Pittsburgh: Gulftower a new season!
2008 Nesting Chronology
1st Egg – 11 March
2nd Egg – 13 March
3rd Egg – 16 March
4th Egg – 18 March
1st chick – 20 April
2nd chick – 20 April
Banding of chicks – 19 May
Fledging – 26-28 May
The Gulf Tower was the first known building nest site in Pennsylvania. Many other PA nest sites are on bridges. Buildings are generally more successful locations for peregrines nesting in cities.
The original pair in Pittsburgh wore coded leg bands identifying them as part of the recovery program. The original female was released in the Shenandoah Mountains near the Virginia-West Virginia border in June 1989. The male was released in northeastern Tennessee in June 1989.
The Gulf Tower nest has fledged a total of 59 young peregrine falcons since the first nesting in 1991.
http://www.aviary.org/cons/falconcam_gt.php
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