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New flacon3/30/2023 "It is extremely important that people NOT try to find the hack site. The Three Rivers Avian Center and the Access Fund are also providing assistance." "Now that the young falcons are in the gorge, biologists, rangers and volunteers are staffing a daily feeding and observation schedule. They have gone out of their way to expedite the transport of the birds from Virginia to West Virginia," emphasized both Varner and Wallace. "We are also indebted to employees at Shenandoah National Park and the Virginia Game and Inland Fisheries Department. Hacking experts from the Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary (CWM) in Williamsburg, Virginia (VA) performed the nest removals and transport of the nestlings to West Virginia. They were excellent candidates for hacking because of the poor survival rates of chick reared in bridge nests due to premature fledging over open water and collisions with vehicles. To begin the restoration project at New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, young birds were taken from nests built on bridges in Virginia, New Jersey, or Maryland. and only one pair of peregrines is known to be nesting in West Virginia this year," said Jack Wallace, DNR environmental resources specialist. However, peregrine falcons are still very rare in the eastern U.S. "The species was officially listed as federally endangered from 1970 until1999 when recovery objectives were met in most regions. Peregrine falcons began to decline in the 1950s because of pesticide use, which disrupted eggshell formation and led to nest failure.
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