Peregrine falcon research and management program in New Jersey, 2012

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• Format: Text
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• Published: No Publisher Supplied 2012
• Subjects: peregrine falcon
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7282/t35q4xq0; https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/45673/

In 2012 the New Jersey peregrine falcon population remained nearly steady at 26 known pairs, with above-average nesting success. Fourteen pairs on towers and buildings continued to be the core of the nesting population, producing 34 young, for a productivity rate of 2.43 young per active nest. Three pairs were known to occupy territories in natural cliff habitat in northeastern NJ, down two from 2010; a fourth pair listed as territorial in 2011 was not tracked. Two of the three pairs were successful in fledging young (4 and 1, respectively), while a third pair showed no sign of hatching or fledging young. Of seven pairs on bridges, six were known to have produced 14 young, for a rate of 2.00 young/active nest. We could not confirm successful fledging at one bridge where nesting was discovered for the first time. We classified two pairs of the NJ total as territorial: one pair included a one-year-old female, too young to lay eggs.