Peregrine Falcons at the University of Michigan 2007
During the rainy and windy weather in late April the birds were not dropping many items. The behavior of the birds as of early May seems to indicate that the nesting attempt has failed for this year. The birds are not around the tower very much, and are not dropping much prey. Both birds are still here, as of October. Inspection of the architectural drawings of the tower indicate the only place for them to nest is in the gutter.
- 2007 food remains found:
- 11 March- 2 pellets, 1 pigeon foot
- 18 March- 2 Horned Grebe wings, Sora Rail (back half of body)
- 22 March- Mourning Dove (back 1/2 of body)
- 28 March- Mourning Dove (back 1/2 of body) Pigeon wings & pectoral girdle
- 30 March- pellet
- 1 April- Horned Grebe body (no head), Flicker leg
- 2 April- Meadowlark whole + 1 leg, 2 pellets
- 3 April- Meadowlark head, Mourning Dove leg
- 4 April- Horned Grebe head, 1 headless Woodcock + 1 foot, 1Flicker wing, 1 Starling head
- 6 April- Woodcock head
- 9 April- Mourning Dove foot
- 10 April- Pigeon tail feather
- 11 April- Woodcock head, Pigeon humerus
- 12 April- Pied-billed Grebe foot, Flicker foot, Woodcock foot, 1 whole Killdeer, 3 pellets
- 13 April- Woodcock head
- 16 april- 3 Killdeer wings, 1 Pigeon wing, Woodcock feathers
- 17 April- Coot wing, Mourning Dove feathers, Pigeon feather
- 18 April- Snipe partial wing
- 19 April- Sora Rail foot, woodcock head
- 20 April- Kingfisher feather
- 23 April- 2 Brown Thrashers, Meadowlark head & leg, Robin, Mourning Dove head & wing, Woodcock wing, 3 pellets
- 24 April- Mourning Dove feathers, bakc 1/2 of a Woodcock, Bonaparte's Gull head
- 27 April- Mournding Dove feather
- 30 April- 2 Woodcock, 1 Va Rail head, thrasher, Mourning Dove foot
- 2 May- Mourning Dove head & feathers
- 3 May- Mourning Dove foot, M Dove whole, Va Rail foot, Flicker, Horned Grebe, Woodcock leg
- 5 May- Horned Grebe, Snipe body
- 6 May- Snipe head, Yellow-billed Cuckoo whole, Woodcock leg, Red-breasted Grosbeak head
- 7 May- Sora Rail
- 9 May- Flicker wing
- 10 May- rail foot, cuckoo tail teather, pigeon feather
- 14 May- female Flicker, Catbird head, Yellow-billed Cuckoo wing & leg, male Rose-breasted Grosbeak head, male Grosbeak whole, pellet
- 15 May- Great Crested Flycatcher whole, female Grosbeak
- 16 May female Flicker head, catbird
- 17 May- Yellow-billed Cuckoo wings, Pied-billed Grebe leg
- 18 May- Mourning Dove tail feather
- 21 May- Sora Rail, cuckoo
- 23 May- Woodcock
- 24 May- Yellow-billed Cuckoo head, tern or small gull foot, pellet
- 25 May- Yellow-billed Cuckoo whole
- 31 May- Sora Rail wing
- 1 June- Sora Rail body (minus 1 wing)
- 4 June Sora Rail wing, Least Bittern wing
- 5 June- Black-billed Cuckoo whole
- 6 June- Sora Rail wing, Mockingbird
- 7 June- 2 YB Cukoos + head, Flicker wing, Least Bittern body, Bufflehead, Kingfisher, un id small passerine (very windy day, most were older things blown down from tower)
- 8 June- pigeon head, whole YB Cuckoo
- 11 June- 1 pigeon feather
- 12 June- YB cuckoo whole, rail foot
- 13 June- 2 cuckoo tail feathers
- 16 June- YB Cuckoo head
- 19 June- YB Cuckoo whole
- 21 June- YB Cuckoo whole, Sora Rail feather, Mourning Dove feather, thrush feather
- 25 June- BB Cuckoo head & feather
- 28 June- BB Cuckoo whole, killdeer
- 11 July- Flicker head, Pied-billed Grebe leg, Sora Rail part, YB Cuckoo wings & tail
- 22 July- Virginia Rail
- 23 July- Pigeon sternum & feathers
- 30 July- Sora Rail pelvis & legs
- 1 Aug- Sora Rail 1 leg, gizzard, feather
- 9 Aug- YB Cuckoo back half, PB Grebe foot
- 13 Aug- Mourning Dove tail feather
- 15 Aug- Woodcock wing & foot, YB Cuckoo headless carcass, pellet with Mourning Dove feathers
- 21 Aug- 2 Sora Rail legs, 1 head, 1 wing, Robin feathers, pair of Pigeon wings
- 3 Sept- YB Cuckoo head & wing, Sora Rail wings, legs
- 5 Sept- rail leg, YB Cuckoo wing
- 11 Sept- YB Cuckoo head, tail, rail foot
- 13 Sept- Pigeon tail feather
- 14 Sept- 2 Pigeon wings, YB Cuckoo head, wing, small passerine wing
- 21 Sept- cuckoo leg, Pigeon head, Flicker wing, grebe wing
- 24 Sept- YB cuckoo tail feather, wing
- 25 Sept- Flicker wing, YB Cuckoo head, foot, imm male Scarlet Tanager wing, rail leg, Woodcock body (old)
- 28 Sept- Sora Rail head
- 1 Oct- Mourning Dove head, Woodcock body
- 4 Oct- Mourning Dove wing feathers
- 8 Oct- Green Heron head, Pigeon leg
- 10 Oct- Dunlin whole, Pied-billed Grebe head
- 17 Oct- rail leg, female Flicker, Pigeon wing bones, pellet
- 18 Oct- Woodcock head, female Rose-breasted Grosbeak wing, pigeon head
Please call us if you see something on the ground under the tower so we can pick it up. Thanks!
Last updated 12 March 2008
photo taken in Alaska by David Mindell