The following was posted on Facebook:
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Taughannock Falls State Park Peregrine Falcon Nest Update
Several days ago, New York State Park staff from the Finger Lakes
observed that the Peregrine Falcon nesting site on the north wall of
the Taughannock Falls gorge was no longer occupied and that there were
no signs of the recently hatched chicks. Staff continued to
investigate, looking for signs of the chicks at the base of the gorge
wall without any success. Based on reports of a Great Horned Owl in
the vicinity of the park on eBird this past weekend, it is possible
that the nest may have been raided. This is a normal, unfortunate but
not uncommon, instance of predation.
Staff are hopeful that the parents will return and establish a second
clutch of eggs in the next few weeks.
Park staff also continue monitor two other nest sites in the Finger
Lakes with one nesting pair demonstrating behaviors that are
consistent with the three eggs being close to hatching. A third nest,
in the gorge at Stony Brook State Park, contains 3 or 4 eggs that, if
all goes well, would be scheduled to hatch in mid-May.
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Suan
On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM Tim Gallagher <twg3...> wrote:
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> I stopped by the Taughannock Gorge Peregrine eyrie yesterday afternoon. Sadly, the nest ledge was empty. I had just returned from a week in Idaho the night before last and was eager to check on the nest. There had been three tiny chicks and one unhatched egg last week, before I left Ithaca. I suspect that a Great Horned Owl raided the nest, but it’s hard to say for sure. I feel very sad about this. I have a long history with this nest site, reaching back long before they started nesting here again. Here’s a link to an article I wrote for Audubon a few years ago. https://www.audubon.org/news/peregrine-falcons-finally-return-nest-their-most-famous-us-eyrie >
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