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WILD NEW JERSEY: WNJ Exclusive: Peregrine falcon banding on a Delaware River bridge

WNJ Exclusive: Peregrine falcon banding on a Delaware River bridge

Female Peregrine in flight.
Photo credit: Howard B. Eskin

Story and photos courtesy of Howard B. Eskin, HowardsView.com: "Peregrine Falcons were once an endangered species in the United States. North American Peregrine Falcon populations have made a great comeback due to bans on usage of DDT and similar pesticides. Further, the Peregrine Falcons have found champions in dedicated folks like Dr. F. Arthur McMorris and his associates at the Pennsylvania Game Commission as well as other conservation groups who protect, band and account for the Peregrines in the area. Art asked me to help monitor the progress of a mating pair at the Pennsylvania/New Jersey Turnpike Bridge starting last March. Yesterday,we climbed the bridge and Art banded three healthy chicks with the help of Mike Coll of the Natural Lands Trust and Andy Lutz of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. This old man made the dumb decision to climb around the iron ladders and catwalks 200 feet up on the bridge over the Delaware River to photograph the event (but like the Barnegat Jetty, I wouldn't have missed it for the world!)"