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Former Harrisburg Falcon Identified As Taking Over Nest In Delaware
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A female Peregrine falcon hatched at the Rachel Carson State Office Building two years ago has been spotted at a nest in Wilmington, Del. and may be responsible for killing the resident female and taking over the nest. Earlier this week, an official in Delaware contacted Game Commission Biologist Art McMorris inquiring about a Peregrine’s identification band number she identified while photographing the falcons at a nest at the Brandywine Building in Wilmington. Sure enough, McMorris identified the young female as one he banded in May 2008 in Harrisburg.
“She indeed does have fierce bloodlines,” McMorris said. “Her grandmother, the nesting female at the Girard Point Bridge in Philadelphia from 1998 to 2005, was one of the most aggressive peregrines I've encountered. And her mom at the Rachel Carson building (2000 - present) is also pretty intense. It makes banding the young an adventure each year, but we like them that way - they're tremendously protective of their nests and young."
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3/29/2010 |
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