Written by Elizabeth Mojica
July 9, 2010
Adult female falcon breeding on Watts Island, VA. Photo by Bart Paxton.
Two falcon chicks, 1-2 days old, and an unhatched egg in the nest in Elkins Marsh, VA. Photo by Bart Paxton.
Three nestlings photographed during banding activities at a nest near Upshur Bay, VA. Photo by Libby Mojica.
Virginia’s Peregrine Falcon Population 1977-2010. Graph by the Center for Conservation Biology.
This adult male Peregrine Falcon established a new breeding territory on the Route 360 bridge in Tappahannock, VA. Photo by Bart Paxton.
This hack site near Grandview in the New River Gorge National Park, WV is managed by Three Rivers Avian Center. Released falcons are provided with quail for several weeks until they can hunt their own prey. Photo by Three Rivers Avian Center.
CCB field technician, Riley Strasbaugh, trudges through a black needlerush marsh towards a survey point on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Needlerush marshes have become more common on the eastern shore since the mid-20th century and the species that are more likely to use these patches for nesting remain relatively common while others have declined precipitously. Photo by Chance Hines.