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20 92. LE-Macomb County Building, Mt. Clements, Macomb County, Michigan. Ray Rustem reports that four eggs laid none of which hatched. 93. NB- Bell Tower, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co. New Site. A pair of peregrines established a territory at this site. Breeding activity was observed but no eggs were laid. Female is banded, potentially from the Toledo area. 94. NB-Federal Center building, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. Ray Rustem provided information that two birds were reported in downtown but no nests were found. Female is banded and male is unbanded. 95. NB-Grand Rapids, Michigan. According to John Will, a pair of adult birds was present in downtown Grand Rapids for virtually all of 2006 -- possibly the same pair as '04 and '05 but unconfirmed. Based on their behavior they very likely nested twice -- in March and May, both unsuccessfully -- though nest sites were unconfirmed. Their lack of success was, once again, probably due to the absence of a reasonably well located nest box. Last fall, a new nest box was put in place atop the McKay Tower in the same location as our hacking box in the mid-'80.! Hopefully, the nest box first put up by the State Office Building a year ago has now been moved to a more favorable location atop that building to provide 2 well located nest boxes. The birds continue to be present and use our entire downtown for roosting. 96. NB-Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, five miles west of Silver City, Ontonagon County, Michigan. In six visits, Joe Rogers and Barb Rogers observed courtship and it is thought a pair may be nesting to the west of the original site, according to information relayed by Ray Rustem. No information was available for the following Michigan sites in 2006. [Mackinaw Bridge, linking Upper and Lower Peninsulas, Michigan] [Kewaunee Peninsula, Kewaunee County, Michigan] [Trap Hills, Ontonagon County, Michigan] [Grand Portal cliff, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Alger County, Michigan] [Au Train Island, Alger County, Michigan] [Grand Island, Alger County, Michigan] SOUTH DAKOTA [Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. No report of any peregrine activity in 2006.] NEBRASKA 97. SP-Woodmen Tower, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. Kari Andresen and Joel Jorgensen, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, report that twelve-year-old male Zeus X/R fledged in Rochester NY in 1994, here for the eleventh year, paired again with an unbanded female. They fledged two male and three female young.
21 98. SP-State Capitol Building, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. After failed nesting attempts in 2003 and 2004, followed by success in 2005, a pair successfully nested again this year. The male is five-year-old b/g 19/K, fledged in Des Moines, Iowa in 2001 and also here in 2003 and probably in 2004, and the female was two-year-old bl A/*Y, fledged at Radisson /Delta Winnipeg Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 2004. One male and two females fledged as reported by Kari Andresen. IOWA 99. SP-Firstar Bank (US Bank), Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. Jodeane Cancilla, Macbride Raptor Project, Pat Schlarbaum, and Bruce Ehresman, Iowa DNR, report that eight-yearold female *S/*5, nesting here for the seventh year, and three-year-old male 78/E, here nesting for year two, produced four eggs, hatched all four, and fledged four young, three males and a female. Young hatched around May 8 th and fledged between the 12th and 15th of June 2006. 100. SP-MidAmerican Energy Corporate Headquarters, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. (one of three sites in the Quad Cities). Dave Sebben reports that two seven-year-olds, female 8/*E, fledged at Muncie, Indiana, in 1999, paired with male P/D, fledged at Dubuque, Iowa, in 1999, and produced two young. 101. SP-MEC Louisa, Louisa County, Iowa. Jim Haack, MidAmerica Energy, reports that an unidentified female and an unidentified male, both banded, fledged three young, one male and two females. One “much younger” male was found dead in the nest box at banding time. This is the fifth year of successful nesting at this site. 102. SP-Alliant Energy Plant, Chillicothe, Wapello County, Iowa (aka Ottumwa). Judi Johnson reports that seven-year-old female Z/V and an unidentified male fledged one young. 103. SP-Mississippi bridge, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Local birder, Hal Geren, reports seeing and hearing two adults and one young peregrine flying in the vicinity of the bridge throughout July. 104. LE-Waukon Junction Cliff, Waukon Junction, Allamakee County, Iowa. This was the third year this cliff site was occupied by the same pair. On March 23, Bob Anderson identified both adults, now three-year-old female Lora 48/E and four-year-old Brady 19/M. Occupying the same cliff, but a different ledge than in 2005, hatching was observed, however, the nest was lost to predation, presumably by raccoons. 105. LE-Alliant Energy Lansing / Lansing cliff, Lansing, Allamakee County, Iowa. In 2005, this site was occupied by an unidentified adult female with a b/r band paired with eight-yearold male Alpha *T/M, nesting here for the seventh year. In 2006, the pair (not identified) attempted to nest on the stack, but was disturbed by construction work. They moved over to the nearby cliff which had been unsuccessful in previous years. Bob Anderson and associates conducted a nest inspection on May 17th and found evidence of probable raccoon predation. 106. LE-I-280 Bridge Quad Cities, Scott County, Iowa. Local Birder Kelly McKay reported a pair of falcons on the west pier (Iowa side) of the bridge. Two eggs on concrete were discovered and placed in a nest tray with pea gravel. There was no further activity reported at this site. 107. LE-American Republic, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Bruce Ehresman and Pat Schlarbaum, Iowa DNR, report that an unidentified female laid four eggs on a bare, cold concrete ledge. Pea gravel was added under them, but the eggs failed to hatch.
Page 1 and 2: MIDWEST PEREGRINE FALCON RESTORATIO
Page 3: Contents iii Midwest Peregrine Falc
Page 6 and 7: 2 All peregrines banded in the U.S.
Page 8 and 9: 4 Year Hacked Young Table 2 PEREGRI
Page 10 and 11: 6 • Roosevelt R/*4 (One Summit Sq
Page 12 and 13: 6. SP-Lock and Dam 1/Ford Parkway B
Page 14 and 15: 10 hatched and fledged, one female
Page 16 and 17: was the same pair of birds on terri
Page 18 and 19: paired bigamously with three-year-o
Page 20 and 21: laid, one disappeared, two of the r
Page 22 and 23: 18 73. LE-Maassen Bluff, two miles
Page 26 and 27: 22 108. NB-I-80 Bridge, Quad Cities
Page 28 and 29: 24 9 sites and 30 checks fledged fr
Page 30 and 31: 26 131. SP-Inland Steel (aka Mittal
Page 32 and 33: eleven-year-old male Bandit b/r 3/*
Page 34 and 35: 30 160. SP-Hwy 255 Jefferson Barrac
Page 36 and 37: 32 ONTARIO Brian Ratcliff, Thunder
Page 38 and 39: 34 197. NB-International Bridge, Sa
Page 40 and 41: 36 BLOOD SAMPLES We continued colle
Page 42 and 43: 38 Table 3. Wild Peregrines Banded
Page 44 and 45: SITE BAND NO. COLOR BAND SEX Michig
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Page 50 and 51: SITE BAND NO. COLOR BAND SEX Wiscon
Page 52 and 53: 48 Figure 1. Symbols depict non-bre
Page 54 and 55: 50 Figure 4 500 450 400 350 300 250
Page 56 and 57: 52 Fledglings / successful nest Fig
Page 58 and 59: 54 Percent of sex class 18 16 14 12
Page 60 and 61: 56 SPECIAL ARTICLE READING PEREGRIN
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