Virginia peregrine falcon monitoring and management program: Year 2018 report

• Main Authors: Watts, B. D., Watts, M. U.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2018
• Subjects: Peregrine Falcon; Abundance/distribution; Breeding/Demography/Population Dynamics; Banding; James River; Falco peregrinus; peregrine falcon
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/ccb_reports/245; https://scholarworks.wm.edu/context/ccb_reports/article/1244/viewcontent/CCBTR_18_14_VA_PEFA_report_2018.pdf

The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) was believed to be extirpated as a breeding species in Virginia by the early 1960s. An aggressive restoration program was initiated in 1978 that included the release of 115 captive-reared birds on the Coastal Plain (1978-1985) and 127 birds in the mountains (1...