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no eggs or evidence of young, but we are continuing to observe the site and to try to
determine what is causing the defensive behavior so late in the season. Observations were
made possible by access granted to the adjoining Medical Arts roof where observations
could be done of the Multifoods Tower and Midwest Plaza sites simultaneously.
First year nesting attempted: 2004 Total young produced: 5
48. NB-3M Water Tower, Arcade and East 7th Street, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
From February through May, the breeding pair of adult peregrines from site #10 used this
site in addition to the Bremer Tower. In late May, two-year-old Rick b/g 45/N, 2005 hatch
from NSP Prairie Island, MN was seen on territory with an unknown adult female for a
two-week time period. No birds were seen on territory through the summer months, despite
regular observations by various 3M employees. Melissa Babich and Bud Tordoff also
watched this site throughout the nesting season.
First year nesting attempted: 2006 Total young produced: 2
49. NB-Flint Hills Refinery, Rosemount, Dakota County, Minnesota. For the third year, an
unknown pair of adult peregrines was on territory at the refinery. In late July, refinery
employee Don Kern notified us of extremely defensive behavior by the pair towards the staff
throughout the summer. Observations began but clear banding status or age of the pair was
not made and no eggs or evidence of hatching was found. We are continuing with
observations at the time of this report. We are working with a nearby facility to install a
nesting box to encourage the falcons to nest in the area.
First year nesting attempted: 2005 Total young produced: 0
50. NB-Queens Bluff, Great River Bluffs State Park, Winona County, Minnesota. An unbanded
adult female and three-year-old Cranberry b/g 17/N, a 2004 fledge from Dairyland
Cooperative, Genoa, Wisconsin, nested in a cave eyrie that has been used since 2000. When
the banding team climbed into the eyrie, it was discovered that the pair had a fresh scrape but
no evidence of eggs or chicks. Further observations did not produce evidence of incubation
or brooding of chicks. The pair remained on territory throughout the summer. Jim Mussell
and Joel Sniewolski climbed the cliff here.
First year nesting attempted: 2000 Total young produced: 19
51. NB-Bong Bridge, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota/Superior, Douglas County,
Wisconsin. Dave Evans reports that twelve-year-old male Trevor b/r K/*A, fledged in 1995
from a cliff at Kennedy Creek, Minnesota, was paired with four-year-old female black *Y/6,
fledged in 2003 from Caribou Island, Ontario. The pair of birds were seen at the bridge in the
late winter and early spring, but appeared to move to a nearby box that was placed on a
smokestack at the nearby Hibbard Plant. (See # 31 above).
First year nesting attempted: 1994 Total young produced: 8
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