Status of American peregrine falcons in Big Bend National Park 2003
Powell MA. 2003. Status of American peregrine falcons in Big Bend National Park 2003. Big Bend National Park. Big Bend National Park, TX
The report is a summary of the 2003 American Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum) monitoring program in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Program goals are to document falcon presence, courtship, breeding success, and fledgiing of young at each eyrie site. Observations were made from 6 March to 24 July. During the reproductive season, 13 historic eyrie sites were visited (Table 1). Ten of these sites were adequately monitored. At one of these 10 sites, only one adult peregrine was seen, at one site only fledglings were identified, and one site was unoccupied. During the final stages of the reproductive season, 13 fledglings were visually confirmed from a total of 7 of the eyrie sites.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Powell, Melissa
- Date of Issue
- 2003
- Publisher
- Big Bend National Park
- Units
- BIBE
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Birds, Breeding success, Courtship, Falco peregrinus anatum, fledging, fledglings, Monitoring, Peregrine Falcon