Western CT Bird Club: The Return of the Peregrine Falcon
Online CTThe Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) was a rare breeder in Connecticut from 1850 to 1940, with only four known nest sites on trap rock ridges in the Connecticut Valley Lowlands. Peregrines also bred on the Traveler's Tower in Downtown Hartford from 1943 to 1948, the last published nesting record in CT in the pre-DDT era. ... Read more