[TN-Bird] Re: Three Peregrine Falcons hacked at Rock City and Chattanooga
- From: "Boves, Than James" <tboves@xxxxxxx>
- To: "Viclcsw@xxxxxxx" <Viclcsw@xxxxxxx>, "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:16:37 +0000
I thought there was only one or two nesting pairs in the state? Is the
falconer allowed to remove a nestling?
Than Boves
Knoxville, TN
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Subject: [TN-Bird] Three Peregrine Falcons hacked at Rock City and Chattanooga
Great article in Chattanooga Times Free Press written by Pam Sohn about the
hacking of two peregrine falcons at Rock City on Monday and the earlier hacking
in Chattanooga, TN at the BX Building. All three falcons seem to be doing well
and one is fitted with a Solar Satellite Telemetry so that it can be tracked
anywhere in the world.
Dale Kernahan and John Stokes of SOAR-South accomplished the release.
Newspaper article (front page) can be found here:
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2011/jul/12/freedom-soar/
SOAR's blog updates can be found here:
http://soarsouth.blogspot.com/
TWRA has recently announced that a falconry permit to trap a wild Tennessee
peregrine is scheduled to be given away in an August 31st drawing which is open
to resident and non-resident falconers:
http://news.tn.gov/node/7340
I'm confused about how these two programs fit together. We remove a healthy
peregrine falcon from the wild for an individual's personal sport at the same
time we hack peregrines that may or may not survive to breeding age in order to
restore TN's falcon population? Both permits are granted by TWRA in
cooperation with USFWS. Scott, can you enlighten?
Vickie Henderson
Knoxville, TN
Knox County
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