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>>> PLUS,
>>> PLUS, HE WANTS TO ROAST THE COFFEE THAT FUELS YOUR DREAMS,
YOU ARE GOING TO MEET HIM IN
JUST A BIT.
FIRST SEVERAL TRAILS OF ACADU
NATIONAL PARK ARE CLOSED
BECAUSE IT IS NESTING SEASON
FOR THE FALCONS.
AS BETH FOUND PEACE FOR THEIR
SPECIES IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
THEY HAVE ALTOGETHERS ENJOYED.
>> THEIR AERIAL ACROBATICS IS
INCREDIBLE.
INCREDIBLE. >> THE NAME PEREGRINE MEANS
WANDER.
WANDER.
WANDER. A
WANDER. A FITTING NAME FOR A BIRD THAT
HAS ONE OF THE LONGEST
MIGRATIONS OF ANY IN NORTH
AMERICA.
AMERICA.
AMERICA. >> THEY MOVE FAST BUT WITH
GREAT AGILITY AS WELL.
THEY ARE QUITE AMAZING ON THE
WIND.
WIND.
WIND. >>
WIND. >> THEY REACH SPEEDS OF 200
MILES PER HOUR.
THEY ARE ALSO A LITTLE MOODY.
>> THEY ARE TERRITORIAL.
THEY WILL ATTACK OTHER BIRDS IN
THE AREA, THAT THEY PERCEIVE AS
INTRUDERS.
INTRUDERS. >> THE JORDAN CLIFFS AT ACADIA
NATIONAL PARK HAVE BEEN A
PERFECT NESTING SPOT THAT
MATING PAIRS HAVE RETURNED TO
OVER THE YEARS.
>> THEY ARE LARGE CLIFF SITES
WITH EXPANSIVE ROCK
OUTCROPPINGS, THEY ARE EASTERN
FACING, THAT HAS TO DO WITH HOW
WARM IT IS THIS THE MORNING SUN
PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY ARE
LAYING EGGS.
LAYING EGGS. >> THE CLIFFS ARE DEVOID OF
SOMETHING FALCONS DO NOT WANT.
>> INAK SELLABLE TO PREDATORS
LIKE RACCOONS.
LIKE RACCOONS. >> THERE IS NO NEST BUILDING.
IT IS CALLED A SCRAPE.
THEY SCRAPE A FEW PEBBLES AND
LAY THEIR EGGS ON THE ROCKS.
>> BECAUSE THEIR EGGS ARE SO
EXPOSED THEY LAY THEM WHERE FEW
PREDATORS CAN REACH.
>> THEY ARE SOUNDING LAZY.
>> THEY ARE.
WHEN I MONITOR THEM, IT IS A
LONG TIME FOR A FEW SECONDS OF
ACTION.
ACTION.
ACTION. THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME JUST
SITTING ON THE CLIFF.
>> SEVERAL MATING PAIRS WILL
SPEND THE NEXT FOW MONTHS,
LAYING AND THEN RAISING THEIR
YOUNG.
YOUNG.
YOUNG. >>
YOUNG. >> THEY TALK A LONG TIME TO
RAISE THEIR YOUNG, THEY HAVE
TWO TO FOUR EGGS AND CHICKS PER
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. >>
YEAR. >> THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PARK
SINCE THE 1930s.
>> WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF D,
T, IT LED TO THEIR POPULATION
DECLINING AND THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF THEM THIS THE EAST.
>> DBT SAVED MILLIONS OF HUMANS
BUT KILLED MILLIONS OF ANIMALS.
>> NEST ROBBING, TRAPPING AND
SHOOTING ALL CONTRIBUTED TO
THEIR DECLINE BUT IT WAS DDT
THAT BROUGHT THEM CLOSE TO
EXTINCTION, THEY WERE NOT THE
ONLY ONE, THE AMERICAN BALD
EAGLE WAS ALMOST ALSO WIPED OUT
BY DDT.
BY DDT.
BY DDT. >> IN THE 1970s AND 1980s THERE
WAS A REINSTRUCTION PLAN WHICH
INVOLVED HACKING, RAISING YOUNG
CHICKS IN ARTIFICIAL NEST BOXES
ON CLIFFSIDES.
ON CLIFFSIDES. ONE WAS JORDAN NATIONAL PARK.
>> IN 1985 AND 198622 CHICKS
WERE RAISED ON THE SIDES OF
JORDAN CLIFFS.
JORDAN CLIFFS. >> THEY CAME BACK IN 1987 AND
BEGAN NESTING.
BEGAN NESTING. SINCE THE RETRUCKS IN THE MUD
1980s 150 CHICKS HAVE BEEN
HATCHED.
HATCHED.
HATCHED. >> EACH CHICK IS BANDED.
>> WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO
HOLD A LITTLE CHICK?
>> IT IS TERRIFYING ON ONE
HAND.
HAND.
HAND. >>
HAND. >> THE BANDS INSURE WILDLIFE
BIOLOGISTS CAN KEEP TABS ON THE
BIRD WHICH REMAIN A PROTECTED
SPECIES.
SPECIES.
SPECIES. >> WE WANDED CHICKS AT VALLEY
COVE IN 2018, ONE OF THE
FEMALES FROM THE NEST WAS SEEN
LAST YEAR NESTING AND RAISING
THEIR OWN CHICKS ON THE FRANCO
AMERICAN CENTER IN LEWISTON.
>> BUYINGISTS CONTINUE TO
PROTECT THE POPULATION.
>> WHEN THEY GO EXTINCT THERE
IS NO GOING BACK.
THE WAY THAT WE INTERACT WITH
THEM AND THE WAY THAT THEY
INTERACT WITH THE WORLD IS
SPECIAL.
SPECIAL.
SPECIAL. WHETHER WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME
WITH THEM OR NOT.
IT IS A BIG PART OF OUR
PURPOSE, TO CONSERVE THE
NATURAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF
PARKS FOR FUTURE GENERATION.
>> WATCHERS WILL NEED A LITTLE
PATIENCE.
PATIENCE.
PATIENCE. >> WATCH THEM.
THEY ARE INCREDIBLE TO WATCH.
SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS YOU CAN
WATCHING THEM.
WATCHING THEM. IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO SEE THE
FEW SECONDS OF ACTION BUT IT IS
WORTH IT.
WORTH IT.
WORTH IT. >> THEY NEED LOSS OF SPACE.
THE WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS SAID
THERE ARE ONLY THREE OR FOUR
MATING PAIRS WHICH IS AS MANY
AS THEY HAVE EVER