Ohio and Wisconsin named their peregrine chicks. Peregrine chicks were routinely banded during this period and were sometimes officially named during a banding event. The Long Answer - The Reason Why Naming is Such a Sensitive Issue:Īfter peregrines went extinct east of the Mississippi in the mid 20th century, the Peregrine Recovery Program used captive breeding to reintroduce them to eastern North America. Their names, if they have them, are publicly known because I write about them. Note that when a bird grows up and nests, local monitors may choose a new name.Īs of 2022 many of Pittsburgh’s adult peregrines are unbanded and most are unnamed.Beginning in 2017, Gulf Tower / Downtown nestlings are named G + hatch number.Nowadays Cathedral of Learning nestlings are named with the nest letter (C for Cathedral of Learning) + hatch number.Prior to 2016 juvenile names were based on the colored tape on the silver USFW band on the nestling’s right leg.Nestlings/ fledglings: The primary nest monitor assigns the juveniles’ names.Otherwise the primary monitor names the bird. If the peregrine was named at banding (some states named them in the past), that name is preferred. Adults: The primary nest monitor names the bird using these two rules.Within this tradition, naming suggestions are disregarded. Our tradition in Pittsburgh is described below. Peregrine nests are few and far between and often have devoted nest monitors who privately name the birds for their own convenience. Peregrines only receive names (from humans) when they hang out near people and do something that distinguishes them as individuals. Short Answer: The vast majority of peregrine falcons have no names. Question: How do peregrines get their names? Why do some have no names? Dorothy, adult female peregrine at the Univ of Pittsburgh, June 2008 (photo by Jessica Cernic)
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