Date:         Mon, 21 Feb 2000 15:53:03 -0800
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From:         Charlie <cmmbirds@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Johnson Bridge Peregrines
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Patty, and others,

That sounds like exactly the same nest that I saw
the male Peregrine land several times last week,
so I'd encourage folks to watch that spot this
year.

Charlie

--- Patty Craig <pattycraig@MAIL.AMERITEL.NET>
wrote:
> Charlie,
>
> Last year according to Lisa Lister the
> Perigrine Falcons nested in an
> Osprey nest that was on the upriver side of the
> bridge near the fishing
> pier.  Lisa saw them feeding the young.  By the
> time I heard about it the
> young had already fledged and I saw three
> falcons (at least one fledgling)
> on the St. Mary's side of the Thomas Johnson
> Bridge.
>
> Good Birding,
> Patty Craig
> Dameron, MD
> mail.ameritel.net
>
> Charlie wrote:
>
> > Hi Sue, Mike, etc
> >
> > When I was watching the Peregrines, the male
> was
> > seen several times hanging out on what
> appears to
> > be a smallish (likely beat up from 6 months
> of
> > non-use) Osprey nest.  I don't think the nest
> > meant anything more to the bird than a handy
> > perch, and I believe Sue is correct in saying
> > they don't build anything that most people
> would
> > recocnize as a nest.
> >
> > But they did copulate twice that Greg and I
> saw,
> > so to me that indicates pretty reasonable
> > "nesting" activity.
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> > --- sue hamilton <sue_hamilton@HOTMAIL.COM>
> > wrote:
> > > Mike-- I will try to look for bands
> tomorrow,
> > > etc. on the Peregrines.
> > >
> > > Try asking Tyler Bell re nesting.
> > >
> > >   Someone told me there was a nest last
> year,
> > > but I don't believe they BUILD
> > > a nest-- just lay eggs on the escarpment--
> so I
> > > was sceptical and thought
> > > they were hanging out on an old Osprey
> nest.
> > >
> > > sue
> > >
> >
>
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