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hatched and fledged, one female and two males. First year nesting attempted: 2005; total young
produced: 7.
20. SP-Blatnik Bridge, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota / Superior, Douglas County,
Wisconsin. Dave Evans reports that an unbanded adult male was paired with a new female, black
*B/8, fledged in 2004 from Mount McRae, Ontario. The pair fledged 3 young, unbanded due to
traffic safety considerations. First year nesting attempted: 1995; total young produced: 6.
21. SP-Greysolon Plaza (aka Duluth Hotel), Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Rob
MacIntyre and Amy Ries scored a home run when they captured the unbanded adult female here,
who is now known as Amy b/g 82/C; the male is still unbanded. They laid four eggs, hatched and
fledged four young, two of each sex. First year nesting attempted: 2003; total young produced: 10.
22. SP-Bong Bridge, Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin / Duluth, St. Louis County,
Minnesota. Dave Evans reported that that eleven-year-old male Trevor b/r K/*A, fledged in 1995
from a cliff at Kennedy Creek, Minnesota was paired with three-year-old female black *Y/6, fledged
in 2003 from Caribou Island, Ontario. This pair nested in a new location closer to land on the
Minnesota section of land, on a beam of the bridge. Two young males were banded when they were
found to have landed below the bridge at about 30-35 days of age. The pair was believed to have
failed, but had actually just moved locations from the usual tub located in the center of the bridge
over water to the new location. One of the young was found dead on the bridge July 9th by Dave
Evans. First year nesting attempted: 1994; Total young produced: 8.
Each year, Minnesota North Shore peregrines are banded with the essential and much
appreciated help of expert climbers from the Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center,
Finland, Minnesota. This year the climbers and others that helped at North Shore sites were
(alphabetically): John Arent, Gail Buhl, Dave Evans, Dave Graf, Brice Hansen, Peter Harris,
Brad Johnson, Jim Mussell, Peter Smerud, Joel Sneiwolski, Mike Steffes, Joe Walewski, and
Lori Walewski.
23. SP-Superior Shores, Rocky Point, Two Harbors, Lake County, Minnesota. New Site.
Dave Evans reported nesting activity at this site. An adult unbanded male was present with threeyear-old
female Phoenix b/g 96/E, fledged in 2003 from North Shore Mining, Silver Bay,
Minnesota. The pair failed in late May, but was observed to have re-nested in an old raven nest
by June 11 with three eggs. On July 31, Adam Barnett climbed to the nest; two female chicks
were safely banded and fledged from the site in late August. First year nesting attempted: 2006;
total young produced: 2.
24. SP-Crow Creek, Lake County, Minnesota. This site was occupied regularly by the
pre-DDT peregrines and now since 2003. Six-year-old Wally b/g P/R, fledged at Palisade Head
in 2000, paired with an unbanded female. Two young females were banded on June 8, and
fledged successfully by the end of the month. Dave Evans identified male Wally b/g P/R in 2002
at Silver Cliff, about two miles from Crow Creek. First year nesting attempted: 2003; total young
produced: 6.
25. SP-Castle Cliff, Castle Danger, Lake County, Minnesota. Mike Steffes and Dave
Evans reported on this pair for the fifth season. As in previous years, the female was unbanded.
The male was banded b/g, but remained too secretive to further identify him. Four eggs were
laid, four hatched, and four young were banded, three females and one male. The three young
females were found to have died or were missing from the eyrie before fledging age, leaving a