[Bristol-Birds] probable nesting Peregrines
- From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 14:20:22 -0400
A pair of Peregrine Falcons have been present in Doe River Gorge in Carter Co.,
TN
for the last 3 weeks. They were first seen by Peter Range, a former local
resident
now with US Fish & Wildlife Service in coastal SC. Lee Herndon had a pair at
this
site in 1946, apparently nesting. Peregines were absent as breeders in TN from
the
late 1940s until restoration efforts succeded in the 1990s, with nesting
documented
in 1997 in the Smokies & at Chattanooga. To my knowledge, these are still the
only
modern nesting sites.
Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
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