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BLOOD SAMPLES We continued collecting blood in 2007 from all wild young banded in the U.S., and from whatever wild breeders were handled. The goal is to provide the research base for measuring inbreeding, outbreeding, genetic variation, changes in occupancy of territories, dispersal of adults and young, success of the different genetic stocks introduced, development of genetic structure in the new Midwestern population, and other topics yet to be determined. The peregrine blood samples collected over the years uniquely represent the history of the Midwest population. Only a handful of eggs, study skins and skeletons, acquired randomly, have been preserved, in contrast to the nearly full coverage of blood samples saved. Sophisticated as current techniques of blood analysis may seem today, they will be considered primitive in a few years. The blood specimens are in the permanent tissue collections at the Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, where they are available for study now and in the future. PLANS FOR THE FUTURE We need to continue to try to: -Identify all breeders. -Band all wild young produced -Collect blood from all young and any adults handled -Appropriately manage pairs nesting on man-made structures -Maintain good working relationships with building owners and personnel responsible for public structures used as nest site -Monitor the peregrines on the river cliffs, North Shore of Lake Superior and on suitable cliffs elsewhere in the region -Collect, coordinate, and circulate information among Midwest peregrine workers through reports and regular informal contacts -Develop permanent names and obtain accurate lat/long information for each nesting site ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Midwest Peregrine Project is a cooperative effort involving many people and organizations. The University of Minnesota provides the overall coordination of the project through Pat Redig and Jane Goggin of The Raptor Center with continuing advice, encouragement and unbounded enthusiasm from Bud Tordoff (retired) of the Bell Museum of Natural History and the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. We are able to maintain our database on peregrines, which is the basis of the various reports you receive, through the enthusiastic cooperation of people interested in peregrines in the 13 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces in our area. The database is available online to anyone interested at http://midwestperegrine.org. Richard Peifer, Kyle Hammond, and Bruce Fall make the online database possible. We thank all of you who have sent us information. We are grateful to those who read parts of an early draft of this report for help in detecting errors and omissions. Please let us know about mistakes that were missed. 46
Support for the Minnesota part of the effort is provided by: 3M BCED Minnesota CB Richard Ellis City Center Building Management Colonnade Building Management Farm Credit Leasing Lock and Dam 1 Management and Staff Mayo Clinic Mayo Clinic Volunteer Organization Midwest Plaza Building Management Minneapolis City Hall Staff Minnesota DNR Nongame Wildlife Program Minnesota DNR Parks and Recreation Minnesota Department of Transportation (MN DOT) Minnesota Falconers Association Minnesota Power and Light Company Great River Energy North Central Life (recently re-named Bremer building) Building Management Xcel Energy Northwest Airlines Norwest Financial Center Building Management (now Wells Fargo) Raptor Resource Project Riverside Plaza Building Management St. Paul Department of Public Works The Raptor Center, University of Minnesota The Minnesota Zoo U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service U. S. Forest Service Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center In addition, each cooperating state or province has its own list of cooperators and supporters. 47
Page 1 and 2: MIDWEST PEREGRINE FALCON RESTORATIO
Page 3: Contents Midwest Peregrine Falcon W
Page 6 and 7: actual 3D views of peregrine nest s
Page 8 and 9: Year Table 2 PEREGRINE POPULATION G
Page 10 and 11: SUMMARY OF PEREGRINE NESTING IN 200
Page 12 and 13: First year nesting attempted: 2000
Page 14 and 15: view of peregrine behavior. A speci
Page 16 and 17: year was six-year-old female Copper
Page 18 and 19: successfully in early July. Over 20
Page 22 and 23: 52. NB-Castle Cliff, Castle Danger,
Page 24 and 25: 63. SP-We Energies Pleasant Prairie
Page 28 and 29: May 25, 2007. One female (*M/*P-168
Page 30 and 31: 102. SP-I-280 Bridge Quad Cities, S
Page 32 and 33: 115. SP-McCook, Cook County, IL. Ne
Page 34 and 35: nine-year-old Chantal *B/*C (aka Ka
Page 36 and 37: again with eleven-year-old male Buc
Page 38 and 39: 158. LE-Tecumseh Building, Springfi
Page 40 and 41: three eggs, hatched two young on Ap
Page 42 and 43: 180. SP-South of Lomond River, Onta
Page 44 and 45: 196. SP-Montreal River North of Rai
Page 46 and 47: 211. NB-Squaretop Mountain, Ontario
Page 48 and 49: [Theano Point, Alona Bay, Ontario.
Page 52 and 53: Table 3. Wild Peregrines Banded in
Page 54 and 55: SITE BAND NO. COLOR BAND SEX Manito
Page 56 and 57: SITE BAND NO. COLOR BAND SEX Minnes
Page 58 and 59: SITE BAND NO. COLOR BAND SEX Ohio P
Page 60: SITE BAND NO. COLOR BAND SEX Wiscon
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