2000 Peregrine Falcon Migration Studies At Assateague Island
Somers SS, Dayton BJ, Yates MA, Seegar WS. 2000. 2000 Peregrine Falcon Migration Studies At Assateague Island. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD
As part of a continuing research program for the Department of Defense's Legacy Resource Management Program, field studies were conducted on the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus. Study sites were Assateague Island, MD/V A, and Padre Island, TX. This report focuses onthe 31st annual study at Assateague Island. Between 21 September and 18 October the survey team expended 537 man-hours in the field, observing 522 peregrines and capturing 155different individuals (table 1). Of the total captured ten were previously banded falcons. Resightings of individuals captured during the survey numbered 80 and recaptures 9. All sightings of resident peregrines were excluded from data presented here. During the survey 163 merlins (Falco columbarius) were observed.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Somers, Stewart; Dayton, B.; Yates, Michael; Seegar, William
- Date of Issue
- 2000
- Units
- ASIS
- Keywords
- assateague, Migration, Peregrine Falcon