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UPDATE: Peregrine Falcon nesting at Rumney's Main Cliff
Admin Al:
I asked and here's what Chris said about the reason the chicks didn't hatch:
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In this instance, I believe snow or rain in mid-April. They were incubating on 31 March and 7 April on a ledge that has failed before in a past year due to flooding. I had climber Mike Thompson rappel to this ledge on Thursday but he found no eggs. And no defensive peregrines either. However, enough time has elapsed that a scavenging raven could have carried any/all abandoned eggs away.
- Chris
Chris Martin, Senior Biologist, Conservation Department
New Hampshire Audubon, 3 Silk Farm Road, Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603/224-9909 x317; Fax: 603/226-0902;
E-mail: cmartin@nhaudubon.org; Web: www.nhaudubon.org
New Hampshire Audubon -- Protecting New Hampshire's natural environment for wildlife and for people.
strandman:
Slab Falcons - nice !
At least they are not "mud falcons" ;)
Admin Al:
The raptor closure at Rumney has been lifted. Apparently the birds failed to produce chicks this year!
This is quite disappointing...
sneoh:
I am sad for the birds but I will be lying if I do not say I am glad to be able to visit The Main Cliff up to 2 months earlier than otherwise.
tradmanclimbz:
I wonder if that super hard late frost was the culprit? I only have 1 apple between two trees this year? I heard that 90% of VT's apple crop was killed in that frost.
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