Pennsylvania Peregrine Falcons2014 Season Summary

Art McMorrisDVOC

December 4, 2014

Extirpated from eastern North America by

DDT and other pesticides

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Re-introduced: thousands raised in captivity

and released

Federally de-listed in 1999Endangered in Pennsylvania

Recovering

Goal:• Restore a stable nesting population of Peregrine

Falcons in Pennsylvania• Remove from state Endangered Species list

2014 Nesting Season Summary

• Monitored over 60 sites• … with the help of >200 volunteers• Confirmed nesting at 43 sites• Banding of young• Medical exams and treatment• Contaminant analysis• Proactive protection of peregrines• Coordination of construction/maintenance• …..

6 Cliff nests

37 nests at urban sites

19 Bridges

14 Buildings

2 Smoke-stacks

Vicki Dinsmore

1 Water Tower

1 Active Quarry

2014 Nesting Season Summary

• 43 nesting pairs• 24 successful nests (56%)• 70 young fledged (1.63/pair)

New Nest, Cromby Power Plant,

Chester County

Meredith Lombard

New Nest, Dannehower Bridge,

Montgomery County

Joe Greco

New Nest, Talmage Quarry,

Lancaster County

New Nest, Tilbury Knob,

Luzerne County

Delaware Valley Area Nests

Philadelphia City Hall: 4 fledglings

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Commodore Barry Bridge: 3

Exelon Eddystone: 1

Girard Point Bridge: 3

Hospital of the Univ. of

PA: failed (4 eggs)

Barrie Ashby

Temple Medical School: abandoned

St. John Church, Manayunk: 4

Scudder Falls Bridge: single male

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PA/NJ Turnpike Bridge: 5!

Dannehower Bridge: failed (1 egg)

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Ben Franklin Bridge: 4

Cromby: failed

Allentown: relocated;

3 fledglings

Bethlehem: 3; and no fledgling injuries or

deaths!

Delaware Water Gap: 1 nestling, injured, in rehab

Walt Whitman

Bridge: moved to NJ side; results unknown

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Betsy Ross Bridge (NJ): failed (1 egg)

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Tacony-Palmyra Bridge (NJ/PA):

failed (3 eggs)

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Burlington-Bristol Bridge (NJ): 2

Banded 57 young at 19 nests

Bob Horton

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