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Tom french birds1/31/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() “It really is quite an excellent success story for wildlife. “We have three times as many nesting peregrines today as we ever did in the past,” said Vitz. The falcons, which are able to dive at up to 240 miles per hour and the fastest bird on earth, have thrived nesting on skyscrapers and taller structures in urban areas since their reintroduction, Vitz said. The birds were originally wiped out of the state due to the widespread use of the chemical DDT around 1955, according to MassWildlife, then the Eastern U.S. The monitoring program has been in place since the peregrine falcons were reintroduced to Massachusetts in the 1980’s, Vitz said. The bands help the state monitor the movements, lifespan and injury recovery of the birds, which are categorized as a species of special concern under the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act. Thursday’s event, at a building known as a nesting spot for the raptors, was one of MassWildlife’s occasional banding events for species like the falcons and bald eagles. So we went up and brought them down, and as you can see, we’ve got a band on each of their legs so they can be identified.” “There were three babies in the nest up here,” said Andrew Vitz, a ornithologist with MassWildlife, before being cut off by the suddenly squawking, flapping chick in his hands. Members of Mass Wildlife band peregrine chicks in Boston Staff Photo by Nancy Lane/Boston Herald (Thursday,June 1, 2023).on the Boston Common on Thursday, in Boston, MA. Several peregrine falcon chicks briefly took up residence in the 117 Huntington Avenue lobby Thursday afternoon with a small crowd of awed onlookers before being sent back up to their parents atop the skyscraper. ![]()
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