Kathy Clark of New Jersey's Threatened and Endangered Species Program (ENSP) contacted me after seeing my column on the celebrated female Peregrine whose name shall not be uttered (or so sayeth some):

This from The (Bergen) Record:

State wildlife authorities are investigating why window washers on Sunday sprayed a nest of endangered peregrine falcons living on a Jersey City skyscraper, causing several young falcons to fall from the roof of the 41-story building. 

One young falcon remains missing and another that glided to the ground is being evaluated for injuries at a Morris County bird rehabilitation center, according to Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey.

The birds, hatched in May, were about a week away from being able to fly, experts said.

Hard to believe no one told the window washers about the nesting Peregrines....

Here's the link:

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/environment/2019/06/19/nj-investigating-if-window-washers-sprayed-endangered-peregrine-falcons-off-skyscraper-jersey-city/1498850001/

Photos courtesy of Conserve Wildlife Foundation.

At least two people posted on e-Bird that they saw the State Line Gyrfalcon on Wednesday morning -- just after 10 a.m. -- so the saga continues.

The print edition of my Gyrfalcon story is in the Better Living section of The Record today. Miles Ma of NJ.com also posted an item on the world's largest falcon at State Line and quoted me.

Since my story about the Gyrfalcon has gotten a lot of attention, I thought I'd pass along another photo or two, and some more information for folks who are big-time Gyrfalcon fans.

I have received reports from folks in other parts of New Jersey who believe they got a fly-by look at possibly the same Gyrfalcon earlier last month, and Mike Girone, who first reported it at State Line, suspects it may have been hanging around longer there:

"I should note, too, that the week prior on Friday late afternoon January 13, Ray [Gilbert] and I observed a large falcon with a whitish chest on the exact same branch in the exact same tree that I saw the Gyr in on the 21st.  

"At the time we wrote it off as one of the local Peregrines and deleted the distant pics we took. After the events of Jan 21st, we're thinking the bird on the 13th could have been the Gyr."

The online version of my story is here.

The photo above is by Greg Gard. You can go to his website for more photos and more information. His blog post about the Gyrfalcon is here.

Miles Ma's NJ.com story is here.

Below is a crowd shot from Saturday by Karl Soehnlein. This bird attracts a crowd, and for excellent reason!

My latest column is about all the young banded Peregrines that have been photographed by the Hackensack River -- where they were fledged and why they are here.

The link is here.

     My colleague at The Record, photographer Beth Balbierz, has a page of great photos of peregrine falcons in today's edition (Saturday, July 14).

   The photos, on Page A-6, include a fledgling peregrine's first flight atop the Palisades, and the parents' exchanging food in mid-air.

   I provided the text for the photo essay, and saw the parents protecting the nest first-hand earlier this spring.

   The Record has put together a nifty slide show of the peregrine family, and it includes an incredible shot of a peregrine flying upside down.

    Here is the link to slide show, which I narrate (just hit the triangle in the lower left of that Web page):

http://www.northjersey.com/dngmedia/media_server/tr/2007/07/13falcons/index.html