MSU bands peregrine falcon chicks to track while saving their species

  • Pictured left to right: Endi Piovesana (Third year student), Chad Fedewa (Michigan Department of Natural Resources) and Molly Engelman (President of the MSU Fishery and Wildlife Club) hold the peregrine falcon chick so Fedewa can attach the tracking band. PHOTO BY DERRICK TURNER
    Pictured left to right: Endi Piovesana (Third year student), Chad Fedewa (Michigan Department of Natural Resources) and Molly Engelman (President of the MSU Fishery and Wildlife Club) hold the peregrine falcon chick so Fedewa can attach the tracking band. PHOTO BY DERRICK TURNER

    EAST LANSING

    On the top floor of Spartan Stadium, researchers from Michigan State University and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources secured tracking bands – in a banding ceremony – on four peregrine falcon chicks to monitor their movements once they leave the nest. This continues MSU’s efforts to help the species recover.

    “Banding the chicks helps us track their survival,” said Jim Schneid…