FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 1, 2011 Peregrine Falcon Nesting
Season Concludes Peregrine population continues to grow
COLUMBUS, OH – Young peregrine falcons across Ohio have fledged,
marking the end of the 2011 nesting season. There were 39 sites
with territorial pairs, of which 34 nests produced eggs. There
were an additional five sites with single peregrines present.
This year there were 34 nest sites where an estimated 111 eggs
were produced; 26 of those nests hatched young falcons and 24
sites fledged 67 juveniles successfully. The 2011 hatch rate was
70 percent, up slightly from 2010 (67 percent). Additionally,
there were two new sites with territorial pairs across the state
this year from the 37 pairs in 2010. The first pair of
peregrines nested in Ohio in 1988 at the Commodore Perry Hotel
in Toledo. From 1989-1993, along with several other Midwestern
states, the Ohio Division of Wildlife hacked 46 birds throughout
the state. Peregrine falcons were delisted as a federal
endangered species in 1999, and d