One of the Area’s Nesting Peregrine Falcons Seriously Injured

A badly injured leg is likely life-threatening

FARGO (KFGO) – Survival may be in doubt for one of the nesting peregrine falcons in the Fargo-Moorhead area.

Photos indicate the raptor, thought to be “Annie”, originally misidentified as a female when it was tagged in Winnipeg, has been spotted with what appears to be a badly injured leg. The falcon has nested here for three years.

Marshall Johnson, Executive Director of Audubon Dakota in Fargo, says the injury is likely life-threatening for the bird. Johnson says it okay “to let nature run it’s course.”

“Annie” has been nesting with a female peregrine named “Miracle.” Peregrines started nesting in Fargo in 2001 high atop the Bank of the West.

Johnson says this spring, the falcons started nesting at a new location, at the Budweiser malting plant, near I-94 in Moorhead. Johnson says there’s no remote camera at that site so it’s difficult to determine progress in the nest, but he expects to see fledglings soon.

We’ll have more information on “Annie” and “Miracle” on KVRR Local News at 6 and 9.