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135. SP-Red Sucker Cove, Marathon, Ontario. Chris Porter reported three chicks
here on June 8. On June 24, the banding team saw both adults, did not locate the nest,
and were forced by rain to leave.
136. SP-Caribou Island, Ontario. Second year for this site. Brian Ratcliff reports
that unidentified adults fledged three female young, all banded on July 2, ages 18 to 20
days.
137. SP-Pukaskwa Point, South of Pukaskwa National Park. Two young were
fledged here, a male and a female, both banded when just over three weeks old. Both
adults wore black bands, indicating that they were wild-produced in Canada.
138. SP-Pukaskwa Depot, 5 km south of Richardson Harbor, Pukaskwa National
Park, Ontario. Second year for this site. Four male young were fledged and banded, ages
23 to 26 days. The adults were not identified.
[Otter Cove, Pukaskwa National Park, Ontario. No falcon activity reported here
this year.]
year.]
[Haviland Bay, north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. No activity reported here this
139. LE-Copper Cliff Road West, Ontario. On June 12, four eggs were observed
from a helicopter. On July 17, the banding team found the nest empty and no sign of
adults.
140. LE-Lomond River, Ontario. Second year for this site. On June 12, a b/g
banded female was brooding two chicks about seven days old. On July 2, the nest was
empty and no adults were seen.
141. LE-South Gillies. Second year for this site. Brian Ratcliff reports that the
banding team found three dead chicks in the nest and no sign of adults on July 4. The
chicks had died at about 21 days of age.
142. LE-Milne Road, Ontario. New Site. On July 5, the banding team found two
chicks in the nest, ages 11 and 12 days, too young to band. On July 17, the nest was
empty. The adult female has a b/g band ?/G and a purple USFWS band, indicating
banding in the U.S. Midwest.
143. NB-Flatland Harbor, Ontario. A pair of peregrines was seen here on April
21. No birds were seen from helicopter on June 12.
year.]
[Robertson Lake, near Goulais River, Ontario. No activity reported here this
144. NB-Pie Island, Greenstone Point, Ontario. Julian Holenstein reported a pair
of peregrines here on April 13. No birds were seen on helicopter flights on June 12 and
July 2.
[Point Isacor, Ontario. Carol Dersch and Joel Cooper located a pair at this
location on June 7. Return trips on the ground on June 18, 19, and 21 found no sign of
the birds.]