In mid-May, station staff at the Nanticoke Generating station discovered three peregrine falcon chicks under one of the station’s conveyor systems. Recently hatched, the chicks – named Volt, Coalton and Kay by station staff – were retrieved with the help of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Canadian Peregrine Foundation. Following an overall health check, the chicks were banded and then returned to their nest. The mother of the peregrines, which are considered to be “species at risk,” returned later that morning and was spotted feeding her young.

Bird banding helps researchers identify birds to understand dispersal and migration, behaviour and social structure, lifespan and survival rate, reproduction and population growth.

For more, read the article that appeared in the Simcoe Reformer.

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