[wisb] Avian expert bands 500th Falcon in Milwaukee
- From: Wick Ann <jwick@xxxxxxx>
- To: Wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 21:42:43 -0500
Just passing this info. on as it was sent to me by Master Bander
Thomas H. Nicholls......Ann Wick, Black Earth:
May 30, 3:08 PM EDT
Avian expert bands 500th falcon in Milwaukee MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A
Milwaukee area man has banded his 500th peregrine falcon - the most
of anyone in Wisconsin.
Greg Septon attached the metal bands to the bird called Butch on
Friday at a WE Energies power plant in Milwaukee. Only moments
before, he had banded No. 499, a female named Lilly.
The 56-year-old released his first peregrines in 1987 while working
at the Milwaukee Public Museum. He began banding birds the next year.
Today, he's a private consultant who has managed the peregrine
recovery program in eastern Wisconsin for 22 years.
Last spring, there were 27 nesting pairs, the most since 1987. Septon
says he's still assessing this year's population.
The insecticide DDT nearly wiped out peregrine falcons, and none
lived in Wisconsin from 1965 to 1987.
--
Thomas H. & Mary Lou Nicholls Nature Education Center
P.O. Box 63
W7283 Walnut St.
Fifield, WI 54524
USA
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