Peregrines at Cobb Plant

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Thanks to Randy Young's email and Dennis McKee's message and photos from the Consumers Power B.C. Cobb Plant regarding the Peregrine Falcons on the smokestack there:

"Today we tried to put US Fish and Wildlife leg bands on the peregrine falcons that nest in the plant's artificial nest box.  Actually, I mostly shoo away the overly-aggressive-and-protective parents while the two wildlife biologists from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment handle the chicks.  . . . This attempt, the four chicks were too small to band.  So, we'll try again in two weeks.

"The mother has leg bands from Michigan -- you can tell from this shot because she has a black and green band on her left leg.  A "W" is clear, but we can't see any other numbers in these shots -- nor can we see the imprint on the US Fish and Wildlife Service purple band on her right leg.  When I get a better shot, we'll know where she was born and when."

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