Summary

  • Status in VT: Increased by 1,200% (0 to 12 blocks). Greatest increases in Champlain Valley, Northern Green Mountains, and Northern Vermont Piedmont.
  • Data from other research: VFWD: 38 pairs in 2008
  • Conservation status: State rank S3B; SGCN-H
  • Other atlases: NY: 2 to 62 pairs; PA: 3 to 26 pairs; MD: 157%
  • VT’s role in North American range: VT is within the core of the range.
  • Causes of change since first Atlas:Reintroduction through hacking; elimination of DDT from the food chain; protection through endangered species status.
  • Management/Monitoring recommendations:Continued monitoring of occupancy and productivity; periodic testing of un-hatched eggs for contaminant testing; reduce human disturbance through seasonal cliff closures and protection of nest sites. See Vermont Peregrine Falcon Recovery Project

First Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (1976-1981)

Species Account

Second Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas (2003 – 2007)

Peregrine Falcon Map 1Peregrine Falcon Table 1Peregrine Falcon Table 2

Change in Distribution

mapkeyPeregrine Falcon Map 2Peregrine Falcon Table 3

Links

Vermont eBird

Encyclopedia of Life

All About Birds