The peregrine falcon in New Jersey, year 2000 report

• Main Author: No Name Supplied
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: No Publisher Supplied 2000
• Subjects: peregrine falcon
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7282/t3445p37; https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/45608/

The NJ peregrine falcon population held steady this year with seventeen nesting pairs. Eleven nested on salt marsh towers and urban buildings, and six on large bridges. Of the eleven pairs on towers and buildings, eight nested successfully, producing 17 young. This productivity rate, 1.55 young per nest, is slightly below the 1.7 average since 1986 (when the population became stable). Three occupied bridges spanned the NJ-PA border (down from 1999) and three the NJ-NY border, of which NJ co-monitored four; two bridges were entirely in NJ. Bridge sites were inconsistent, with two Delaware River sites becoming inactive and two northern NJ sites discovered. Productivity on all bridges was 1.00 for six nests. Endangered and Nongame Species Program (ENSP) biologists banded 12 young with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and color bands, but several sites (especially bridges) were inaccessible. While the peregrine falcon was delisted by the USFWS in August, 1999, its state status in NJ remains as "endangered."