2006 - Midwest Peregrine Falcon Restoration Project

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MANITOBA
Tracy Maconachie, Manitoba Wildlife Branch, supplied the following information on
Manitoba falcons.
208. SP-Radisson Hotel / Delta Winnipeg Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Tracy Maconachie
reported that four-year-old female Princess, fledged in 2002 at NSP Riverside, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, and her third year at this site paired again with ten-year-old male Trey bl 2/8, fledged at
this site in Winnipeg in 1996. A new ledge on the building was used that was difficult to find and
observe. Three chicks were produced and banded on June 19 th with the help of a crane. A webcam
was placed. One of the males (Bandit) was killed in a collision with a building shortly after fledging.
209. SP-McKenzie Seed Building, Brandon, Manitoba. Eleven-year-old male Zeus black
*7/9, fledged in Brandon in 1995, was here for the fifth year, paired with for the third year with thirdyear-old
female Holly 31/B, fledged in 2003 at Community First Bank, Fargo, North Dakota. The
pair produced two eggs, hatched and fledged two young, both females, by mid-July, according to
Tracy Maconachie.
210. NB-Water Tower, Brandon Mental Health Centre, Brandon, Manitoba. Tracy
Maconachie reports that for the third year a pair of unidentified adults was here but did not nest.
211. NB-Condominium block in southwest Winnipeg. Possible new site. Tracy
Maconachie reported that a pair of birds in juvenile plumage was in residence for the entire summer.
They were Lucy black *7/M, a 2005 fledge from the Radisson, and Obi-Wan Kenobi black B /*Y, a
2005 fledge from McKenzie Seeds. No sign of nesting activity was observed. Six CWS-produced
peregrines were hacked at this site in 1991.
Missouri
PEREGRINE RELEASES IN 2006
Hack Site: New Madrid Power Plant, New Madrid, Missouri. This is the third year of
hacking birds at this site. David A. Childers, Materials Management Supervisor for the Associated
Electric Coop, Inc., reported on their project to hack peregrine falcons. Four birds were obtained
from Bruce Haak in Eagle, Idaho. Female Cherokee b/g N/93 was reported to be of Peales stock, the
other three, two males and a female were derived from tundrius stock. Placed in the hack box on
June 2, they were released on June 15, 2006. One male, C/30 was found dead the next day when it
had become entrapped inside the power plant’s bunker room and succumbed overnight to the heat.
In sum for 2006, 435 young were fledged by wild pairs and four young were released
from captive pairs, for a total of 439, up from 427 in 2005.