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30 116. SP-Ohio River Kennedy Bridge (I-65), Jeffersonville, Indiana/Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Shawchyi Vorisek reports that a pair nested on a nearby railroad bridge (also used in 1995). At least one young fledged according to Gary Michael. The adults were not identified. 117. LE-Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E), Bedford, Trimble County, Kentucky. Five-year-old female Natasha *6/Y paired again with five –year-old male Greyfire *K/V. Matt Dzialak reports that three separate clutches were laid here, two, two, and one egg. In each case, the eggs were missing or destroyed within several days of laying. No young hatched. MANITOBA Tracy Maconachie, Manitoba Wildlife Branch, supplied the following information on Manitoba falcons 118. SP-Delta Winnipeg Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Thirteen-year old female Madame 52V over-wintered again and paired with for the second year with her six-yearold son Trey black 2/8, fledged here in 1996. Trey 2/8 migrates. A clutch of four eggs was laid, then abandoned. Re-nesting produced three eggs, one hatched and one young female fledged. This nesting was eerily similar to this pair’s performance in 2001. 119. LE-McKenzie Seed Building, Brandon, Manitoba. A new pair for this site produced four eggs but the nest was abandoned on June 9 or 10, probably because of a severe storm. The male is seven-year-old black *7/9, fledged here in 1995 and with no other recorded nesting attempt. The female is black 1/*T (?), place of origin not yet tracked down (possibly Wyoming). ONTARIO Ted Armstrong and Steve Sholten, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, and Brian Ratcliff, Thunder Bay Field Naturalists, sent the following summary of peregrine nesting in the Ontario Lake Superior basin. Brian Ratcliff organized a team of climbers again this year. They banded 38 young falcons at 13 cliff sites, most reached by hiking and climbing and some by helicopter. Many of the Ontario sites are much more difficult to reach than most sites in the <strong>Midwest</strong>ern U.S. The climbers this year were Frank Pianka and other members of the Alpine Club of Canada. 120. SP-Mt. McKay, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Brian Ratcliff reports that the adults here were not identified this year. Four young fledged, three females and a male, all banded on June 27, ages 27 to 30 days. 121. SP-Mt. McRae, about three km from Mt. McKay, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Four-year-old male black *3/R, fledged in 1998 at Squaretop Mountain, Ontario, and an unbanded female fledged four young, two of each sex. Brian Ratcliff’s team banded them on June 25, ages 24 to 26 days. 122. SP-Pie Island, Turtle Head, Ontario. On a helicopter flight on June 12, Brian Ratcliff saw three young about ten days old and one egg from the helicopter. On a
31 return helicopter visit on July 2, two chicks about 37 days old were seen. They were not banded. 123. SP-Pie Island, Le Pate, Ontario. Three chicks about 22 days old were seen from a helicopter on July 2. They were not banded and the adults were not identified. 124. SP-Pie Island, East Side, Ontario. A female on three eggs was seen from a helicopter on June 12. On July 2, she was still on the nest; one chick about ten days old was seen and there may have been more. 125. SP-Squaw Bay, Ontario. Brian Ratcliff banded three young here on July 1, two males and a female. The adult male is not banded; his mate was not identified. 126. SP-Squaretop Mountain, Ontario. The adults here were not identified this year. They fledged three young, a female and two males, all banded on June 29, at three weeks of age. 127. SP-Mink Bay, Ontario. The adult female at this site is not banded and the male’s banding status was not determined. Brian Ratcliff reports that two young, a female and a male, were banded here on June 28 at 22 and 23 days of age. [NW Mollie Mountain, Ontario. On June 12 a single adult was seen from a helicopter. No nest was found and there was no return visit to the site.] 128. SP-Thunder Cape, Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, Ontario. One young bird about 35 days old was seen from a helicopter on a heavily vegetated ledge on July 2. It was not banded. 129 SP-Whitefish Lake, Ontario. Brian Ratcliff reports that a pair of unidentified adults fledged four young, three males and a female, banded on July 3, at ages ranging from 23 to 28 days. 130. SP-Dorion Tower, Ontario. New Site. Brian Ratcliff banded one young, a 24-day-old male, here on July 18. 131. SP-Nipigon River Mouth, Nipigon, Ontario. The adult male here is not banded. Four young were banded on June 30, three males and a female, ages ranging from 28 to 33 days. 132. SP-Kama Bay, Ontario. Second year for this site. The adult female has a b/r band. Three young were banded on June 30, two males and a female, just over four weeks old. 133. SP-Old Woman Bay, Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario. A pair was on territory here on May 28. Carol Dersch reported two chicks about 20 days old on June 18. They were not banded. 134. SP-Devil’s Warehouse Island, Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario. The adult female here was not banded and therefore is new to the site. Her mate is twelveyear-old red 1/9, here at least since 1996. One young was fledged and banded, a female, 16 days old.
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