2024 Autumn Peregrine Surveys Complete
Bill Seegar and Mike Yates conducted the 54th annual autumn Peregrine Falcon Survey at Assateague Island, MD and Gregg Doney the 47th annual autumn Survey at Padre Island, TX. 2024 Assateague numbers were poor overall but even more so when viewed by unit effort: Sightings were our 7th lowest and captures our 3rd lowest among the 54 survey years. Among sightings, confirmed adults were only 30% of our 54-year average and juveniles 53%. We captured no full adults, only second-years. Three of our 27 captures were not tundra peregrines at all but eastern peregrines banded as nestlings, and a...
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