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Acadia National Park
View From the Aerie: Peregrine Falcon Watch in 2024
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Check back for weekly updates on the development of peregrine falcon chicks nesting in cliffs above the Precipice Trailhead parking area in Acadia National Park, Maine.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Alum Cave Bluffs
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A dramatic rocky overhang along Alum Cave Trail.
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Meet Amanda Falcone, a former intern and current volunteer at Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, and Charles Pinckney National Historic Site in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina!
Yukon - Charley Rivers National Preserve
Outside Science (inside parks): Peregrine Falcons at Yukon-Charley Rivers
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In this episode of Outside Science (inside parks), join the team at Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve as they monitor the amazing recovery of peregrine falcons along the Yukon River.
Acadia National Park
Portraits of Acadia: Sara York
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Sara York, raptor intern
Bryce Canyon National Park
Bristlecone Loop wayside (107)
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This trail takes you through a forest of white fir, Douglas-fir, limber pine, and ponderosa pine. Bristlecone pines—some over 1,000 years old—grow at the trail's southern end where hikers enjoy grand views to the south. Small mammals and a variety of birds, including woodpeckers, nuthatches, and peregrine falcons might be spotted. In winter months, this trail may be impassable due to deep snow.
Bryce Canyon National Park
Bristlecone Loop wayside (109)
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This trail takes you through a forest of white fir, Douglas-fir, limber pine, and ponderosa pine. Bristlecone pines—some over 1,000 years old—grow at the trail's southern end where hikers enjoy grand views to the south. Small mammals and a variety of birds, including woodpeckers, nuthatches, and peregrine falcons might be spotted. In winter months, this trail may be impassable due to deep snow.
Timpanogos Cave National Monument
Along the Way #16
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The 2022 prairie and peregrine falcon monitoring season at Pinnacles National Park is almost here! It will begin officially on January 18th, when the park will implement its annual raptor advisories. The monitoring season corresponds with the falcon breeding season, and the monitoring-informed advisories help rock climbers and off-trail hikers avoid disturbing these amazing park predators when they are most vulnerable.
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The falcon monitoring team at Pinnacles National Park began their field season in January. They started off noting which pairs of prairie and peregrine falcons were staking out which cliff faces as nesting territories. Now, after recording all of the season’s small dramas, they’ve watched the newest generation of falcons take to the skies. It’s on the small side, but a bit bigger than last year’s.
Acadia National Park
Riding the Winds: Hawk Watch in 2024
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My name is Sara, and I am here with the SCA (Student Conservation Association) as the Raptor Intern at Acadia National Park. I am assisting in the Hawk Watch program and will be providing updates on our 30th season of Hawk Watch as I write the “Riding the Winds” blog.
Shenandoah National Park
Stony Man: Life Atop
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Padre Island National Seashore
Project Profile: Remove and Restore One Well Pad at Padre Island National Seashore
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The National Park Service will remove orphaned oil and gas infrastructure from the Lemon Pad oil and gas site at Padre Island National Seashore. The project will address public safety concerns and benefit threatened and endangered species, including the Northern Aplomado falcon. Site restoration will include restoring wetland and wind-tidal habitat and improving of the overall health of the surrounding landscape.
Padre Island National Seashore
Project Profile: Restore South Spirit Oil and Gas Site
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The National Park Service will remove orphaned oil and gas infrastructure from the South Spirit oil and gas site at Padre Island National Seashore. The project will address public safety concerns and benefit threatened and endangered species, including the Northern Aplomado falcon. Site restoration will include restoring wetland and wind-tidal habitat and improving the overall health of the surrounding landscape.
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Falcon numbers at Pinnacles have been fairly stable over the years. And while this breeding season is not over, if all current nestlings survive and manage to leave their respective nests, nest success will be a bit below average. But there are a couple of interesting dynamics at play if we look closely. One is the still-mysterious relationship between the two falcon species, both of which rely on the same cliff sites for raising young.
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
Waterbird Regional Preserve
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A pair of peregrine falcons has been active on Alcatraz Island since January 2019. While it is not unusual to see peregrines on Alcatraz during the fall and winter months, they usually depart by February. But last year, the peregrines remained active on the island through the spring and summer months. This year, on March 3, a photo was taken of the peregrines mating on the Alcatraz Water Tower. If are now nesting on Alcatraz, it will be the first time in recorded history.
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During the waterbird nesting season on Alcatraz Island (~March-September), docents are stationed near the colonial waterbird colonies. Using spotting scopes and binoculars to view waterbirds incubating eggs or feeding chicks, docents teach visitors about the ecology of nesting gulls, cormorants, herons, and egrets. However, waterbirds are not Alcatraz’s only avian inhabitants. In the winter months, these same waterbird docents assist with Island-wide bird counts.
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Waterbirds, which nested on Alcatraz Island long before people built upon it, have been reclaiming parts of the island in recent decades. But Alcatraz Natural Resources staff hadn't seen anything quite like the 2021 nesting season. It was one for the record books, with numbers far surpassing previous years' estimates. It’s been quite a journey for one species in particular—the Brandt’s cormorant. The Island's great blue herons and peregrine falcons also had a good year.
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Fight Site (called the “Murder Site” or “Kill Site” by the Blackfeet Nation)
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Meriwether Lewis and other expedition members killed two Blackfeet teenagers at this site in July 1806.