'The birds had never nested in the Canadian box, as far as we’re aware,' engineer says
A pair of nesting peregrine falcons is back at the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge — but they may have changed their citizenship, according to the bridge authority.Karl Hansen, bridge engineer for the International Bridge Administration , reports that a pair of peregrines has laid four eggs in the Canadian side nest box.
“Since both nest boxes were installed, the birds had never nested in the Canadian box, as far as we’re aware,” Hansen said.The live video stream, which has become very popular, is viewable at www.saultbridge.com/falcam. This year the IBA and the DNR will be monitoring the peregrines in collaboration with Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, according to the release.
The peregrine falcon has been removed from the federal endangered species list in the U.S., but is listed as an endangered species in Michigan, protected by state and federal law. Of all the active peregrine falcon nesting sites monitored by the MDNR in the Upper Peninsula, the Sault International Bridge is the second most productive for number of chicks hatched, behind only a nest on Grand Portal Cliff at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
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