Written by Bryan Watts
July 7, 2010
James in 2004, on a cable along the James River Bridge, where he bred for 18 years. Photo by Bryan Watts.
Intricate pattern of feathering on the wing lining of an adult peregrine. Photo by Bryan Watts.
James watching the Center for Conservation Biology researchers visiting his nest, from a cable along the James River Bridge, 2004. Photo by Bryan Watts.
The lift tower structure of the James River Bridge has been the breeding site and territory of James since 1992. This bridge is also the location of the live webcam that allows the public to follow breeding activity. Photo by Bryan Watts.
Male peregrine in a stoop. Males do most of the hunting and brood provisioning. Along the lower Delmarva they are responsible for disturbance of staging shorebirds during the spring nesting season. The recent paper by Watts and Truitt documented the influence of proximity to eyries on the distribution of red knots along barrier beaches. Photo by Bryan Watts.