I noticed the other day that the Maryland Highway Department was about to
begin long-term maintenance on the American Legion Bridge. As I had been
keeping track of the two adult peregrines that have been hanging around that
bridge for months, and hoping to soon see them nest there, I was alarmed
that the bridge work would disturb the falcons. I contacted the Maryland
Department of Natural Resources ( the bridge is in Maryland). I was quickly
reassured that the DNR and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had been under
the bridge last Tuesday with the contractor and that the peregrines were
not as of then on eggs. So the bridge work will proceed and they hope to
have a special nesting box installed under the bridge for the peregrines to
use for next year's breeding season. It is quite reassuring that the MD.
DNR and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are on top of this issue and
looking out for the peregrines. Not to worry, the matter is under control.
--
Donald Sweig
Falls Church, Va.
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