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Post by qp on Sept 11, 2005 1:08:16 GMT -5
www.peregrine-foundation.ca/Web_Cams/Etobicoke/webcam32.jpgThis live web cam features the Peregrine Falcon. After reading several accounts on this bird I found the following history on it in the BW very intresting. Seems the federal endangered species act really works. Now for the big question where in the BW/Quetico would a person have a chance to see this bird? The following is a date by date of the history of the Peregrine Falcon in the BW area. By the way check it out in the daylight hours. 1964: Peregrine falcons are extirpated from all of Minnesota and adjacent regions as a result of DDT poisoning. The last nesting pair in the Boundary Waters is reported this year. In the mid-1970s, only 35 nesting pairs are reported in the entire U.S. 1984: The peregrine falcon is placed on the federal endangered species list. After a 20-year absence, peregrine falcons are reintroduced into the wild in Minnesota, including in Cook County. In 1999 the falcon is removed from the endangered species list. By 2004 its population in Minnesota reaches 36 nesting pairs. The peregrine falcon is the world's fastest bird. When it goes into a dive (called a "stoop"), it can reach 175 miles per hour. 1988: July 1, peregrine falcons produce young in the Superior National Forest for the first time in 28 years. Info on the Peregrine Falcon and photos can be found here www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i3560id.htmlqp
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