The Peregrine Returns: The Art and Architecture of an Urban Raptor Recovery

Contents......Page 8
Foreword By John Bates......Page 12
Introductions......Page 16
Chapter One: Decline of the Peregrines......Page 22
Chapter Two: Effects of DDT......Page 30
Chapter Three:  Reintroduction......Page 36
Chapter Four: Peregrine Life in the City......Page 44
Chapter Five: Behaviors......Page 52
Chapter Six: Nest Site Selection......Page 60
Chapter Seven: Nest Fidelity......Page 70
Chapter Eight: Flight......Page 78
Chapter Nine: Prey......Page 84
Chapter Ten: Banding......Page 90
Chapter Eleven: Research......Page 96
Chapter Twelve: Education......Page 102
Chapter Thirteen: Peregrine Dispersal......Page 108
Chapter Fourteen: Cultural Nest Locations......Page 114
Chapter Fifteen: Crib Peregrines......Page 122
Chapter Sixteen: Landmark Buildings......Page 128
Chapter Seventeen: Uptown......Page 136
Chapter Eighteen: Industrial Sites......Page 144
Chapter Nineteen: Three of Chicago’s Eyries......Page 154
Chapter Twenty: Living with Peregrines......Page 162
Chapter Twenty-One: Another Opinion......Page 168
Chapter Twenty-Two: City Wildlife......Page 176
Chapter Twenty-Three: Not a Peregrine?......Page 184
Chapter Twenty-Four: Urban Green Space......Page 192
Chapter Twenty-Five: Bird-Friendly Architecture......Page 202
Chapter Twenty-Six: Conservation and Natural History Museums......Page 212
Chapter Twenty-Seven: A Species Recovered......Page 220
Acknowledgments......Page 230