![]() ![]() Color-coded bands attached to the legs of young birds allow scientists to track the movements, reproductive behavior, and population growth of the falcons. “We humans have no control over where these birds choose to nest,” Hansen pointed out.Ī team from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) typically bands the birds at the IBA mid-summer. Normally, it offers bird watchers a front row seat for the seasonal activities of the endangered raptors, but this year it is showing an empty nest. side nest box, the "FalCam." The live video stream, which has become very popular, is viewable at. Several years ago, the IBA added a video camera trained on the U.S. “Since both nest boxes were installed, the birds had never nested in the Canadian box, as far as we’re aware,” Hansen said. Over the years, the site has been great success, hatching 35 falcon chicks since IBA staff started counting the birds, Hansen said. Last year, the resident pair of peregrine falcons hatched two chicks. Nest boxes for the peregrines have been installed on the bridge since 2010, placed at locations that had evidence of past nesting activity. It’s not currently known if it is the same pair that has nested on the bridge between the U.S. Karl Hansen, bridge engineer for the International Bridge Administration (IBA), reports that a pair of peregrines has laid four eggs in the Canadian side nest box. This year, the raptors set up house on the Canadian side of the span. Marie International Bridge, but they may have changed their citizenship. and Ontario - A pair of nesting peregrine falcons is back this spring at the Sault Ste. federal endangered species list but is listed as an endangered species in Michigan. ![]() The peregrine falcon has been removed from the U.S.side nest box is viewable at, there is no camera on the Canadian nest box. This year, they have laid four eggs in a nest box on the Canadian side of the bridge. Marie International Bridge this spring, where the birds have been returning for years. A pair of peregrine falcons have returned to the Sault Ste.This is a general compass direction, you will only see N, S, E or W. The "S" at the end of the title indicates the direction the camera is actually pointing. Since the camera view is looking at I-495, that name shows up first, and the nearest cross street to the camera location (in this case River Rd.) shows up second. For example: "I-495 - River S" is a title you typically see on the camera at River Rd. Both road names generally will be in the title, with the road actually in view as the first name. Most cameras are located at the intersection of two roads. The convention used in our titling is very simple. Any time there is a traffic incident within range of our cameras, we may point the camera in that direction. Most cameras will be pointed in one direction in the AM rush hours, and in another direction in the PM rush hours. Many local TV stations receive video from us and include it in their morning traffic reports. You may recognize these titles from your morning news. These titles change depending on which way we choose to have the camera pointing. Our surveillance cameras have built in titling that show up as characters at the top of the picture. ![]()
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