I'm so sad to hear that. I understand the concept of site-faithfulness for nesting, but wonder why that sort of recurring mishap doesn't drive them away for being too high-risk. It must be based only on success at getting fledglings out of the nest intact, not keeping them so. So I wonder if we couldn't have some sort of signs at the ends of the bridge, warning motorists to be on the look-out for foundering young Peregrines. We do it for deer, moose, even turtles (not to mention steep hills and falling rocks, though that's about motorist safety); why not for Peregrines? Linda Whyte
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Klein, Tom R (DNR) <[email protected] > wrote: > Sadly, today I found the remains of one of the fledged falcons on the > bridge deck (vehicle fatality). Last year I encountered a just-fledged (and > just struck and killed) falcon at the same spot. > > Tom Klein > West Side > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
