br />
the same ledge as 2005 during the helicopter flight of June 10.<br />
171. SP-Squaw Bay, Ontario. Brian Ratcliff banded three young here on June 24, <strong>2006</strong>,<br />
two males and one female. One dead male chick about 23 days old collected from the nest ledge and<br />
sent to CWS for analysis. The adult male was wearing a black band.<br />
172. SP-Squaretop Mountain, Ontario. Four young were banded on June 17, three females<br />
and one male. The adult female here is not banded, according to Brian Ratcliff.<br />
173. SP-Dorion Tower, Ontario. Fifth year for this site. Brian Ratcliff and crew banded<br />
three young, one male and two females, here on June 23. No information on the identity of the adults<br />
this year.<br />
174. SP-Cape Victoria, Ontario. Second year for this site. The adult female was noted to be<br />
unbanded; no information on the male. One male young was banded on June 26, <strong>2006</strong>; a dead male<br />
chick was found on the rock slope below the nest and sent to CWS for analysis.<br />
175. SP- Kama Bay, Ontario. The pair was first reported by Ray Tyhuis on April 10, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
No nest site was located but on July 17, Mary Swainson observed the pair and one fledged young.<br />
No information on adult identity.<br />
176. SP-Old Woman Bay, Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario. On July 28, <strong>2006</strong>, there<br />
were two young observed flying at the site by Bob Elliott.<br />
177. SP-Pukaskwa Depot, 5 km south of Richardson Harbor, Pukaskwa National Park,<br />
Ontario. Carol Dersch and Joel Cooper observed two fledged young on July 15, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
178. SP-Otter Island, Pukaskwa National Park, Ontario. On June 3, Carol Dersch and Joel<br />
Cooper saw at least one very small young on the same ledge as the 2005 nest site.<br />
179. SP-Copper Cliff Road West, Ontario. Four male young were banded on June 19,<br />
<strong>2006</strong>. No information on adult identity.<br />
180. SP-Flatland Harbor, Ontario Three chicks about 12 days old were observed from the<br />
helicopter on June 9. Same nest ledge as previous years. This site is on private property and no access<br />
is permitted.
181. SP-Thunder Cape, Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, Ontario. During the second week<br />
of August, John Woodcock at Thunder Cape Bird Observatory reports that the pair and two chicks<br />
have been flying around the Cape, chasing ring-billed gulls and double-crested cormorants.<br />
182. SP-South Gillies, Hwy 595, SW of Microwave Tower. Two males and one female<br />
were banded here on June 21, <strong>2006</strong>. The adult female is not banded; no information about the adult<br />
male.<br />
183. SP-Mt. McRae, about three km from Mt. McKay, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Four<br />
females were banded on June 22, <strong>2006</strong>. The adult female is reported as unbanded and no information<br />
is available for the male.<br />
184. SP-Arrow Lake (West End). Four males were banded on June 18, <strong>2006</strong>. Adult female<br />
was partially identified as black *G/. The adult male has a black band.<br />
185. SP-Montreal River North of Railway Bridge. Steve Tice who runs a lodge near the<br />
cliff face reports 3 birds during the summer. Several guests have witnessed midair kills by the<br />
falcons. I am assuming with three birds there that one was a chick.<br />
186. SP-, Nipigon River Mouth, Ontario. The adult male here has a black color band. His<br />
mate is not banded. Brian Ratcliff and crew banded four young, two males and two females, on June<br />
25, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
187. SP-Devil’s Warehouse Island, Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario. On June 25,<br />
<strong>2006</strong>, Carol Dersch and Joel Cooper confirm that there are 4 chicks on and above the nest ledge.<br />
There has been a change in the adult males as Red 1/9, 816-81148 a 1990 Five Islands, Nova Scotia<br />
hacked bird is no longer present after 15 years at this site.<br />
188. SP-Small lake south of Sturgeon Bay Road, Ontario. Second year for this site. The<br />
nest (same ledge as 2005) with two chicks about 8-10 days old and one egg was located from the<br />
helicopter on June 10, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
189. SP-Caribou Island, Ontario. Four chicks, two males and two females were banded on<br />
June 24, <strong>2006</strong>. Neither adult is banded.<br />
190. SP-Beaver Rock, Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario. A pair of birds was<br />
reported here on April 16, <strong>2006</strong>, and the nest site was confirmed on July 2 with 3 chicks about 28-30<br />
days old. The nest site has moved further to the east about 250 metres from the above coordinates.<br />
191. SP-NW Mount Mollie, Ontario. At least three chicks about seven days old were<br />
observed from the helicopter on June 9th, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
192. SP-Cliff Three Kilometers Northwest of Jackpine, Highway 593, Ontario. This is the<br />
first year that nesting has been confirmed at this site. On June 9, <strong>2006</strong>, one chick about 12 days old<br />
was observed from the helicopter. In 2005, a very aggressive territorial pair was present.<br />
193. SP-Oliver Creek Road, Ontario. Second year birds present at this site. A single<br />
female chick was banded. An unbanded female and a black banded male were present. In 2005, a<br />
pair was observed on April 24, defending a territory. The landowner who lives in front of the cliff<br />
face said the birds were present also in 2004 and maybe in 2003.<br />
194. SP-Undercliff Island, Lake Nigigon – 1 fledged<br />
195. LE-Pukaskwa Point, South of Pukaskwa National Park. The female with a silver band<br />
on right leg was observed sitting on the nest on June 3, <strong>2006</strong> by Carol Dersch and Joel Cooper. The<br />
adult male is black banded.<br />
196. LE-East of Matson Lake, Ontario. There are three cliff faces east of Matson Lake and<br />
the birds have used each cliff face over the past 5 years. The nest was again on the northern most cliff<br />
face, and same nest ledge as 2005. On the June 9, <strong>2006</strong> helicopter flight, the adult female was<br />
observed sitting tight on the nest.<br />
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197. NB-International Bridge, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. As in 2005 birds were present.<br />
Three adult birds were observed in May <strong>2006</strong> with two engaged in talon locking. Two birds then flew<br />
to International Bridge and one inland.<br />
198. NB-Theano Point, Alona Bay, Ontario. During the first week of May, there was a<br />
report of a single bird. At least two peregrines were observed on July 21, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
199. NB-Cape Chaillion, Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario. Carol Dersch reports a<br />
pair of birds here on April 30, <strong>2006</strong>. On July 7, adults were heard and what sounded like young birds<br />
calling from the cliff face.<br />
200. NB-Robertson Lake, Ontario. A pair of birds was reported here by Neil Ray early in<br />
the spring.<br />
201. NB-Pie Island, Greenstone Point, Ontario. On the June 10, <strong>2006</strong> helicopter flight,<br />
there was no sign of young on the nest ledge that has been used for the past number of years. The<br />
adults were observed at the extreme south end of the cliff face and no sign of a nest.<br />
202. NB-Cavers Bay, Ontario. Second year for this site. On April 26, both adults were<br />
observed doing aerial displays. A return visit on June 25 located one adult sitting in a tree on top of<br />
the cliff, but no confirmation of young.<br />
203. NB-Red Sucker Cove, Marathon, Ontario. Kayaker friends of Carol Dersch observed<br />
two birds on territory on June 22 or 23.<br />
204. NB-Wawa, near Michipicoten River Village, Ontario. There were several sightings of<br />
adults near Michipicoten River and Sandy Beach. As in past years, it is uncertain where these birds<br />
may be nesting.<br />
205. NB-Armour Island<br />
206. NB-Atikokan, Steep Rock Mine<br />
207. NB-Mink Bay<br />
[Point Isacor, Ontario. A single adult was observed going to what appeared to be the nest ledge on<br />
June 3. A single adult was also observed on July 13 by Carol Dersch and Joel Cooper. This has been<br />
an active nesting site for a number of years.]<br />
[Pie Island, East Side, Ontario. No activity reported in <strong>2006</strong>.]<br />
[Arrow Lake Provincial Park. No activity reported for this site in <strong>2006</strong>.]<br />
[Mt. McKay, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Not active in <strong>2006</strong>.]<br />
[Whitefish Lake, Ontario. A single adult was observed from the helicopter on June 9, <strong>2006</strong>. There<br />
was no nest observed.]<br />
[Jessie Lake, Nipigon River, Ontario. Rosemary Hartley reports that friends heard one bird calling<br />
on June 1. A single adult was also observed by Sue Bryan on August 19.]<br />
[International Bridge, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. As in 2005 birds were present. Three adult birds<br />
were observed in May <strong>2006</strong> with two engaged in talon locking. Two birds then flew to International<br />
Bridge and one inland.]<br />
[Michipicoten Island. Jim MacMeekin reported seeing an adult bird at Quebec Harbour. There was<br />
also a report from Roger Audet, that he saw a pair of peregrines eating a gull near West End Light in<br />
2004.]<br />
[Haviland Bay, north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. A single bird was reported in the area by Teri<br />
Winter]
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MANITOBA<br />
Tracy Maconachie, Manitoba Wildlife Branch, supplied the following information on<br />
Manitoba falcons.<br />
208. SP-Radisson Hotel / Delta Winnipeg Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Tracy Maconachie<br />
reported that four-year-old female Princess, fledged in 2002 at NSP Riverside, Minneapolis,<br />
Minnesota, and her third year at this site paired again with ten-year-old male Trey bl 2/8, fledged at<br />
this site in Winnipeg in 1996. A new ledge on the building was used that was difficult to find and<br />
observe. Three chicks were produced and banded on June 19 th with the help of a crane. A webcam<br />
was placed. One of the males (Bandit) was killed in a collision with a building shortly after fledging.<br />
209. SP-McKenzie Seed Building, Brandon, Manitoba. Eleven-year-old male Zeus black<br />
*7/9, fledged in Brandon in 1995, was here for the fifth year, paired with for the third year with thirdyear-old<br />
female Holly 31/B, fledged in 2003 at Community First Bank, Fargo, North Dakota. The<br />
pair produced two eggs, hatched and fledged two young, both females, by mid-July, according to<br />
Tracy Maconachie.<br />
210. NB-Water Tower, Brandon Mental Health Centre, Brandon, Manitoba. Tracy<br />
Maconachie reports that for the third year a pair of unidentified adults was here but did not nest.<br />
211. NB-Condominium block in southwest Winnipeg. Possible new site. Tracy<br />
Maconachie reported that a pair of birds in juvenile plumage was in residence for the entire summer.<br />
They were Lucy black *7/M, a 2005 fledge from the Radisson, and Obi-Wan Kenobi black B /*Y, a<br />
2005 fledge from McKenzie Seeds. No sign of nesting activity was observed. Six CWS-produced<br />
peregrines were hacked at this site in 1991.<br />
Missouri<br />
PEREGRINE RELEASES IN <strong>2006</strong><br />
Hack Site: New Madrid Power Plant, New Madrid, Missouri. This is the third year of<br />
hacking birds at this site. David A. Childers, Materials Management Supervisor for the Associated<br />
Electric Coop, Inc., reported on their project to hack peregrine falcons. Four birds were obtained<br />
from Bruce Haak in Eagle, Idaho. Female Cherokee b/g N/93 was reported to be of Peales stock, the<br />
other three, two males and a female were derived from tundrius stock. Placed in the hack box on<br />
June 2, they were released on June 15, <strong>2006</strong>. One male, C/30 was found dead the next day when it<br />
had become entrapped inside the power plant’s bunker room and succumbed overnight to the heat.<br />
In sum for <strong>2006</strong>, 435 young were fledged by wild pairs and four young were released<br />
from captive pairs, for a total of 439, up from 427 in 2005.
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BLOOD SAMPLES<br />
We continued collecting blood in <strong>2006</strong> from all wild young banded in the U.S., and from<br />
whatever wild breeders were handled. The goal is to provide the research base for measuring<br />
inbreeding, outbreeding, genetic variation, changes in occupancy of territories, dispersal of adults and<br />
young, success of the different genetic stocks introduced, development of genetic structure in the new<br />
<strong>Midwest</strong>ern population, and other topics yet to be determined.<br />
The peregrine blood samples collected over the years uniquely represent the history of the<br />
<strong>Midwest</strong> population. Only a handful of eggs, study skins and skeletons, acquired randomly, have<br />
been preserved, in contrast to the nearly full coverage of blood samples saved. Sophisticated as<br />
current techniques of blood analysis may seem today, they will be considered primitive in a few<br />
years. The blood specimens are in the permanent tissue collections at the Bell Museum of Natural<br />
History, University of Minnesota, where they are available for study now and in the future.<br />
We need to continue to try to:<br />
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE<br />
-Identify all breeders.<br />
-Band all wild young produced<br />
-Collect blood from all young and any adults handled<br />
-Appropriately manage pairs nesting on man-made structures<br />
-Maintain good working relationships with building owners and personnel responsible for public<br />
structures used as nest site<br />
-Monitor the newly-established peregrines on the river cliffs and on suitable cliffs elsewhere in the<br />
region<br />
-Collect, coordinate, and circulate information among <strong>Midwest</strong> peregrine workers through reports<br />
and regular informal contacts<br />
-Develop permanent names and obtain accurate lat/long information for each nesting site<br />
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<br />
The <strong>Midwest</strong> <strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Project</strong> is a cooperative effort involving many people and<br />
organizations. The University of Minnesota provides the overall coordination of the project through<br />
Pat Redig and Jane Goggin of The Raptor Center with continuing advice, encouragement and<br />
unbounded enthusiasm from Bud Tordoff of the Bell Museum of Natural History and the Department<br />
of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. We are able to maintain our database on peregrines, which is<br />
the basis of the various reports you receive, through the enthusiastic cooperation of people interested<br />
in peregrines in the 13 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces in our area. The database is available<br />
online to anyone interested at Richard Peifer, Kyle Hammond,<br />
and Bruce Fall make the online database possible. We thank all of you who have sent us information.<br />
We are grateful to those who read parts of an early draft of this report for help in detecting errors and<br />
omissions. Please let us know about mistakes that were missed.
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Support for the Minnesota part of the effort is provided by:<br />
3M<br />
BCED Minnesota<br />
CB Richard Ellis<br />
City Center Building Management<br />
Colonnade Building Management<br />
Farm Credit Leasing<br />
Lock and Dam 1 Management and Staff<br />
Mayo Clinic<br />
Mayo Clinic Volunteer Organization<br />
<strong>Midwest</strong> Plaza Building Management<br />
Minneapolis City Hall Staff<br />
Minnesota DNR Nongame Wildlife Program<br />
Minnesota DNR Parks and Recreation<br />
Minnesota Department of Transportation (MN DOT)<br />
Minnesota <strong>Falcon</strong>ers Association<br />
Minnesota Power and Light Company<br />
North Central Life (recently re-named Bremer building) Building Management<br />
Northern States Power Company (Xcel Energy)<br />
Northwest Airlines<br />
Norwest Financial Center Building Management (now Wells Fargo)<br />
Raptor Resource <strong>Project</strong><br />
Riverside Plaza Building Management<br />
St. Paul Department of Public Works<br />
The Raptor Center, University of Minnesota<br />
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service<br />
U. S. Forest Service<br />
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center<br />
Each cooperating state or province has, in addition, its own list of cooperators.<br />
BREEDERS SUPPLYING PEREGRINES FOR <strong>2006</strong> RELEASES<br />
Bruce Haak provided four birds for release at New Madrid Power Plant, Missouri.
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Table 3. Wild <strong>Peregrine</strong>s Banded in the <strong>Midwest</strong>, <strong>2006</strong>, Alphabetical by State. (U.S.<br />
birds, purple USFWS band, black/green color band. Canadian birds, silver USFWS<br />
band, black color band).<br />
SITE BAND NO. COLOR BAND SEX<br />
Illinois<br />
125 S. Wacker, Chicago 1687-02025 K/36 f<br />
5821 N. Broadway, Irving Park, Chicago 1687-02027 K/38 f<br />
5821 N. Broadway, Irving Park, Chicago 2206-72298 E/28 m<br />
5821 N. Broadway, Irving Park, Chicago 2206-72361 E/30 m<br />
5821 N. Broadway, Irving Park, Chicago 1687-02026 K/37 f<br />
Evanston Library, Evanston 2206-72400 E/33 m<br />
Evanston Library, Evanston 1687-02028 K/39 f<br />
Evanston Library, Evanston 2206-72300 E/32 m<br />
Jackson Street Prison, Chicago 1687-02030 K/41 f<br />
Jackson Street Prison, Chicago 2206-72364 E/34 m<br />
Jackson Street Prison, Chicago 1687-02031 K/42 f<br />
Jackson Street Prison, Chicago 1687-02029 K/40 f<br />
<strong>Midwest</strong> Generation, Waukegan 2206-49472 E/11 f<br />
<strong>Midwest</strong> Generation, Waukegan 2206-49471 E/09 f<br />
<strong>Midwest</strong> Generation, Waukegan 1687-02022 K/33 f<br />
<strong>Midwest</strong> Generation, Waukegan 1687-02021 K/32 f<br />
Pilson Park, Throop Street, Chicago 1687-02018 K/30 f<br />
Pilson Park, Throop Street, Chicago 2206-49470 E/29 m<br />
Pilson Park, Throop Street, Chicago 2206-72365 K/31 m<br />
St. Michael's, Old Town, Chicago 2206-49473 E/15 m<br />
St. Michael's, Old Town, Chicago 1687-02023 K/34 f<br />
St. Michael's, Old Town, Chicago 1687-02024 K/35 f<br />
St. Michael's, Old Town, Chicago 2206-72299 E/31 m<br />
Uptown Theatre, Chicago 2206-72362 E/27 m<br />
Uptown Theatre, Chicago 2206-72363 E/26 m<br />
Wacker and Michigan, Chicago 2206-49474 E/23 m<br />
Wacker and Michigan, Chicago 2206-72293 E/24 m<br />
Wacker and Michigan, Chicago 2206-72297 E/25 m<br />
Indiana<br />
BP Amoco, Whiting 2206-72276 E/81 m<br />
BP Amoco, Whiting 2206-72277 E/82 m<br />
IPL Stout Plant, Indianapolis 2206-72278 E/83 m<br />
IPL Stout Plant, Indianapolis 1687-01688 M/78 f<br />
Market Tower, Indianapolis 1687-01661 M/62 f<br />
Market Tower, Indianapolis 1687-01662 M/63 f<br />
Market Tower, Indianapolis 2206-62887 E/70 m<br />
NIPSCO Bailly/Bethlehem Steel/Cargill, Burns 1687-01687 M/77 f
SITE BAND NO. COLOR BAND SEX<br />
Indiana<br />
NIPSCO Power Plant, Michigan City 1687-01666 M/70 f<br />
NIPSCO Power Plant, Michigan City 2206-72272 E/73 m<br />
NIPSCO Schahfer Plant, Wheatfield 1687-01683 M/73 f<br />
NIPSCO Schahfer Plant, Wheatfield 2206-72274 E/80 m<br />
NIPSCO Schahfer Plant, Wheatfield 1687-01682 M/72 f<br />
NIPSCO Schahfer Plant, Wheatfield 1687-01684 M/74 f<br />
NIPSCO Schahfer Plant, Wheatfield 2206-72273 M/71 m<br />
One Summit Square, Fort Wayne 1687-01664 M/65 f<br />
One Summit Square, Fort Wayne 1687-01663 M/64 f<br />
Tower Building, South Bend 2206-72271 E/72 m<br />
Tower Building, South Bend 1687-01665 M/67 f<br />
Tower Building, South Bend 2206-62888 E/71 m<br />
U.S. Steel, Gary 1687-01685 M/75 f<br />
U.S. Steel, Gary 2206-72275 E/74 m<br />
U.S. Steel, Gary 1687-01686 M/76 f<br />
Iowa<br />
Alliant Energy Plant, Chillicothe 2206-84546 H/76 m<br />
Cedar Rapids 2206-84541 H/85 m<br />
Cedar Rapids 2206-84540 H/84 m<br />
Cedar Rapids 1687-02069 M/37 f<br />
MEC Louisa 1687-02070 M/38 f<br />
MEC Louisa 1687-02071 M/39 f<br />
MEC Louisa 2206-84542 H/87 m<br />
MidAmerican Energy, Quad Cities 1687-02075 M/31 f<br />
MidAmerican Energy, Quad Cities 2206-84545 H/75 m<br />
Kentucky<br />
Ghent 1687-01906 76/C f<br />
Ghent 2206-72261 C/24 f<br />
LG&E Plant, Bedford 2206-62721 K/*4 f<br />
LG&E Plant, Bedford 1807-62143 P/*L f<br />
LG&E Plant, Bedford 1687-01905 75/C f<br />
LG&E Plant, Bedford 2206-72075 C/23 f<br />
U.S. 421 Bridge, Ohio River, Milton 1687-01908 P/38 f<br />
U.S. 421 Bridge, Ohio River, Milton 1687-01907 R/*L f<br />
Manitoba<br />
McKenzie Seeds, Brandon 1387-13822 *H/4 f<br />
McKenzie Seeds, Brandon 1387-13823 *T/2 f<br />
Radisson Hotel / Delta Winnipeg, Winnipeg 0816-82968 *8/R m<br />
Radisson Hotel / Delta Winnipeg, Winnipeg 1387-13824 *R/7 f<br />
Michigan<br />
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SITE BAND NO. COLOR BAND SEX<br />
Michigan<br />
Blue Water Bridge 0987-40198 32/C f<br />
Blue Water Bridge 0987-40197 31/C f<br />
Blue Water Bridge 0987-40140 33/C f<br />
Consumers Energy B.C. Cobb Plant, Muskegon 0987-40271 35/C m<br />
Consumers Energy B.C. Cobb Plant, Muskegon 0816-38669 D/20 m<br />
Consumers Energy B.C. Cobb Plant, Muskegon 0816-38670 C/34 m<br />
Detroit Edison Power Plant, Monroe 0987-40150 32/B f<br />
Detroit Edison Power Plant, Monroe 0987-40149 34/B f<br />
Grand Haven P & L, Sims Plant, Grand Haven 0987-40160 P/67 f<br />
Grand Haven P & L, Sims Plant, Grand Haven 2206-69856 C/33 m<br />
Grand Haven P & L, Sims Plant, Grand Haven 0987-40199 P/68 f<br />
New Center, Detroit 1807-97964 27/C f<br />
New Center, Detroit 2206-47675 09/M m<br />
New Center, Detroit 2206-47676 10/M m<br />
Port Sheldon JH Power Plant 2206-69857 C/35 m<br />
Port Sheldon JH Power Plant 0987-40158 P/69 f<br />
Port Sheldon JH Power Plant 0987-40159 36/C f<br />
Port Sheldon JH Power Plant 0987-40157 P/70 m<br />
Whittier Apartments, Detroit 0987-40137 29/C f<br />
Whittier Apartments, Detroit 0987-40138 30/C f<br />
Minnesota<br />
3M Water Tower, 7th Street, St. Paul, MN 1687-01993 W/21 f<br />
3M Water Tower, 7th Street, St. Paul, MN 2206-72305 K/16 m<br />
Black Dog Plant Eagan 2206-69890 D/96 f<br />
Black Dog Plant Eagan 1807-91986 84/C f<br />
Bong Bridge Duluth 2206-72336 W/51 f<br />
Bong Bridge Duluth 2206-72335 W/45 f<br />
Cargill Elevator Lake City 1687-01942 M/51 f<br />
Cargill Elevator Lake City 1687-01941 M/50 f<br />
Cargill Elevator Lake City 2206-69887 D/56 m<br />
Cargill Elevator Lake City 2206-69886 D/55 m<br />
Castle Cliff Castle Danger 1687-01769 *K/*U f<br />
Castle Cliff Castle Danger 2206-72325 W/41 m<br />
Castle Cliff Castle Danger 1687-01764 *D/*W f<br />
Castle Cliff Castle Danger 1687-01768 *E/*V f<br />
City Center Minneapolis 2206-72311 K/24 m<br />
City Center Minneapolis 2206-72310 K/23 m<br />
City Center Minneapolis 2206-72309 W/27 m<br />
City Center Minneapolis 2206-72308 K/22 m<br />
City Hall Minneapolis 1687-01994 W/20 f<br />
40
SITE BAND NO. COLOR BAND SEX<br />
Minnesota<br />
Colonnade Golden Valley 2206-72314 W/30 m<br />
Colonnade Golden Valley 2206-72313 W/29 m<br />
Colonnade Golden Valley 2206-72312 W/28 m<br />
Colonnade Golden Valley 1687-01947 W/14 f<br />
Corundum Point 1687-01755 W/03 f<br />
Corundum Point 1687-01756 W/02 f<br />
Crow Creek 1687-01754 W/04 f<br />
Crow Creek 1687-01753 W/05 f<br />
Faith Bluff 1687-01760 *H/*Y f<br />
Faith Bluff 1687-01761 *E/*Y f<br />
Faith Bluff 2206-72321 W/36 m<br />
Faith Bluff 1687-01762 *K/*W f<br />
Financial Center Xerxes & I-94 Bloomington 1687-01751 W/12 f<br />
Financial Center Xerxes & I-94 Bloomington 1687-01750 W/13 f<br />
Financial Center Xerxes & I-94 Bloomington 2206-72316 W/32 m<br />
Financial Center Xerxes & I-94 Bloomington 2206-72315 W/31 m<br />
Great Spirit Bluff 1687-01722 87/C f<br />
Great Spirit Bluff 2206-72216 27/M m<br />
Great Spirit Bluff 2206-72217 28/M m<br />
Greysolon Plaza Duluth 2206-72023 D/99 m<br />
Greysolon Plaza Duluth 1687-01732 P/12 f<br />
Greysolon Plaza Duluth 2206-72024 C/87 m<br />
Greysolon Plaza Duluth 1687-01733 P/13 f<br />
High Bridge Plant St. Paul 1687-01721 86/C f<br />
High Bridge Plant St. Paul 1687-01720 85/C f<br />
High Bridge Plant St. Paul 2206-72214 25/M m<br />
High Bridge Plant St. Paul 2206-72215 26/M m<br />
Highway 61 Bridge Hastings 1687-01772 *E/*U f<br />
I-494 Bridge South St. Paul 1687-01758 *K/*Y f<br />
Kennedy Creek 2206-72329 W/75 m<br />
Kennedy Creek 2206-72328 W/74 m<br />
Kennedy Creek 1687-01771 *D/*U f<br />
Kennedy Creek 2206-72330 W/44 m<br />
King Plant Bayport 1687-01749 83/C f<br />
King Plant Bayport 2206-72096 C/96 m<br />
King Plant Bayport 2206-72095 C/97 m<br />
Lock and Dam 1 Minneapolis 2206-72303 K/13 m<br />
Lock and Dam 1 Minneapolis 1687-01966 W/24 f<br />
Manitou Cliff 1687-01759 *D/*Y f<br />
Manitou Cliff 2206-72320 W/35 m<br />
41
SITE BAND NO. COLOR BAND SEX<br />
Minnesota<br />
Mayo Clinic Rochester 1687-01995 W/17 f<br />
Mayo Clinic Rochester 2206-72307 K/18 m<br />
Mayo Clinic Rochester 1687-01996 W/15 f<br />
Mayo Clinic Rochester 2206-72306 K/17 m<br />
Mendota Bridge Minneapolis 2206-72337 W/52 m<br />
Minnesota Power and Light 1687-01945 77/C f<br />
Minnesota Power and Light 1687-01946 78/C f<br />
Minnesota Power and Light 2206-72097 C/95 m<br />
Minnesota Power and Light 1687-72097 79/C f<br />
Monticello Plant Monticello 1687-01956 M/55 f<br />
NorthShore Mining Silver Bay 2206-72332 W/48 m<br />
NorthShore Mining Silver Bay 1687-01765 *K/*V f<br />
NorthShore Mining Silver Bay 2206-72331 W/47 m<br />
Palisade Head 2206-72333 W/49 m<br />
Palisade Head 1687-01767 *H/*V f<br />
Palisade Head 2206-72334 W/50 m<br />
Palisade Head 1687-01766 *D/*V f<br />
Paper Mill Sartell 1687-01991 W/23 f<br />
Paper Mill Sartell 2206-72304 K/15 m<br />
Paper Mill Sartell 1687-01992 W/22 f<br />
Pink Cove Beaver Bay 1687-01770 *H/*U f<br />
Pink Cove Beaver Bay 2206-72326 W/42 m<br />
Pink Cove Beaver Bay 2206-72327 W/43 m<br />
Prairie Island Plant 1807-91987 P/94 f<br />
Prairie Island Plant 2206-69889 D/97 f<br />
Prairie Island Plant 2206-69888 D/98 m<br />
Queens Bluff 1687-01964 W/26 f<br />
Queens Bluff 2206-72302 99/P m<br />
Queens Bluff 1687-01965 W/25 f<br />
Queens Bluff 2206-72301 D/08 m<br />
Red Wing Grain Stack House 1807-91988 M/53 f<br />
Riverside Plaza/I-94 Mississippi River Bridge 2206-72318 W/34 m<br />
Riverside Plaza/I-94 Mississippi River Bridge 2206-72317 W/33 m<br />
Riverside Plaza/I-94 Mississippi River Bridge 1687-01752 W/07 f<br />
Sherco Plant Becker 2206-72088 10/N m<br />
Sherco Plant Becker 2206-72087 09/N m<br />
Sherco Plant Becker 1687-01955 M/54 f<br />
Sherco Plant Becker 1687-01954 M/52 f<br />
Superior Shores/Rocky Point 1687-01774 *K/*S f<br />
Superior Shores/Rocky Point 1687-01773 *H/*S f<br />
42
SITE BAND NO. COLOR BAND SEX<br />
Nebraska<br />
State Capitol, Lincoln 1687-01829 P/50 f<br />
State Capitol, Lincoln 1687-01828 P/49 f<br />
State Capitol, Lincoln 2206-84558 C/09 m<br />
Woodmen Tower, Omaha 1687-01835 P/48 f<br />
Woodmen Tower, Omaha 1687-01837 P/46 f<br />
Woodmen Tower, Omaha 2206-84560 C/07 m<br />
Woodmen Tower, Omaha 1687-01836 P/47 f<br />
Woodmen Tower, Omaha 2206-84559 C/08 m<br />
North Dakota<br />
Community First Bank, Fargo 2206-72323 W/39 m<br />
Community First Bank, Fargo 2206-72322 W/37 m<br />
Community First Bank, Fargo 2206-72324 W/40 m<br />
Community First Bank, Fargo 1687-01763 *H/*W f<br />
Ohio<br />
AT&T Building, Dayton 1687-02008 K/82 f<br />
AT&T Building, Dayton 1687-02009 K/83 f<br />
AT&T Building, Dayton 2206-72063 B/01 m<br />
AT&T Building, Dayton 2206-72064 B/02 m<br />
Bank One, Canton 1687-02091 N/75 f<br />
Bank One, Canton 2206-84506 B/46 m<br />
Bank One, Canton 1687-02092 N/76 f<br />
Bank One, Canton 2206-84507 B/47 m<br />
Bohn Building, Cleveland 2206-72281 B/20 m<br />
Bohn Building, Cleveland 1687-01659 K/98 f<br />
Bohn Building, Cleveland 1687-01660 K/99 f<br />
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland 2206-72249 B/11 m<br />
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland 0987-40134 K/90 f<br />
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland 0987-40268 K/91 f<br />
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland 2206-72250 B/12 m<br />
Commodore Perry Motor Inn, Toledo 2206-72234 B/10 m<br />
Eastlake Power Plant, Eastlake OH 2206-84509 B/49 m<br />
Eastlake Power Plant, Eastlake OH 2206-84508 B/48 m<br />
Eastlake Power Plant, Eastlake OH 1687-02094 N/79 f<br />
Eastlake Power Plant, Eastlake OH 1687-02093 N/77 f<br />
First National Bank, Lima 1687-02081 M/40 f<br />
First National Bank, Lima 1687-02082 M/41 f<br />
First National Bank, Lima 2206-72066 B/04 m<br />
First National Bank, Lima 2206-72067 B/05 m<br />
Hilliard Road Bridge, Lakewood 0987-40269 K/92 f<br />
Hilliard Road Bridge, Lakewood 2206-72251 B/13 m<br />
43
SITE BAND NO. COLOR BAND SEX<br />
Ohio<br />
I-90 Bridge, Cuyahoga River, Cleveland 1687-01658 K/97 f<br />
I-90 Bridge, Cuyahoga River, Cleveland 2206-72258 B/19 m<br />
I-90 Bridge, Cuyahoga River, Cleveland 2206-72259 B/18 f<br />
Ironton/Russell Bridge, Ironton 2206-72069 B/08 m<br />
Ironton/Russell Bridge, Ironton 2206-72070 B/09 m<br />
Ironton/Russell Bridge, Ironton 2206-72068 B/07 m<br />
J.M. Stuart Power Plant, Aberdeen 2206-72061 E/79 m<br />
J.M. Stuart Power Plant, Aberdeen 1687-02002 K/26 f<br />
J.M. Stuart Power Plant, Aberdeen 1687-02003 K/27 f<br />
J.M. Stuart Power Plant, Aberdeen 1687-02004 K/28 f<br />
Landmark Building 2206-72254 B/16 m<br />
Landmark Building 0987-40270 K/93 f<br />
Landmark Building 2206-72253 B/15 m<br />
Landmark Building 2206-72252 B/14 m<br />
LTV Steel, Cleveland 1687-01657 K/96 f<br />
LTV Steel, Cleveland 1687-01639 K/94 f<br />
LTV Steel, Cleveland 1687-01640 K/95 f<br />
Miami Fort Station, Cleves 2206-72058 E/76 m<br />
Miami Fort Station, Cleves 2206-72059 E/77 m<br />
Miami Fort Station, Cleves 1687-02001 K/25 f<br />
Miami Fort Station, Cleves 2206-72060 E/78 m<br />
Miami Fort Station, Cleves 2206-72057 E/75 m<br />
PNC Bank, Cincinnati 1687-02014 K/88 f<br />
PNC Bank, Cincinnati 0987-40133 K/89 f<br />
PNC Bank, Cincinnati 1687-02013 k/87 f<br />
Rhodes State Office Tower, Columbus 2206-72065 B/03 m<br />
Rhodes State Office Tower, Columbus 1687-02010 K/84 f<br />
Rhodes State Office Tower, Columbus 1687-02011 K/85 f<br />
Rhodes State Office Tower, Columbus 1687-02012 K/86 f<br />
Stambaugh Building, Youngstown 2206-84510 B/50 m<br />
Terminal Tower, Cleveland 1687-0<strong>2006</strong> K/80 f<br />
Terminal Tower, Cleveland 1687-02007 K/81 f<br />
Terminal Tower, Cleveland 1687-02005 K/29 f<br />
Terminal Tower, Cleveland 2206-72062 B/00 m<br />
Ontario<br />
Arrow Lake West End 2206-12500 36/V m<br />
Arrow Lake West End 2206-12498 34/V m<br />
Arrow Lake West End 2206-12499 35/V m<br />
Arrow Lake West End 1126-04901 37/V m<br />
Cape Victoria 1126-04915 51/V m<br />
44
SITE BAND NO. COLOR BAND SEX<br />
Ontario<br />
Caribou Island 1126-04910 46/V m<br />
Caribou Island 1126-04909 45/V m<br />
Caribou Island 1807-18291 64/K f<br />
Caribou Island 1807-18290 63/K f<br />
Copper Cliff Road West 1126-04903 39/V m<br />
Copper Cliff Road West 1126-04904 40/V m<br />
Copper Cliff Road West 1126-04905 41/V m<br />
Copper Cliff Road West 1126-04902 38/V m<br />
Dorion Tower 1807-18288 61/K f<br />
Dorion Tower 1807-18289 62/K f<br />
Dorion Tower 1126-04908 44/V m<br />
Mount McRae 1807-18287 60/K f<br />
Mount McRae 1807-18285 58/K f<br />
Mount McRae 1807-18286 59/K f<br />
Mount McRae 1807-18284 57/K f<br />
Nipigon River Mouth 1126-04914 50/V m<br />
Nipigon River Mouth 1126-04913 49/V m<br />
Nipigon River Mouth 1807-18294 35/W f<br />
Nipigon River Mouth 1807-18293 34/W f<br />
South Gillies, SW of Microwave Tower, Hwy 595 1126-04907 43/V m<br />
South Gillies, SW of Microwave Tower, Hwy 595 1807-18283 56/K m<br />
South Gillies, SW of Microwave Tower, Hwy 595 1126-04906 42/V m<br />
Squaretop Mountain 1807-18280 53/K f<br />
Squaretop Mountain 1807-18282 55/K f<br />
Squaretop Mountain 1807-18281 54/K f<br />
Squaretop Mountain 2206-12497 33/V m<br />
Squaw Bay 1807-18292 33/W f<br />
Squaw Bay 1126-04912 48/V m<br />
Squaw Bay 1126-04911 47/V m<br />
Wisconsin<br />
Alliant Energy Nelson Dewey, Cassville 1807-91979 48/B f<br />
Alliant Energy Nelson Dewey, Cassville 1807-91980 49/B f<br />
Alliant Energy Nelson Dewey, Cassville 2206-47685 22/M m<br />
Busch Agricultural Complex, Manitowoc 1687-01703 M/04 f<br />
Busch Agricultural Complex, Manitowoc 1687-01701 M/02 f<br />
Busch Agricultural Complex, Manitowoc 1687-01702 M/03 f<br />
Busch Agricultural Complex, Manitowoc 2206-72289 E/08 m<br />
Cargill Malt Complex, Jefferson 2206-84531 B/34 m<br />
Cargill Malt Complex, Jefferson 2206-84537 B/35 m<br />
Cargill Malt Complex, Jefferson 1687-01805 N/23 f<br />
45
SITE BAND NO. COLOR BAND SEX<br />
Wisconsin<br />
Cargill Malt Complex, Jefferson 2206-84530 B/33 m<br />
Castle Rock 1687-01728 92/C f<br />
Castle Rock 1687-01729 93/C f<br />
Castle Rock 1687-01727 91/C f<br />
Dairyland Cooperative, Alma 2206-72220 31/M m<br />
Dairyland Cooperative, Alma 2206-72219 30/M m<br />
Dairyland Cooperative, Alma 1687-01726 P/11 f<br />
Dairyland Cooperative, Genoa 2206-69885 D/91 m<br />
Dairyland Cooperative, Genoa 1687-01953 P/93 f<br />
Dairyland Cooperative, Genoa 1687-01920 P/92 f<br />
Dairyland Cooperative, Genoa 1687-01670 P/91 f<br />
Froedtert Malt, Milwaukee 2206-84523 B/26 m<br />
Froedtert Malt, Milwaukee 1687-01712 M/21 f<br />
Kenosha Memorial Hospital, Kenosha 2206-84520 B/22 m<br />
Kenosha Memorial Hospital, Kenosha 2206-84519 B/21 m<br />
Kenosha Memorial Hospital, Kenosha 0816-38667 E/18 m<br />
Kenosha Memorial Hospital, Kenosha 1687-01709 M/15 f<br />
Kenosha Memorial Hospital, Kenosha 1687-01708 M/14 f<br />
La Crosse 1687-01730 94/C f<br />
La Crosse 1687-01731 95/C f<br />
La Crosse 2206-47688 D/92 m<br />
Lynxville Cliff, Lynxville 2206-72218 29/M m<br />
Lynxville Cliff, Lynxville 1687-01723 88/C f<br />
Maiden Rock 1687-01724 89/C f<br />
Maiden Rock 1687-01725 90/C f<br />
Miller Brewery, Milwaukee 1687-01808 M/22 f<br />
Miller Brewery, Milwaukee 2206-84529 B/32 m<br />
Miller Brewery, Milwaukee 2206-84528 B/31 m<br />
Miller Brewery, Milwaukee 1687-01713 M/23 f<br />
Racine County Courthouse, Racine 2206-84524 B/27 m<br />
Racine County Courthouse, Racine 2206-84525 B/28 m<br />
Racine County Courthouse, Racine 2206-84526 B/29 m<br />
Racine County Courthouse, Racine 2206-84527 B/30 m<br />
WEPCO Oak Creek Power Plant, Oak Creek 2206-84522 B/25 m<br />
WEPCO Pleasant Prairie Power Plant, Pleasant 2206-72284 E/03 m<br />
WEPCO Pleasant Prairie Power Plant, Pleasant 2206-72286 E/05 m<br />
WEPCO Pleasant Prairie Power Plant, Pleasant 2206-72287 E/06 m<br />
WEPCO Pleasant Prairie Power Plant, Pleasant 2206-72288 E/07 m<br />
WEPCO Pleasant Prairie Power Plant, Pleasant 2206-72285 E/04 m<br />
WEPCO Port Washington Power Plant, Port 2206-84532 B/36 m<br />
46
47<br />
SITE BAND NO. COLOR BAND SEX<br />
Wisconsin<br />
WEPCO Port Washington Power Plant, Port 1687-01714 N/24 f<br />
WEPCO Valley Power Plant, Milwaukee 0816-38664 E/14 m<br />
WEPCO Valley Power Plant, Milwaukee 1687-01704 M/05 f<br />
WEPCO Valley Power Plant, Milwaukee 1687-01705 M/07 f<br />
WEPCO Valley Power Plant, Milwaukee 2206-72292 E/13 m<br />
WPL Edgewater Generating Station, Sheboygan 2206-84538 B/24 m<br />
WPL Edgewater Generating Station, Sheboygan 1867-01711 M/20 f<br />
WPL Edgewater Generating Station, Sheboygan 2206-84521 B/23 m<br />
WPL Edgewater Generating Station, Sheboygan 1867-01710 M/17 f<br />
WPS Pulliam Power Plant, Green Bay 2206-72291 E/12 m<br />
WPS Pulliam Power Plant, Green Bay 2206-72290 E/10 m<br />
WPS Weston Power Plant, Rothschild, WI 0816-33666 E/17 m<br />
WPS Weston Power Plant, Rothschild, WI 0816-38665 E/16 m<br />
WPS Weston Power Plant, Rothschild, WI 1687-01707 M/13 f<br />
WPS Weston Power Plant, Rothschild, WI 1687-01706 M/12 f<br />
Table 4. Hacked <strong>Peregrine</strong>s Banded in the <strong>Midwest</strong>, <strong>2006</strong>. (Gold USFWS bands,<br />
black/green color bands).<br />
SITE BAND NO. COLOR BAND SEX<br />
Missouri<br />
New Madrid Power Plant 2206-84564 C/30 m<br />
New Madrid Power Plant 1687-01841 N/94 f<br />
New Madrid Power Plant 2206-84561 C/31 m<br />
New Madrid Power Plant 1687-01838 N/93 f
48<br />
Figure 1. Symbols depict non-breeding pairs (open circles) and nest on buildings (closed circles),<br />
smokestacks (crosses), bridges (triangles), and cliffs (squares).
49<br />
Figure 2<br />
180<br />
160<br />
140<br />
120<br />
100<br />
80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
<strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong> nesting attempts in the<br />
<strong>Midwest</strong><br />
86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06<br />
Year<br />
Figure 3<br />
180<br />
160<br />
140<br />
120<br />
100<br />
80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
<strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong> nesting attempts in the<br />
<strong>Midwest</strong><br />
Canada<br />
United States<br />
86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06<br />
Year
50<br />
Figure 4<br />
500<br />
450<br />
400<br />
350<br />
300<br />
250<br />
200<br />
150<br />
100<br />
50<br />
0<br />
<strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong>s produced in the <strong>Midwest</strong><br />
86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06<br />
Year<br />
Figure 5<br />
<strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong>s released and produced in the<br />
<strong>Midwest</strong><br />
500<br />
450<br />
400<br />
350<br />
Wild-produced<br />
Released<br />
300<br />
250<br />
200<br />
150<br />
100<br />
50<br />
0<br />
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06<br />
Year
51<br />
Figure 6<br />
Successful nests (%)<br />
100<br />
90<br />
80<br />
70<br />
60<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
Nesting success of <strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong>s in the<br />
<strong>Midwest</strong><br />
86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06<br />
Year<br />
Figure 7<br />
Productivity of <strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong>s in the <strong>Midwest</strong><br />
Fledglings / nest attempt<br />
3.00<br />
2.50<br />
2.00<br />
1.50<br />
1.00<br />
0.50<br />
0.00<br />
86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06<br />
Year
52<br />
Fledglings / successful<br />
nest<br />
Figure 8<br />
Productivity of successful <strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong> nests in<br />
the <strong>Midwest</strong><br />
3.5<br />
3.0<br />
2.5<br />
2.0<br />
1.5<br />
1.0<br />
0.5<br />
0.0<br />
87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06<br />
Year<br />
100<br />
80<br />
Figure 9<br />
Origin of identified <strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong>s nesting in the<br />
<strong>Midwest</strong><br />
Hacked Wild<br />
Percent<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06<br />
Year
53<br />
Figure 10<br />
7<br />
Age of nesting <strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong>s in the <strong>Midwest</strong><br />
Mean age (years)<br />
6<br />
5<br />
4<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
0<br />
87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06<br />
Year<br />
Figure 11<br />
7<br />
Age of nesting <strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong>s in the <strong>Midwest</strong><br />
Mean age (years)<br />
6<br />
5<br />
4<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
Female<br />
Male<br />
0<br />
88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06<br />
Year
54<br />
Percent of sex class<br />
18<br />
16<br />
14<br />
12<br />
10<br />
8<br />
6<br />
4<br />
2<br />
0<br />
Figure 12<br />
Age distribution of nesting <strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong>s in the<br />
<strong>Midwest</strong>, 1987-<strong>2006</strong><br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19<br />
Age (year)<br />
Female<br />
Male<br />
Perecent of sex class<br />
Figure 13<br />
Age distribution of nesting <strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong>s in the<br />
<strong>Midwest</strong>, <strong>2006</strong><br />
20<br />
18<br />
16<br />
14<br />
12<br />
10<br />
8<br />
6<br />
4<br />
2<br />
0<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19<br />
Age (years)<br />
Female<br />
Male
55<br />
Figure 14<br />
Nesting sites (n =172) of <strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong>s<br />
in the <strong>Midwest</strong>, <strong>2006</strong><br />
Cliff<br />
28%<br />
Bridge<br />
10%<br />
Building<br />
46%<br />
Smokestack<br />
16%<br />
Figure 15<br />
Nesting sites (n = 142) of <strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong>s<br />
in the <strong>Midwest</strong>ern U.S., <strong>2006</strong><br />
Bridge<br />
12%<br />
Cliff<br />
14%<br />
Smokestack<br />
20%<br />
Building<br />
54%
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SPECIAL ARTICLE<br />
READING PEREGRINE FALCON COLOR BANDS AT LONG RANGE<br />
HARRISON B. TORDOFF<br />
The equipment for reading color bands on <strong>Peregrine</strong> <strong>Falcon</strong>s (Falco peregrinus) is easy to<br />
describe: a good telescope, young eyes, and patience. Lacking young eyes these days, I have been<br />
forced to try other things. Specifically, recording the image coming through the telescope by digital<br />
camera makes it possible by computer to enlarge, enhance, or otherwise improve image readability.<br />
A side benefit is that digital recording of the image provides a permanent record. By comparison,<br />
“young-eyeball-only” images are neither permanent nor re-checkable.<br />
Here I try to sum up my experience reading peregrine color bands in the field, in hope of<br />
helping others spend their field time more efficiently. First, I have been assured by camera experts<br />
that the combination of a good telescope and a camera provides more potential power than a camera<br />
alone, even with its own telescopic lenses. My telescope is a Leica APO-Televid 77. It has a zoom<br />
eyepiece, 20X to 60X. The zoom eyepiece is essential for speed in locating birds and for subsequent<br />
zooming in for a closer look. My camera is a Nikon 8400. Higher resolution digital cameras are now<br />
available, but I have not yet found a better camera with a lens that fits inside the eyecup of the scope.<br />
This is a key to my attachment of scope to camera. Instead of any of the elaborate mounts available<br />
for purchase, I simply use an elastic cloth band, three fourths of an inch wide, about 24 inches long,<br />
with Velcro strips on about six inches of both ends. The elastic band slips over the scope in front of<br />
the scope/tripod fitting. With the camera lens inserted into the extended scope eyecup, the elastic<br />
band needs only to be pulled around the camera body. Experience will quickly show how long to<br />
make the closed band in order to exert the appropriate amount of support of the camera. My camera
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lens when extended fits inside the scope eyecup a bit loosely. To make the fit more snugly, I put a<br />
strip of thin leather four inches long and a quarter inch wide inside the eyecup as a bushing for the<br />
camera lens<br />
A sturdy tripod is essential and a remote shutter release is almost as essential. Any movement<br />
of the camera during exposure is likely to ruin the image.<br />
Given this equipment (and I eagerly await suggestions from anyone for equipment<br />
improvements), how is it best used in the field First, the camera (my Nikon 8400, that is) should be<br />
set on shutter control, which automatically opens autofocus. Then zoom it to its 3.5X optical limit to<br />
avoid “vignetting”, an automatic framing of the scope image as viewed on the camera monitor at<br />
lower camera magnifications. The zoom range of my telescope is 20X to 60X. For years I thought<br />
that 40X to 50X produced the best result, usually a compromise between image size and image<br />
readability. Recently, I have experimented with 60X, at the suggestion of Jackie Fallon, and find that<br />
this works fine if the focus is precise. How precise With an image in clear focus at 60X on my<br />
scope, moving the fine focus adjustment wheel either way less than a millimeter destroys the focus.<br />
Focus the scope directly on the bird and then mount the camera, delicately. At 3.5X camera zoom<br />
and 40X scope zoom, the net result is an image enlarged 140 times; at 3.5X and 60X, 210 times.<br />
To minimize blurring by falcon or camera movements, shutter speed should be as fast as<br />
provides a reasonably lighted image. With my equipment, shutter speeds of 1/125 th or 1/250 th second<br />
seem to work best. Poor light may call for slower shutter speeds, enhancing the value of the remote<br />
shutter release to avoid camera movement.<br />
Given good light, patience, and a cooperative falcon that exposes its banded leg at least<br />
occasionally, how far away should an image enlarged 140X or 210X be readable I tested the ability<br />
of several people with good eyesight to read peregrine black/green bands in outdoor Minnesota
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December light, with no optical aids beyond ordinary prescription eyeglasses. Results were fairly<br />
consistent. Everyone could read the bands at 6 feet, most could read them at 8 feet, fewer at 10 feet,<br />
and no one could read them at 12 feet. Accepting 8 feet as the maximum readable distance, I<br />
calculate that images of comparable size and readability might be produced at 373 yards at 140X and<br />
560 yards at 210X, given perfect light and a wholly visible band. However, a colleague points out<br />
that this calculation ignores the realities of field work, where the band is on the often tucked-up leg of<br />
a falcon that is heavily feathered, mobile, and often perched in bad light.<br />
In an earlier draft, before venturing to calculate a theoretical maximum distance for reading<br />
bands under different magnifications, I made a guess based on previous field experience: “What is<br />
the maximum range possible with this equipment I do not know, but guess that it may be around<br />
250, perhaps even 300, yards.” Now I think that my first guess is a much more realistic guide under<br />
field conditions than the theoretical calculation. However, once one has the equipment, digital shots<br />
are essentially free. Why not also shoot at longer ranges and hope, if you can’t get any closer<br />
Please tell me, anyone, of any successful peregrine band reading at a quarter of a mile or more.<br />
tordoff@umn.edu<br />
612-624-6787<br />
James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History and Department of Ecology, Evolution, and<br />
Behavior, University of Minnesota, December 15, <strong>2006</strong>