THE PEREGRINE FUND WORLD CENTER FOR OF PREY

Working 2000 ANNUAL REPORT to Conserve Birds of Prey in Nature Letter from the President

As is the tradition, our annual report updates donors and other Each year the challenges to conserve global raptor populations cooperators and provides results from programs grow, rather than lessen. The map on this page reflects and projects. We hope you enjoyed the new format for the newslet- ter where we highlighted a limited number of topics. A rapidly those challenges. An easier organizational path for The Peregrine Fund would be to expanding source of information is our web site at www.peregrine- ignore the crisis in , the decline of Harpy in fund.org. Using the web site, we provide regular updated informa- , and other new and critical conservation needs in tion, photographs, video and audio clips, and maps showing move- which we are participating. We are well aware of our resource lim- its—money, qualified and dedicated people, and time. Return on ments of raptors we are tracking by satellite, and much more. resources invested now, however, will never be greater. A dollar Through the Internet it is our goal not only to inform, but to invested today will have a far greater return than tens or hundreds engage readers in our global conservation and research activities. of dollars a few years in the future. Tomorrow will be too late for Absent from this report and our other current information is the the we do not save today. Hawaiian Endangered Conservation Program. You may recall that in re-focusing our organization on raptors in 1999, the Hawai`i program, complete with staff, facilities, and equipment, was trans- THE PEREGRINE FUND’S INVOLVEMENT — 2000 ferred to the Zoological Society of San Diego. Not only was the transition very smooth, but the program has continued to achieve good results. We do emphasize, however, that until the Federal and Hawai`i state governments address the persisting habitat- related issues (introduced , mongoose, cats, disease, etc.) that cause population declines and species’ extinctions, viable wild populations of most native Hawaiian birds cannot exist. In 1999 we celebrated the de-listing of the from the list of and looked forward to establishment of a monitoring plan for wild populations as required by the Endangered Species Act and to having authority transferred to state wildlife agencies for management of the species. In 2000 we also expected the announced and planned de-listing of the Bald by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. None of these actions happened. Perhaps the situation will change for the better in 2001. Thank you for your continued partnership in conservation of birds of prey and nature.

Sincerely yours,

Bill Burnham President Board of Directors Update

Leadership is critical to success, and The Peregrine Fund continues to succeed with a truly exceptional Board of Directors. Leading the Board we have had five Chairmen. The Founding Chairman is . Following Tom as Chairman were Roy Disney, Jerry Herrick (deceased), Julie Wrigley, and Hank Paulson. We now are honored to have a new Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board, Jim Nelson and Paxson Offield, respectively. Hank Paulson served two, two-year stints as Chairman of the Board. During his tenure the accomplishments were many, ranging from re-focusing the organization’s actions on raptors and develop- ing of a plan for the next century to de-listing of the Peregrine Falcon and raising the financial level of our endowment where its interest covers all administrative costs, allowing 100% of each dona- Photo by Carol Berry tion to go directly to programs. Hank, in his new status as Chairman Emeritus and Board member, will continue to play a key role in the organiza- tion. During Hank’s time as Chairman, Jim Nelson served as both Vice Chairman and Chairperson of the Board’s Nominating Committee. Both of those roles have now been assumed by Paxson Offield, our former Treasurer. The dedication and competence of both Jim and Paxson are well documented by their past leadership, and they have the full confidence of Board and staff. File Photo

Clockwise, from left: Jim Nelson, Chairman of the Board of Directors, with wife Karin in

Photo by Kurt K. Burnham Uummannaq, Greenland. Hank Paulson with Harpy Eagle at Neotropical Raptor Center in Panama. Paxson Offield satellite tagging in Mag Bay, Baja, California, for The Billfish Foundation. 1 Northern Restoration

he beautiful Aplomado tat change and human persecu- breeding pairs. Their husbandry pairs known, from the 19 pairs Falcon was once a regular mem- tion. In addition, the wide- was excellent with fully 97.5% observed last year. South ber of the coastal and interior spread use of persistent pesti- of all young hatched being suc- is big country with limited grasslands of the American cides probably eliminated the cessfully raised to maturity (see access and we are confident this southwest. The best information few Aplomado Falcons that Captive Breeding for details)! is a conservative number and describing the remained, and effectively pre- Three young falcons were that an additional number of historical distri- vented any possibility for re-col- retained for breeding, and 112 pairs remain undetected. There bution and rela- onization from southern popu- captive-bred falcons were are, at present, two core breed- tive abundance lations. released at eight sites along the ing areas which appear to be of this species In 1977 The Peregrine Fund Texas Gulf Coast. We estimate developing as a result of our has been gar- decided to develop a captive that 65% of the released falcons release efforts. Ten pairs have nered from breeding and reintroduction reached independence, a been established on Matagorda museum collec- program for the Aplomado process usually requiring four to Island, and a second group of tions and from Falcon because suitable habitat six weeks. The most significant 20 pairs approximately 240 km the notes of appeared still to exist and impact upon the success of our (150 mi) to the south around professional egg because their habitat require- release effort was aggression by Laguna Atascosa National collectors. These ments were consistent with cer- territorial pairs of Aplomado Wildlife Refuge. Of the 30 All photos, © Brian K. Wheeler © Brian All photos, records indicate tain forms of current land use, Falcons and predation by Great known pairs, 17 (57%) attempt- that the Aplomado Falcon was notably cattle ranching. Twenty- Horned Owls. ed to breed, and eight pairs suc- fairly common throughout five nestlings were collected over By the end of the 2000 sea- cessfully fledged a total of eight south Texas, west Texas, south- a period of several years from son we confirmed the location young. An average of 0.47 ern New Mexico, and southern populations in Mexico, from of 30 pairs of Aplomado young were fledged from pairs Arizona at the beginning of the which a total of 578 captive- Falcons. This represents a signif- that attempted to nest. Mortality twentieth century. Surprisingly, bred falcons have been released icant growth in the number of at nest sites remains high due to GOAL the number of Aplomado into the wild. The Aplomado To establish a self- Falcon egg sets collected in Falcon recovery effort received sustaining wild south Texas between 1890 and its first hint of success when a population of 1915 outnumbered those of pair of adult falcons, bred and Aplomado Falcons both the White-tailed Hawk and released by The Peregrine Fund, in the southwest- the Crested Caracara, species successfully fledged young in ern United States which remain common today. Cameron County, Texas, in and northern Unlike the White-tailed Hawk 1995. This first successful nest Mexico through and the Crested Caracara, the heralded the return of a species captive propaga- Aplomado Falcon declined rap- that had been absent from the tion, release, and idly over the next few decades United States for some 43 years. management with with the last nest recorded near With help from Central the ultimate goal Deming, New Mexico, in 1952. RESULTS Power and Light, nesting Aplomado of removing this Perhaps the most plausible Falcons are removed from their nest 2000: The captive propagation atop a power transmission structure species from the explanation for the Aplomado team, under the direction of Cal for banding by Angel Montoya and Endangered Falcon’s decline was the com- Sandfort, was able to raise a Amy Nicholas. Afterward they are Species List. bined effects of large-scale habi- total of 115 young from 29 replaced as anxious adults watch.

2 Left and on opposite page: STAFF Adult breeding Aplomado Program direction, Peter Jenny; coor- Falcons. dination, Bill Heinrich; propagation, Cal Sandfort; reintroduction, Brian Mutch; field manager, Angel Montoya; science assistance, Lloyd Kiff; field assistant, Amy Nicholas; and hack site attendants, Jon Abu-Saba, Thom Benedict, Matt Cambier, Marta Curti, Dale Dixon, Kate Hanson, Heather Jo Jensen, Ben Kinkade, Kristine Ann Lightner, Blake Massey, Jennifer Nixon, Molly Severson, Peter Toot, and Mike Tuffelmire.

COOPERATORS We cooperate with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Secretaia De Medio Ambiente Recursos Naturales Y Pesca (SEMARNAP), and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Support is received from many partners from the private sector. Working closely with Miguel predation from Great Horned requires that we expand our Falcon. With the protection of ples and addled eggs will con- Mora of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Owls and Raccoons. Over the efforts geographically and con- private property rights provided tinue to be analyzed for con- Center, we continue to analyze levels of years, the most successful pairs tinue to develop new release by this conservation tool, we taminant levels, and a manual environmental contaminants found in have been those nesting on sites. This year the U. S. Fish now hope to develop describing propagation and the blood collected from released fal- power poles. and Wildlife Service amended Aplomado Falcon release sites release techniques for the cons and from their addled eggs. our Aplomado Falcon Safe in west Texas. We are also work- Aplomado Falcon will be com- Providing essential financial support FUTURE PLANS Harbor Permit to include west ing with the U. S. Fish and pleted for publication. were the Lee and Ramona Bass We will continue to release Texas. To reduce landowner con- Wildlife Service in Region 2 to The final goals of this conser- Foundation, The Brown Foundation, Aplomado Falcons in south cern over the Endangered develop a mechanism under vation effort are to restore an Inc., Houston Endowment, Inc., Ruth O. Mutch, Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen Texas. Due to the increasing Species Act, we have now suc- Section 7 of the Endangered important part of the unique cessfully enrolled more than Species Act which would permit wildlife heritage of Texas and to C. Kleberg Foundation, National Fish reluctance of commercial carri- and Wildlife Foundation, The Tapeats one million acres of potential the release of Aplomado Falcons increase participation by the pri- ers to convey live , how- Fund, The Charles Engelhard ever, we have been forced to falcon habitat under the “Safe in New Mexico without causing vate sector in species restoration Foundation, EXXON/Mobil Corporation, employ charter aircraft to trans- Harbor” Habitat Conservation undue concerns for the private by instilling trust and by devel- Turner Foundation, Inc., American port Aplomado Falcons to Plan. This conservation plan sector and users of public lands. oping workable applications of Electric Power, U.S. Fish and Wildlife release sites, adding consider- provides protection for the We will be working to devel- the Endangered Species Act. Service-Albuquerque, Karen and Tim able expense. landowner from potential op ways to reduce the rate of Hixon, Bureau of Land Management- To protect released young restrictions imposed by the nest mortality by encouraging Idaho, USFWS-Clear Lake, State of from aggression by established Endangered Species Act while at falcons to utilize artificial preda- Texas, Walter Negley, Herman Stude, pairs of falcons, and to achieve the same time providing access tor proof nest structures and Jane Smith Turner Foundation, Norcross Wildlife Foundation, and Mike and the program goal of establishing to essential habitat for the through experimentation with Carolyn Maples. a self-sustaining population, recovery of the Aplomado chemical repellents. Blood sam-

3 Restoration

he criteria for considering “endangered” under the downlisting to threatened Endangered Species Act. The 25 recommended in the U. S. condors flying free in northern Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona under The Peregrine California Condor Recovery Fund’s care are classified as a Plan is the establishment of “non-essential experimental three disjunct populations of population” under the 10(j) condors, each numbering 150 rule of the Endangered Species individuals, including at least Act. The designation, while 15 breeding pairs in each of ensuring the condors are fully those populations. Two of the protected from intentional populations would be in the harm, means their presence will wild, while the third would be not restrict current and future made up of captive birds. Once land management uses. these objectives, as well as hav- As of yet no breeding has ing a reproductively self-sustain- occurred in either wild popula- ing and increasing population tion, but that could change at with adequate genetic diversity, any time. There are now indi-

Photo © Art Wolfe have been met, the status of the viduals in each population condor could be changed to reaching sexual maturity, threatened. between five and eight years of We are steadily working age. We are seeing courtship towards that goal. The captive activities taking place with pairs population at the San Diego in both California and Arizona GOAL Wild Park, the Los and feel confident that the first Angeles Zoo, and the World breeding in the wild will take Establish self-sus- Center for Birds of Prey now place in the near future. taining wild pop- numbers 98 with 34 pairs in ulations of breeding situations. As of 1 RESULTS California Condors March 2000 the wild popula- The first release by The through captive Andrejko, Arizona Game & Fish DepartmentPhoto © 2000, George tion in California was 24 con- Peregrine Fund occurred in propagation, dors, with 10 of those in the Arizona on 12 December 1996. release, and man- southern part of the state being Since that time there have been agement with the managed by the U.S. Fish and six releases totaling 47 ultimate goal of Wildlife Service. The remaining California Condors in Arizona. removing the 14 are in central California, Four releases occurred at the species from the managed by the Ventana Vermilion Cliffs and two at the Endangered Wilderness Society. The free-fly- Hurricane Cliffs. There have Species List. Previously released condor visits young burds prior to their release. ing population in California is

4 been 18 mortalities, and an old) after holding them at the STAFF additional nine birds were Vermilion Cliffs release site Coordination, Bill Heinrich with assis- Photo © Art Wolfe returned, at least briefly, to cap- for over a month. tance from Brian Mutch; reintroduction tivity. Five of the returned con- Both pairs Chris Parish, Sophie Osborn, Shawn dors have been re-released, and were from Farry; field assistance Kirk Stodola, Amy two additional birds will be re- our captive Nicholas, Gretchen Druliner, Janelle released next year. The remain- population at methods, Cuddeford, Gantt Charping, Helen ing two returned condors were the World Center facility and but based Johnson, Lisa Fosco, Blake Massey, adults that were briefly released had courted and laid infertile upon our expand- Adam Hutchins, Kristine Lightner, and Jody Bartz; and scientific assistance, (see below) and returned to eggs. Years before we had good ing knowledge Lloyd Kiff. captivity. The wild California success releasing a group of two gained since 1996, Condor population in Arizona year olds held in captivity and we will release the COOPERATORS is presently 25. felt that despite their having 2001 hatch year 2000: The most significant lived only in captivity, these condors at a Assisting with transportation of the condors has been the Bureau of Land result of the year for the older birds would also be able slightly older age. Management’s Boise Smoke Jumpers, California Condor project is to adapt to the wild. With falcons we the Idaho National Guard, the U.S. courtship behavior by the oldest Soon after release, these older learned the critical Forest Service, Norm Freeman (based free-flying condors. Although condors were seen feeding and importance of Photo by Bill Burnham out of Phoenix), and The Salt River most of the condors in Arizona flying together. They were, how- timing release to Project with both fixed wing aircraft and over five years old periodically ever, attempting to roost on the the wild to correspond with helicopters. show courtship behavior, it is, ground where they were more the right stage of behavior Additional cooperators are the U.S. of course, the six oldest birds vulnerable to predators and had development of the species. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Los which are the most encourag- to be continually flushed to We are hoping to expand our Angeles Zoo, the Zoological Society of ing. One pair is now seen regu- higher perches. The years in cap- facilities at the World Center San Diego, the Arizona Game and Fish larly copulating and exploring tivity had not allowed the con- to allow for holding condors Department, the Bureau of Land Management, and the National Park potential nesting cavities. If dors to develop adequate sur- slightly longer prior to release Service, as well as the local ranchers things proceed as we hope, it vival skills. About three weeks and for rearing larger num- and lodge owners. Our special thanks to should only be a matter of time after the first pair was released, bers of captive-bred young. Maggie Sacher. until the first released condors coyotes killed both condors of This new facility would also Financial assistance this year was are breeding in Arizona. one pair. The second pair was accommodate condors provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife This year’s releases in Arizona quickly captured and returned returned after initial release Service, Burns Family Foundation, have been some of the most to the World Center. Although in Arizona. As explained in Wallace Research Foundation, challenging of all. Please see this release did not turn out as the condor article in Patagonia, Turner Foundation, Inc., Jane The Peregrine Fund Newsletter we had hoped, we did learn a Newsletter 31, we have Smith Turner Foundation, Idaho Bureau No. 31, Summer/Fall 2000 for great deal from the experiment, learned we can successfully of Land Management, The Kearney details. and other strategies will have to re-release and establish in the Foundation, Bank One, Sidney S. Byers Charitable Trust, Norcross Wildlife In an attempt to accelerate be devised. wild condors brought back Foundation, Inc., APS Foundation, Inc., breeding in the wild and to into captivity because of and Tejon Ranch. avoid mortality prior to condors FUTURE PLANS inappropriate behavior after reaching breeding age, we exper- In 2001 the maximum num- first release. imented this year with release of ber of condors possible will be Photo © 2000, George Andrejko, Arizona Game & Fish Department adult California Condors. In released in northern Arizona late 2000, we released two pairs based on breeding results. No of adult condors (9 and 10 years changes are planned for rearing

5 STAFF after the successful recovery of Condor Program). Captive propagation at the World Captive Breeding this species. In recent years this Unfortunately, coyotes killed Center is accomplished by Cal Sandfort technique has increased the one pair. The second pair was and Randy Townsend with assistance aptive breeding is the we can not yet predictably pro- number of Aplomado Falcon immediately captured and from Randy Stevens, Ross Dickinson, cornerstone for the duce consistent numbers of chicks by over 60 percent. returned to the breeding facility. and Nedim Omerlegovic. Food produc- Aplomado Falcon and birds for releases. California Condor - Nineteen Since this unfortunate loss there tion is managed by Amel Mustic with California Condor of the 20 pairs of California are now 19 breeding pairs in assistance from Roy Britton and Dalibor restoration programs, as it was RESULTS Condors held at the World Boise instead of the 20 which Pongs. Facility maintenance is under for the Peregrine Falcon. Each Center during the breeding sea- began the breeding season. the direction of Randy Stevens. Aplomado Falcon - In 2000, year we are totally dependent 29 captive Aplomado Falcons son produced 26 eggs during We are presently in the plan- on the skill of our staff and our 2000. Eight of the 26 eggs were ning stage for a new condor COOPERATORS laid 253 eggs of which 145 captive populations of these (57%) were fertile, 118 young fertile, and seven hatched. Eight holding and chick rearing facili- Major financial assistance is provided species to produce the young hatched (81%), and 115 (97%) females laid for the first time, ty. The new structure will have by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, required to advance recovery and two of those produced a two large flight pens for holding the Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation, survived. Two falcons laid for programs. Harpy Eagle propaga- fertile egg each. One of these juvenile condors prior to trans- the Idaho Bureau of Land Management, the first time while all (27) fal- and donors listed under species project tion remains developmental, as cons laying in 1999 did so again new pairs raised a condor chick fer to the release site and over reports. Pathology this breeding season. Three to fledging this season. 20 small enclosures and veterinarian breeding age (2+ years) A third pair produced where condor chicks support are provid- Aplomado Falcons did not lay its first fertile egg after can be raised while ed by Meridian Peter and Conni but were only two years old and having only infertile observing flying con- Pfendler California Veterinary Clinic, should lay in 2001. Of the 29 eggs the previous sea- GOAL dors. There will also be the Zoological Condor Facility pairs, 11 copulated and pro- sons. We are managing Propagate the two elevated observa- Society of San duced 88 eggs with 64 (73%) pairs to encourage required number tion stations allowing Diego (Bruce Raptor Food Falcon Barns fertile, 48 hatched (75%), and them to hatch and of the best possible biologists to monitor Rideout), Production raise their own young. and study the condors Washington State Facility 46 (96%) survived. Seventeen of physically, behav- After the breeding sea- in the flight pens prior University (Lindsay these 29 females were artificially iorally, and genet- Oaks), the Idaho inseminated with semen son four pairs of con- ically constituted to release. Department of Fish obtained by “stripping” paired dors that had been raptors for release Harpy Eagle - Three and Game, Wildlife males. Those inseminated producing only infer- to the wild. females laid nine eggs, Health Laboratory, females produced 162 eggs, 81 tile eggs were switched seven (78%) were fer- Caine Veterinary (50%) were fertile, 70 (86%) with other mates in the hope tile, and a record three hatched Teaching hatched, and 69 (99%) young this will encourage the produc- and survived. All breeding age Laboratory, and The survived. tion of fertile eggs in the female Harpy Eagles laid. We Raptor Center (Pat By removing each Aplomado upcoming seasons. accomplished a first—a young Redig). Gerald D. & Kathryn Falcon egg as it is laid, produc- There are presently 19 pairs eagle was raised from a pair of Swim Herrick of California Condors at the captive-produced Harpy Eagles. The World Tropical Raptor tion can be increased from three Center for Building eggs to eight or more eggs. Since World Center. After the breeding We remain committed to mov- Birds of Prey Aplomado Falcons only incu- season, and later in 2000, we ing all breeding pairs to our is a complex bate a three-egg clutch and nat- released two adult pairs in new Neotropical Raptor Center of buildings ural incubation doubles the Arizona with the hope that the to enhance reproduction and to including chance of the egg hatching, sur- release of older birds would avoid the complexities of the those hous- accelerate breeding in the wild U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ing the rogate incubation is provided breeding for the extra eggs by non-breed- and help to bypass the juvenile permitting system. raptors. File photo ing Peregrine Falcons retained mortality (see California

6 Archives of American FUTURE PLANS The rapidly expanding he Archives of American ating expenses of the Archives uniqueness of collections such archival collection has Falconry was established as a are met by proceeds from its as these that gives special signifi- exceeded the space con- program of The Peregrine own endowment fund provided cance to our preservation efforts. structed for it in 1991. A Fund in 1986, but the associ- by falconers. Thus, within The Associate Librarian John similar situation exists for ation between The Peregrine Peregrine Fund the Archives Swift’s continuing collection The Peregrine Fund’s science Fund and falconry is not new. does not compete with funding efforts have brought our library, library and specimen collec- The Peregrine Fund’s Founders for conservation projects. already unsurpassed in English tions, and a new shared of the Board, along with many language references on the building is planned. These early employees, are falconers. RESULTS sport, to new heights. John was new quarters will allow us to Most derived their appreciation 2000: The value of the mate- honored at the 2000 Annual upgrade the quality of our and insight for raptors from rial accessions to the Archives Field Meet of NAFA with the archival environment as well original association with the joint Archives/NAFA “Heritage this year ($100,000+) was dou- as the extent and configura- File photo sport. Their use of falconers’ ble its annual average. While Award,” in recognition of his tion of our display and stor- techniques and insights in dollars per se are not role in the establishment of age facilities. The species recovery efforts the important issue, such an extensive collection, planned new was natural and played they do provide a acknowledging it as an asset for building will thus an important role in means for comparison. the entire American falconry fulfill our need for the successes enjoyed. GOAL Of special interest are community! a quality facility, Much of the original several donations of the Our Archives Heritage adequate for the To collect and con- breeding stock—and very types of materials Publication Series, commenced long-term future. serve evidence of funding—for the the Archives was created last year, has enjoyed an auspi- Funds are current- the history of fal- Peregrine restoration to collect and preserve. cious beginning. The elegant ly being sought conry and to doc- program came from Dan Cover, a highly “Patron’s Edition” of the first for this expansion. Photo by Bill Heinrich ument the role of the falconry communi- respected falconer, volume, American Falconry in the falconers in raptor ty. passed to us his com- Twentieth Century, is already out- STAFF conservation in When we realized plete series of falconry of-print, and 90% of the copies Curator Archivist, S. Kent Carnie; the Americas. irreplaceable evidence diaries documenting his of the standard edition also Research/Editorial Associate, William G. of the sport’s American history very successful and innovative have been sold. Brochures will Mattox; and Non-residential associates: was being lost with each death career from 1968 to the present. go into the mail soon announc- Library, John Swift; Research, Craig of a pioneer falconer, The Similarly, Jack Oar, another ing publication of the second Culver and Peter Devers; and Graphics, Don Garlock and Jim Stabler. Peregrine Fund established the widely regarded veteran, gave us volume in the series—the diary Archives of American Falconry. his own notes covering almost of the historic 1940 visit to COOPERATORS The Archives is unique in its the same period. From the India by John and Frank function, worldwide. Its success estate of the late Jimmy Cleaver Craighead. Information will The Archives is dependent on the in acquisitions is unrivaled, and we received a vast series of also be on our web site at generous support of many friends, fal- coner and non-falconer alike. In 2000 the extensive collections have Kodachrome slides, many of www.peregrinefund.org. All indi- particularly noteworthy assistance was attracted visitors from around them depicting a variety of fal- cations point to an even greater the globe. Occupying quarters in demand for this new volume, File photo received from Bill Boni, the California conry personages and activities Hawking Club, Elizabeth and Kate the James N. Rice Wing of the which should appear in late From top: Dan A. Cover, Jack Orr, at the North American Falconers and John Swift. Canby, Kent Carnie, Dan Cover, Walter administrative building at the Association (NAFA) field meets summer 2001. Hill, the North American Falconers World Center, the normal oper- during the 1970s. It is the Association, Bill and Marcie Oakes, Jack Oar, Williston Shor, Sally Spofford, and John Swift. 7 Come visit us at the sions to the Volunteers Velma Morrison Education Program Velma have always Interpretive Center, Morrison been a crucial open seven days a e accomplish our The Velma Morrison Interpretive component of week. goals by providing Interpretive Center is our educa- Center was our program, factual information tional center. Built in 1992-93 nearly 30,000. and we are to the public and and dedicated in May 1994, the Our visitors seeking more. visual and hands-on experiences visitors center fulfills the included 306 This past year STAFF during visits to the World increasing demand by the pub- school classes 130 volunteers Center for Birds of lic to learn about our totaling 7,213 donated almost

Education Director, Nancy Freutel; Photo by Nancy Freutel Education and Raptor Care, Kim Prey. The Education organization and our children. These Our newest education member is 8,000 hours of Middleton; Volunteers and Gift Shop, Program formally need to share factual children “Jack,” the Golden Eagle, intro- service. They MaryAnn Edson; and Facility began in 1985 with information with the received spe- duced to our visitors by Trish Nixon. led tours, Management, Paul Malone. the first 3,500 visitors GOAL public. Since its open- cially designed staffed the gift touring the World Inform and edu- ing the center contin- presentations for their appro- shop, cleaned raptor chambers, VOLUNTEERS Center by appointment cate the general ues to evolve and priate grade levels. provided maintenance, per- Donating over 100 hours of service only. Since that time public and pri- improve through Of the over 4,800 who signed formed general office tasks, in 2000 were: Lillian Azevedo*, Pat we have reached over mary and second- updates in the facility the guest register this past year, served on display and education Baumback, Christa Braun*, Karen 530,000 people ary students on and displays. all 50 states and 30 foreign committees, gave off-site presen- Brender*, Helen Crewse*, Robin through direct contact the importance of Year 2000: A bal- countries were represented. tations, edited our volunteer Didriksen, Don Disotell*, June Disotell, visiting the World birds of prey, anced informative and While 29% of these visitors newsletter, scheduled and Betsy Eldredge, Phil Eldredge, Leo Center and in our off- nature, and our entertaining education- were from the Boise/Treasure trained other volunteers, and Faddis*, Anne Fitzsimmons, Bob site programs. organization’s al experience was pro- Valley area, 62% were from out- performed many other tasks. Fitzsimmons*, Linda Fraser*, Joni Additionally, we have accomplishments. vided to all visitors. side the state of Idaho. When Our volunteers generously give Frey*, Pam Harris, Jerry Heimbuch*, reached an uncounted Our on- and off-site this same group was asked how their time and talents, and we Bryan Jennings*, Jeanne Koeberlein, Robert Koeberlein*, Pat Kolb, Mike and increasingly large audience educational activities directly they were referred to our World give them our sincerest thanks. McSweeney*, Milton Melzian*, Bob through brochures, the media, reached over 31,000 people. Center, 55% indicated they vis- Murray*, Trish Nixon*, Brit Peterson*, letters, and internet. The total number of admis- ited because of recommenda- FUTURE PLANS Carole Smith*, Nikki Stilwell*, Dick tions of their friends and family. We continue to improve the Thatcher*, and Julia Zeise. A Golden Eagle was added to visitors center and exhibits to * Docents our education birds, and visitors enhance the quality of the expe- are thrilled to be able to get rience. Two exhibits currently COOPERATORS such a close view of the magnif- under construction will be com- Our thanks to our many partners, icent bird. In the building’s cen- pleted to give visitors more including financial assistance from the tral core, our stage was complet- “hands-on” opportunities. We Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation, ed and gives us a perfect loca- will also be planning an expan- Inc., the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust, tion for bird presentations while sion to incorporate more of the The Ahmanson Foundation, U.S. Bank, allowing the visitor an excellent Gerald D. and Kathryn Swim Union Pacific Foundation, J.A. & opportunity to take pictures. Herrick Tropical Raptor Building Kathryn Albertson Foundation, Boise The new Discovery Room also Cascade Corporation, Bank of America into the Education Program. received several exhibits and Foundation, Trus Joist, a Weyerhaeuser This will increase space avail- Business, The Idaho Statesman and murals. The space is a welcome able for exhibits, offices, educa-

Gannett Communities Fund, and numer- Photo by Kim Middleton addition, especially for the tion birds, and even an indoor ous individual donors and supporters. Volunteer Ted Hanford leads an off-site school group in a “feather lesson.” school tours. flight show.

8 STAFF The Peregrine Fund Brenda Ruckdashel and The Internet site is maintained by Linda Behrman, our web Brenda Ruckdashel with assistance from site specialists, finish up Linda Behrman and Jeff Cilek. Internet Web Site the first E-Newsletter.

to our regular printed newslet- COOPERATORS RESULTS ters and annual reports and will Partial financial support for the We established our web site not be replacing them. We are Internet site was provided by the Ten (www.peregrinefund.org) in 1995 in the process of preparing our Times Ten Foundation. and enjoyed a few thousand vis- e-mail mailing list and initiating itors to the site that year. In the E-Newsletter program. If 2000, nearly a half a million you would be interested in hav- people used The Peregrine ing your e-mail address added Fund’s web site! Our site’s pop- to our list, please send your Photo by Jack Cafferty ularity has increased partly name and e-mail address to because of the efforts to incor- [email protected], place GOAL porate new technologies and your e-mail address in the ideas into the content of the appropriate place on the To provide well Enlargement A site. There are now more than envelope in this report and written, factual, 150 million Internet users return it to The Peregrine and timely infor- worldwide, visiting 6.6 million Fund, or watch our web site. mation to the gen- sites. These numbers continue The E-Newsletters will inform eral public about to grow at an astonishing rate. you of additions to the our organization The opportunity to distribute “What’s New?” section of our and its activities our information around the site. This will include field and in-depth world is limited only by the notes, articles, updates from information on number of people we can attract biologists, video, and audio raptors for conser- See to our site—tell your friends! from our projects around the vationists and Enlargement A world. This will better share biologists through FUTURE PLANS the experience and integrate the Internet. In 2000 we added weekly users with our worldwide See update maps showing move- effort. Enlargement B ments of Gyrfalcons tracked by Also planned for our web site satellite. In 2001 we will also be in 2001 is the Global Raptor Enlargement B Adult grey female using this new technology to Information Network (GRIN). Among other aspects, this new Gyrfalcon 5707 track California Condors and captured 21 Peregrine Falcons, and adding program will include detailed September 2000 species accounts, bibliographies, maps to the web site. Adult silver female One of the original uses of and contact data for experts on Gyrfalcon 11988 the Internet was for electronic globally rare and little-known captured 13 mail (“e-mail”). Distribution of species of raptors. GRIN will October 2000 “E-Newsletters” to our members grow into a new and valuable Location where and interested parties will be resource for conservationists, falcons were banded added. These will be in addition scientists, and the public. Maps provided by Linda Schueck, Raptor Research Center, Boise State University Maps provided by Linda Schueck, Raptor Research Center,

9 Francisco State University and a conservation/ research commu- Specimen FUTURE PLANS Research leading authority of the birds nities become aware of this The main specimen collec- of the Galapagos Islands, gen- globally important resource. Collection tions are presently housed in erously donated a substantial temporary quarters. When the Library portion of his large research FUTURE PLANS RESULTS new library/archives facility is library, adding many valuable completed, the collections will RESULTS All available shelf space in Cumulative: The Peregrine books and reprints to our col- be moved to a room especially Cumulative: Our research our library is filled so it is very Fund’s reference specimen col- lection. Other major gifts of designed to house them. More library continued to grow gratifying to begin solidifying lection contains about library items were received specimen cabinets will steadily in size during 2000, plans for the construction of a 7,500 eggshell speci- from Jack Carter (Silver City, be acquired, and owing to gifts, purchases, and new facility to house the mens and over 300 New Mexico), Board member efforts will be made to exchanges for items previously research library, Archives of bird study skins. James Enderson acquire collections of unrepresented. It now houses American Falconry, and Some of these unique GOAL (Colorado Springs, eggshells accumulated nearly 6,000 books and mono- specimen collections. items are available for Colorado), Robert W. Develop and from captive breeding graphs on ornithology and This opportunity is in the public in the Storer (Ann Arbor, maintain system- projects and pesticide conservation biology, as well as part being made avail- Discovery Room in Michigan), and the GOAL atic collections of studies at other insti- partial or complete runs of over able through a lead gift the Velma Morrison Estate of Barbara eggshells and rap- tutions. In addition, 400 journal and magazine Establish and from the Jerry and Interpretive Center. Winternitz, late tor study skin more efforts will be titles. Our catalogued collection maintain a com- Kathy Herrick estate. 2000: Other than Professor at The specimens for directed toward of reprints, mostly on raptors, prehensive Preliminary architectur- the routine addition of Colorado College. research and ref- enlarging the reference now includes over 11,000 items ornithological and al plans for the new eggshell specimens Sally Spofford, of erence purposes. collection of the with about 5,000 more await- conservation biolo- building were included and salvaged bird Portal, Arizona, again world’s diurnal raptor species ing cataloguing. We presently gy research library in our Summer/Fall specimens from the captive donated more materi- through exchanges and gifts maintain subscriptions or related to the mis- 2000 newsletter, and it breeding programs and other als from the huge from museums. exchange agreements for over sion of the organi- is hoped that we will sources, there was relatively lit- library that she had 200 journals, magazines, and zation and of break ground for the tle change in the status of the amassed with her late STAFF newsletters. major importance structure in summer specimen collections in 2000. husband, Walter The specimen collections are supervised by Lloyd Kiff, 2000: Robert Bowman, to the entire bio- 2001. We hope to com- The most important acquisition (“Spoff”) Spofford. Science Director. Specimens are prepared by John Schmitt. Professor Emeritus at San logical community. plete the new building was a nice study She plans to donate by early 2002. As skin of the extinct the remainder of the library always, we continue to seek Passenger Pigeon and Spoff’s exceptional collec- donations of libraries and indi- from James tion of photographs and slides vidual books, especially now Enderson, longtime in 2001. that we will soon have plenty Board member and A major milestone was of room to house them! Professor at The reached in 2000 when cata- Colorado College. loguing of the library, using the STAFF Jim also donated vast OCLC database, was com- The library is supervised by Lloyd Kiff. Dan Battaglia study skins of sever- pleted. An increasing number and Janna Secord catalogued reprints in 2000. al falcon species. of extramural researchers used the library, both through per- COOPERATORS Peregrine Falcon eggs sonal visits and by postal mail, Financial support was provided by the Laura represent a portion of faxes, or e-mail, and this trend the approximately Moore Cunningham Foundation, Inc. 7,500 eggs in the is expected to increase as the specimen collection. Photo by Bill Burnham 10 Arctic Institute, two Boise State diet. Both are working in the always, we will encourage the Student University Masters degree stu- Kangerlussuaq area. publication of theses and dis- dents are being assisted. sertations by former graduate Education Catherine Wightman is in the FUTURE PLANS students we sponsored and final stages of her thesis write- We will continue the sup- will continue to seek highly up on Peregrine nesting habitat qualified graduate students, RESULTS port of Malagasy and African while Travis Booms completed students, and Boise State particularly from developing Cumulative: Starting with his first of two planned field University students Nyambayar countries, for participation in our original close association seasons looking at Gyrfalcon Batbayar and Travis Booms. As our projects. with Cornell University, we have directly assisted students in completing 15 Ph.D. and 33 M.Sc. degrees Scientific Publications and Presentations or equivalents, and of regular occurrence in the on Raptors of the Maya Forest, a more than a dozen RESULTS respective study areas, comprehensive summary of undergraduate degrees. GOAL Aaron Baker surveys By the end of 2000, 817 Guatemala and , the most important findings 2000: Most of the for Orange-breasted publications, including 297 has been the subject of at least of the eight-year Maya Project. Identify and/or Falcons. students supported technical journal articles, dis- one important paper by our This will be the first book on

provide research Photo by Bob Berry during 2000 were in and educational sertations, and theses, had biologists. The field work in Neotropical birds of prey. pursuit of their Masters opportunities for M.Sc. degrees during been produced by biologists Madagascar has yielded 66 degrees, involved in undergraduate 2000. Ruth conduct- affiliated with The Peregrine peer-reviewed papers, and 43 FUTURE PLANS species-specific studies and graduate stu- ed field research on Fund. Forty-four publications came from the Maya Project In the future, more empha- on an interesting dents, both in the the roles and rela- appeared in 2000. A and the closely related sis will be placed on publish- assortment of birds of United States and tionships of extra- large number of these Orange-breasted Falcon ing the results of some of our prey, and associated in other countries, pair individuals at were in Raptors at Project. Almost all projects , e.g., the Harpy Eagle, with our Pan- or especially in con- Madagascar Fish Risk, a World reported virtually the California Condor, and Madagascar Projects. GOAL nection with our Eagle nests, and has Working Group on first substantive infor- Aplomado Falcon, for which They included Ato field programs. extended her studies Birds of Prey volume Present the results mation available on the we now have several years of Lakew Berhanu, who to gain her Ph.D. that reported the pro- of research studies various study species. valuable, but unreported, data. studied the in Carter concluded a multi-year ceedings of an inter- to scientific The published contri- , Mburu Chege, who field study of the national symposium forums, govern- butions of accom- studied the at in . on raptors held in ment agencies, plished field biologist Hell’s Gate National Park in Mongolian biologist Midrand, South and interested Russell Thorstrom, who Kenya, Susanne Schultz, who Nyambayar Batbayar began his Africa, in 1998. groups. worked on both proj- investigated the ecology of the studies at Boise State University Indeed, 14 of the 90 ects, deserve special in the Ivory in the Raptor Biology Masters papers in that volume were mention. By year’s end he was Coast, and Gilbert degree program. authored by Peregrine Fund the author or co-author of 29 Razafimanjato, who conducted Four Pakistani students are staff members on a wide vari- peer-reviewed titles, plus studies on the endemic being supported in the Asian ety of topics. numerous in-house reports, on Peregrine Falcon population Vulture project. They are using Several additional technical previously little-studied raptors subspecies in Madagascar. aspects of their field work in and other species in these journal articles continued to Photo by Bill Burnham Two students, Ruth Tingay support of Masters equivalent flow from the long years of regions. The mark of a good biologist — (University of Nottingham) degrees in . field work on the Maya and Dave Whitacre completed publishing the field results! Dave and Carter Ong (Leicester In association with our work Madagascar Projects, and by and submitted for publication Whitacre in his office, working University), completed their in Greenland and the High now nearly every raptor species the draft of a proposed book through a mountain of results.

11 reenland is home to one seabird, waterfowl, shorebird, bringing the total number of High Arctic Institute of the most unique and and songbird species. West Dovekies banded since 1995 to life-challenging environ- Greenland is an Arctic oasis and 974 birds. ments in the world. In it is critical to expand our over- all, Greenland is 2,656 km all knowledge of the wildlife in West Greenland (1,660 mi) long and 1,045 km this area in order to meet the Inland—Kangerlussuaq Area (650 mi) wide, with only 15% challenges of future potential From May through August, 83 of the island being ice-free land climactic changes and increasing known Peregrine Falcon nesting and the remaining 85% covered human disturbances. sites were checked for occupan- by the Greenland Icecap. Even The Peregrine Fund officially cy, and 51 were found to be

www.JackStephensimages.com with this small amount of land, began working in Greenland in active with an average of 2.82 Greenland is home to more 1993, building on a base of young per successful pair. In than an estimated 1,500 pairs of information, the first collection addition, 58 known Gyrfalcon Peregrine Falcons and over 750 of which began in 1972 under nesting sites were checked for estimated pairs of Gyrfalcons, in the direction of Bill Mattox and occupancy, and 15 were found addition to tens of millions of with assistance from Peregrine to be active, producing an aver- Dovekies, more than a million Fund biologists using their vaca- age of 3.28 young per successful From Jack Stephens’ photographic web site at Thick-billed Murres, and other tions to volunteer and help out. pair. Travis Booms initiated In 1997 we founded the High research on Gyrfalcon prey Arctic Institute to demonstrate selection for his M.Sc. in raptor our long-term commitment to biology at Boise State Greenland’s natural resources University. GOAL and their management. Since Coastal—Maniitsoq Area Beginning on 21 September and Conservation and that time our involvement has running through 15 October, a understanding of continued to expand, and this trapping station for Gyrfalcons Gyrfalcon and past summer we had projects in and Peregrine Falcons was oper- Peregrine Falcon four different geographical loca- ated on a small island near populations and tions within Greenland. Maniitsoq. During this period their environ- biologists lived in a small tent ments in RESULTS in below freezing temperatures, Greenland. North Greenland—Thule Area traveling weekly back and forth During the months of July to town to get supplies in a and August, the 2000 season fal- nine-foot inflatable boat. A total con survey located four active of 18 Gyrfalcons were captured, Peregrine Falcon nest sites and five adult and 13 immature Photo by Kurt K. Burnham four active Gyrfalcon nest sites. Above left: very early spring in the high Arctic. birds. Seven Peregrine Falcons The survey was conducted on were trapped, two adult and five Cyrus prepares to release a white Gyrfalcon after banding, Maniitsoq foot, by kayak, and by boat and immature birds. Area, Greenland. covered more than 350 km (217 mi) of coastline. At our Dovekie Uummannaq Region— banding site we re-captured 141 Uummannaq Area individual Dovekies that were During the month of June banded in previous years and researchers conducted a survey placed 213 bands on new birds,

12 of 207 out of 210 previously Launching of TPFS Rasmussen is a welcome addi- known seabird, waterfowl, and Rasmussen— tion at the High Arctic Institute falcon breeding locations Kangerlussuaq to Thule field station at Thule. recorded in the early 1900s by a During the early afternoon of medical doctor and amateur 29 June a new “SafeBoat” slid FUTURE PLANS ornithologist. The results were off its trailer into the cold Arctic From early July through the disappointing as we found not a waters of Kangerlussuaq, end of August, eight satellite single Thick-billed Murre, where Greenland. The 25 ft 4 in cus- transmitters (PTTs) will be less than 100 years before over tom-made SafeBoat, made in placed on Gyrfalcons and four 1,000,000 murres were reported Port Orchard, Washington, PTTs on Peregrine Falcons in the to nest in this area. Other Arctic Tern. arrived in Greenland via a 109th Thule area. This will be the first Photo by Kurt K. Burnham species which had greatly Air National Guard C130 time that PTTs have been placed declined in numbers were Hercules in early May. The on Gyrfalcons or Peregrine Common Eider Ducks, Black- maiden voyage of The Peregrine Falcons this far north and STAFF legged Kittiwakes, and Fund’s Ship Rasmussen was should lead to exciting new The project is managed by Kurt Razorbills of which only a few from Kangerlussuaq to Thule, information. Be sure to check Burnham under the general direction of individuals were seen. These with a month spent in the our web page to monitor the Bill Burnham with special assistance from Bill Mattox. Also participating in sharp declines in bird popula- Uummannaq area conducting progress of these falcons. tions are most likely caused by bird surveys (see “Notes from 2000 were Ryan Blaedow, Travis Booms, Tom Cade, Chad Cyrus, Gregg human-related factors. the Field” on web page Doney, Mark Fuller, Laura Gissibl, Bill www.peregrinefund.org for Satellite Tracking—Maniitsoq Ruth and Brian Mutch band Heinrich, Tim Gallagher, Brian and Ruth details). In all more than 4,345 Area Dovekies near Pituffik Glacier, Mutch, Jack Stephens (Thule km (2,700 mi) were logged. The North Greenland. On 21 September and 13 Photo by Kurt K. Burnham Coordinator), Rob and Bill Studebaker, Robert Rosenfield, and Catherine October we placed platform Wightman. transmitter terminals (PTTs) on adult female Gyrfalcons at our COOPERATORS trapping station near Maniitsoq. Since that time we have been Authorization was provided by The Commission for Scientific Research in monitoring their movements via Greenland, Greenland Home Rule satellites to determine where Government, Danish Polar Center, and these individual birds nest and by the United States Air Force. We winter. You can follow their cooperate with Thule Air Base, the U.S. movement on The Peregrine Department of the Interior/Bureau of Fund home page by going to Land Management, Conservation www.peregrinefund.org and click- Research Foundation, VECO Polar ing on “What’s New?” and look- Resources, New York Air National ing under “Gyrfalcon Satellite Guard, 109th TAG, Boise State Transmitter Monitoring in University, Bent Brodersen/KISS Center, Greenland.” Maps are updated the University of Copenhagen Zoological

www.JackStephensimages.com Museum, and Danish scientists Knud every two weeks, and spring Falk and Kaj Kampp, among others. movements to nesting sites Major financial support was provided by should begin sometime in late The Charles Engelhard Foundation, Ruth March or early April. The Peregrine eyrie is Mutch, Bennu and the Florence Hegyi now quiet as winter Family Trust, Jim and Karin Nelson, and rapidly approaches in the Arthur H. Weaver Family Trust.

the high Arctic. From Jack Stephens’ photographic web site at 13 Neotropical Raptor Conservation Program ver the past two Neotropics (the biological Neotropical Raptor Region Total Raptor Endangered/ Poorly decades, The Peregrine region from tropical Mexico Conservation Program is the Species Vulnerable Known Fund has achieved sig- south throughout Central and result of extensive input by Neotropical 86 16 21 nificant conservation and and the islands Peregrine Fund staff and others research results in the of the ), from Harpy to achieve conservation of bio- Eagles in Venezuela to the Maya diversity using a focus on rap- Project in Guatemala, greatly tors. The program has the sup- increasing our knowledge on port of the United States over 20 forest raptor species. Congress, with some funding Since developing our Raptor anticipated through the U.S. 2100 global strategic plan in Agency for International 1999—The Peregrine Fund’s Development (USAID). approach to help ensure the sur- vival of the world’s birds of ANTICIPATED RESULTS prey—we have worked to organ- Major goals of the program ize our efforts globally into are: (1) conserving raptors meaningful actions in biologi- known or likely to be in jeop- File photo cally similar regions. The ardy because of their small or declining populations and/or limited or disjunct ranges, e.g., Orange-breasted Falcon and Harpy Eagle; (2) improving GOALS knowledge and conservation of Development and raptor species, especially those implementation of for which too little is known to a comprehensive determine their status, e.g., program for con- Isidor’s or Black-and-Chestnut servation and Eagle; (3) answering important research, and land management and conser- development of vation questions using the eco- local capacity logical needs of raptors as a throughout the yardstick for conservation, e.g., Neotropics by studies planned to understand File photo Photo by Ana Salceda. how to minimize the impact of A traditional Embera/Wounaan woman with palm die tatoos. focusing on raptors. logging; (4) influencing human Top: as part of our conservation education effort, staff members Edwin Urriola and Katia Herrera present a Christmas gift to a child in a rural com- behavior using raptors as a flag- munity near the Harpy Eagle release location. ship for conservation of tropical Below: Ecological Policeman Hilario Rodriguez has worked closely with our Harpy Eagle project since its inception. Shown here, he is providing a gift biodiversity, e.g., our developing after giving a talk in a community near where “James,” a captive-bred and released Harpy Eagle, was shot.

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he Peregrine Fund’s Neotropical The Neotropical Raptor Center now Raptor Center (NRC), the headquar- houses Harpy Eagles, and a state-of-the-art ters of the Neotropical Raptor Orange-breasted Falcon building is a recent Conservation Program, is in tropical addition. The Harpy Eagle enclosures have America in the Republic of Panama. been built into the with minimal Situated on top of a forested hill, it is adja- disturbance to surrounding vegetation. cent to Camino de Cruces National Park as Other enclosures for forest-dwelling raptors well as our offices within the City of will be added as needed. The site benefits Knowledge, formerly Fort Clayton. The from a high, clear area, which provides a Center includes offices, breeding facilities, breezy and panoramic site for birds, such as laboratories, and a base of opera- the Orange-breasted Falcons, tions for the region. This facility is which live above the canopy. The centrally located to address the hilltop is also a hub for local and great challenges in Central and migrant raptors, and our future South America. The Panamanian GOAL plans include the construction of

Government has joined us in this Develop and lookouts to monitor the migration. Photo by Rick Watson Photo by Ana Salceda. conservation commitment on operate a facility This young girl, an Embera/ many levels, including providing COOPERATORS Wounaan Indian, lives in the in Panama from Darien region of Panama. Her land and facilities for the Center. which our Establishment of the NRC is made friend is a young sloth. Long-term studies of raptors can Neotropical Raptor possible by assistance from the now be carried out literally in Conservation Autoridad del Canal de Panama our backyard. Program will be (ACP), the City of based and where Knowledge/Fundacion Ciudad Del Saber, and the Autoridad Nacional Neotropical education program; captive breeding del Ambiente (ANAM). Jacobo Lacs, and research can (5) conserving important tracts who serves on our Board of occur with raptors. of habitat for conservation of Directors, has provided invaluable biodiversity, e.g., our participa- advice and assistance. tion in impact assessments of Top: Hank Paulson, then Chairman of the Board of The Peregrine Financial support for this project is proposed dams on the Panama Fund, and Alberto Aleman Zubieta, provided by the Wolf Creek Canal; and (6) providing lead- Administrador of the Panama Charitable Foundation. ership and developing local Canal Commission/Autoridad del capacity for raptor conservation Canal de Panama sign an agree- and research in Latin America, ment establishing the Neotropical Raptor Center on properties man- e.g., Latin American student aged by the Commission. and staff support and training in Panama, a Harpy Eagle sym- Right: we are converting former U.S. Army facilities for the posium in 2002, and other Neotropical Raptor Center and activities. Specific results and adding new buildings atop a hill future plans are described sepa- overlooking the Panama Canal. Photo by Alberto Palleroni rately in the following pages.

Neotropical Raptor Conservation Program 15 Harpy Eagle Conservation and Research

e have focused our three different educational pro- Eagles, both in the wild and work on Harpy grams. When they are of breed- with our released birds. Ricardo Eagles in Panama ing age they will be paired at Gil da Costa and Marc Hauser where our goal is to our Neotropical Raptor Center collaborated with us on a series create an exportable model in in Panama. of experiments detailing the the conservation of this and Release of Captive-Produced anti-predator behavior of an other similar species. Panama is Eagles: To date, five Harpy important Harpy Eagle prey culturally diverse, and it is prob- Eagles have been released in species, the Howler Monkey ably the last frontier in Central Panama. We have successfully (see Newsletter No. 31). Our America for a viable population brought them to independence biologists Jose Vargas and of this magnificent bird. Thus, it and have Edwin Urriola is there we find most of the fac- refined meth- are collecting tors imperiling Harpy Eagles ods for the rein- data from wild throughout their range. troduction of Harpy Eagle Panamanian forests connect this species. nesting territo- from its bustling capital to Nonetheless, ries in order to remote villages in the Darien. tracking birds assess habitat Panamanians consider the daily to insure use and esti- Harpy Eagle their national bird, their safety in mate the popu- but only recently has legislation the forests lation size. been proposed to make this the around the Biologists law. An important step towards canal may not Janeene GOAL recognizing this national treas- be feasible. Touchton and Conserving Harpy ure, this legislation will also Instead, Kathia Herrera © Photo courtesy of Neil Rettig Productions, Inc Eagle populations buttress its protection. After sev- focussing on focussed on by preserving eral years working in Panama, increasing public awareness to studies of released birds and habitat, reducing we are beginning to see tangible reduce the risk to the young public education with assistance

© Photo courtesy© Photo Inc. Rettig Productions, of Neil human persecu- changes in the public percep- eagles may be a more effective from our ecological policemen, Adult female Harpy Eagle feeds its small tion, and by tion of wildlife. However, the conservation tool. This was Hilario Rodriguez and David chick. Notice the huge nest, no doubt used reestablishing lost road ahead is a long one, and brought home when “James,” Mojica. for many years. and bolstering human persecution continues to our veteran male of the Public Education: Our most Right: nestling Harpy Eagle stretches its remnant eagle be the principal cause of Harpy Smithsonian research island successful educational program wings. populations Eagle population decline. (Barro Colorado Island), ven- to date has been the conveyance through propaga- tured off the protected monu- of school materials to rural tion and release RESULTS ment and was promptly killed. communities in the name of where habitat Propagation: This year three We plan to place a female and Harpy Eagle conservation. remains, and by young Harpy Eagles, two male, also independent for over Spearheaded by Helen Kiser, a expansion of females and one male, were two years, on the island as they Texan school teacher working in knowledge of the produced. Because of the need approach breeding age. Panama, we collect school eagle through for public education, they have Research: We continue to materials from the more afflu- research. been placed temporarily in collect valuable data on Harpy ent urban schools and donate

16 Neotropical Raptor Conservation Program them to people living in needy Prey in Boise is complete the Monkey with our Harvard STAFF communities near nesting eagles will be transferred to our University collaborators, as well Alberto Palleroni manages the project Harpy Eagles. Each child pre- Panamanian facility. We expect as continuing our studies of in Panama and directs our research pares a package including pens, our Harpy Eagles will make Howler Monkeys. Mostly, we activities there under the overall guid- pencils, erasers, and notebooks themselves at home in the large will continue to gather data ance of Rick Watson. Also participating which is then sent to children in enclosures nestled in the rain- from our now sizable popula- are Angel Muela (captive breeding and communities where we are forest. tion of known nesting territo- management), Francisco Barrios (opera- working. These much needed Research goals this year will ries. These first years have tions and field work), Edwin Urriola, materials serve to involve par- focus on the publication of marked the beginning of the Jose Vargas, and Kathia Herrera (field biologists), Janeene Touchton (field ents, teachers, and students material from both wild and long road ahead to save the biologist, Barro Colorado Island), and alike. released birds. We plan to Harpy Eagle in Central America Hilario Rodriguez and David Mojica This year, our public educa- expand our studies of prey and elsewhere. (Ecological Police). Lilia Mendoza man- Photo by Alberto Palleroni tion efforts also targeted the sec- species to include the Capuchin ages the office. tor of society most likely to shoot Harpy Eagles, the rural COOPERATORS non-indigenous people. This The partnership of many individuals group generally lacks the tradi- and organizations has made this project tions found in indigenous possible, including, in Panama, the groups, including respect for Presidency of Panama, Autoridad del large predators. These people Canal de Panama, Autoridad Nacional are also penetrating forest habi- del Ambiente, Autoridad de la Region tat at a rapid rate. Kathia Interoceanica, Patronato Amigos Del Herrera has given most of the Aguila Harpia, Smithsonian Tropical presentations in rural commu- Research Institute, City of nities with help from staff expe- Knowledge/Fundacion Ciudad Del Saber, Fundacion de Rehabilitacion de rienced in this task with indige- Especies Tropicales, USAID, Jacobo Lacs, nous communities. David de Castro, Asociacion Nacional We continue to work with para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza, various film crews devoted to Alcaldia del Distrito de Panama/Summit conservation, in particular with Gardens, Canopy Towers, Bern long-time Harpy Eagle Empresas, ANCON, Panama Audubon researcher and cinematographer Society, the Collective Lands of the Neil Rettig. These films reach a Embera and Wounaan Indians, Kuna wide audience and have a sig- Yala (San Blas Lands), Comarca Nogbe nificant impact on conservation. Bugle (Teribes, Waymies, and Bokota Indigenous Lands), and Soberania, Darien, Camino de Cruces, and Chagres FUTURE PLANS National Parks. From the United States

Our Harpy Eagle facility © Photo courtesy of Neil Rettig Productions, Inc. we cooperate with Marc Hauser of housed within the Neotropical Top: Angel Muela with recently hatched Harpy Eagle chick. Harvard University. Raptor Center is now nearly Major financial support for this proj- complete. One young pair is Below: Harpy Eagle country. ect in 2000 was received from the already housed there and when Offield Family Foundation, The Charles the nesting cycle of our eagles at Engelhard Foundation, the Ledder the World Center for Birds of Family Charitable Trust, Mr. and Mrs. Jacobo Lacs, and Pennzoil Company.

Neotropical Raptor Conservation Program 17 West Indies Project

he West Indies form a ecological needs of our initial ulation is most likely gone in sweeping 4,020-km focal birds, the endangered Haiti. Overall, we estimate the (2,500-mi) arc of islands Ridgway’s Hawk and population to be critically low. that run east and south from Hook-billed Kite, and help to Grenada. Cuba lies establish new conservation FUTURE PLANS only 144 km (90 mi) efforts for these Surveys are planned to deter- south of Key West, species and their mine the species’ population Florida, and 200 km (125 environments based status and understand what mi) east of Mexico’s on new information factors limit their distribution Yucatan Peninsula. GOAL and science. Work and abundance within the Grenada is located 137 Help prevent the could potentially islands. Potential factors that km (85 mi) off the east- extinction of rap- progress from there we will investigate include food ern tip of Venezuela. In tors found only on to other endemic sources and possible limita- general, endemic species the islands of the raptors in jeopardy, tions (e.g., introduction of found only on islands are West Indies. such as the predatory snails that consume vulnerable to extinction Gundlach’s Hawk suitable prey snails for Grenada because their habitat and range and Cuban Hook-billed Kite. In Hook-billed Kites) and nest are severely limited. The raptors 1999 a pair of Peregrine Falcons sites and their limitations (e.g., (at least six species in jeopardy) nested for the first time ever in nesting habitat for all species and other species found only on Cuba; this remarkable event may be diminished). Evidence the West Indies islands of the could lead to establishment of a of persecution by people will Caribbean are no exception. new breeding population, which be investigated. On each island The West Indian flyway is a should be monitored during its we have identified local collab- Photo by Russell Thorstrom critical link in the migratory buildup. First photograph of a Grenada Hook- orators and will investigate the billed Kite nestling! routes of shorebirds and song- potential for training and sup- birds, including about 100 RESULTS port of a raptor biologist. migrant species that breed in 2000: Surveys for Grenada Development of a local biolo- North America, as well as Hook-billed Kites identified at gist focused on conservation of Peregrine Falcons, Merlins, and least 15 individuals, some in birds of prey is an essential other raptors. By focusing on areas not previously reported, goal of each of our projects, so STAFF the conservation needs of island and located two nesting pairs we can expect conservation Russell Thorstrom leads this project. endemics and endangered rap- and two other pairs exhibiting efforts to continue beyond The tors that require large areas of courtship behavior. We esti- Peregrine Fund’s involvement. COOPERATORS intact habitat in which to sur- mate the population may be vive, we can hope to provide an Participating with us in this project about 50 birds. Surveys for are the Grenada Dry Forest Biodiversity umbrella of protection to many Ridgway’s Hawks located only Conservation Project, Grenada other plants and animals that two individuals and no nests. Department of Forestry, Grenada are unique to this island chain. The two individuals were Department of National Parks, The West Indies project will found in and near Los Haitises Dominican Republic Department of provide up-to-date information National Park in the Forestry, and Annabelle Dod Bird Club. on the and Dominican Republic. The pop-

18 Neotropical Raptor Conservation Program Orange-breasted Falcon Project

he Orange-breasted isolated from its South Falcon is among the least American counterparts, (2) known and rarest of all fal- develop methods needed to bol- cons. Although the overall ster isolated populations range of this species at least through captive propagation once extended from southern and release, and (3) understand Mexico through Central the consequences of isolation America and throughout por- and assess how they may be tions of South America, it is mitigated. sparsely distributed, difficult to detect, and apparently threat- RESULTS ened by habitat alteration and Cumulative: Studies in the possibly the associated expan- 1990s located 19 pairs of sion of avian competitors. Orange-breasted Falcons in Central American populations and Guatemala and gath- appear to have become isolated ered important new informa- from their South tion on the species’ American counterparts ecology. Surveys in and may be vulnerable, 1999 located no if not in jeopardy, due Orange-breasted Orange-breasted Falcon. to small size and genet- GOAL Falcons in what Photo by Bob Berry ic isolation. Isolation Understand the appeared to be ideal of small populations of FUTURE PLANS consequences of habitat in the Sierra del Objectives include (a) pre- tropical forest raptors is population isola- Warrunta range in Comparative ecological stud- dictable captive breeding, (b) already a conservation tion in fragmented Honduras. ies are planned in South release techniques that maxi- problem in some parts landscapes and 2000: Aerial and America to understand how mize survival and reproductive of the world (e.g., the develop captive ground surveys from tree-nesting may affect our esti- potential, and (c) reproduction Javan Hawk Eagle, breeding and Belize south through mates of the distribution and in the wild of captive-bred and Indonesia) and will release methods. Central America pro- abundance of the Orange- released falcons. Collection of increasingly become so duced no Orange- breasted Falcon. Genetic studies nestlings for captive breeding is STAFF as forests are fragmented and breasted Falcon sightings until will be undertaken to determine planned for 2001. Propagation This project is coordinated by Rick lost. Understanding the conse- Panama. Biologists concluded whether differences exist will primarily occur at the Watson and conducted by Alberto quences of isolation and devel- that there is little suitable habi- between isolated northern pop- Neotropical Raptor Center, Palleroni, Russell Thorstrom, and Peter Jenny. Aaron Baker and Serena Ayers oping methods to combat its tat remaining between the ulations and the majority of the Panama. Initial releases will assisted during 2000. negative effects are important northern population in Belize species in the south. At the take place in Panama and/or for conservation and to improve and Guatemala and pairs found same time, we will begin work- Belize and then expand into the COOPERATORS our scientific understanding. in Panama. Even where suitable ing on techniques for conserva- region where the falcons were This project aims to (1) deter- habitat remained, no falcons tion and restoration to bolster known to occur but now are In Panama the work is authorized by the Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente. mine whether the were found. remnant populations and to believed to be absent. Belize/Guatemala population is Funding for the project is provided by restore extirpated populations. the Wolf Creek Charitable Foundation.

Neotropical Raptor Conservation Program 19 onservation in Africa has Simon Thomsett, combined tool for identifying conservation Pan-Africa Raptor historically focused on with ongoing work in priorities for The Peregrine Fund preserving the large and Madagascar. In a and could be made available on for which the conti- decade we have trained and sup- our Internet-based information Conservation Program nent is famous—antelope, ele- ported three Ph.D., 15 M.Sc., site (Global Raptor Information Region Total Raptor Endangered/ Poorly phant, buffalo, and predators and numerous other local, as Network) as a tool for users Species Vulnerable Known like the lion, leopard, and chee- well as U.S., students. Many worldwide. tah—in large protected areas. As now work in conservation, some Susanne Shultz is investigat- Pan-Africa 89 16 7 the human population has for The Peregrine Fund. Research ing the ecological and behav- increased, protected areas have has contributed new knowledge ioral role of the African increasingly come on raptors, such as the Crowned Eagle in Taï National under pressure for use Bearded Vulture, Park, , the largest by herders, subsistence Sokoke Scops Owl, intact primary forest in West farmers, and others. African Fish Eagle, Africa. Her goal is to use Despite the tracts of GOAL Crowned Eagle, Martial Crowned Eagle diet analysis to land set aside in the Conserve raptors Eagle, , detect change in medium-sized past century, the impor- and their habitats and others. Habitat populations in tance of developing a through research, conservation accom- response to illegal poaching. conservation ethic that education, and plishments are high- These data will be used to lever- includes “living with development of lighted by our having age resources to curtail illegal wildlife” in the human- local conservation helped create activities within the park. dominated landscape is and science capac- Madagascar’s largest Susanne and her Ivorian col- increasingly understood ity, and hands-on rainforest national park leagues completed another sea- by conservationists and conservation. and by having estab- son of field work, and Simon decision makers. As far- lished a community- Thomsett provided training and Photo by Simon Thomsett ranging predators, raptors typify based wetland conservation assistance with capturing Above: Crowned Eagle the kinds of animals that benefit project. Hands-on conservation Crowned Eagles for radio-tag- in its habitat. most from this broader includes the reintroduction of ging and tracking. Susanne suc- approach. The Pan-Africa Bearded to Hell’s Gate cessfully completed her Masters- Left: Rick Watson, International Conservation Program aims to National Park. degree as a result of this study Programs Director. help conserve raptors and other 2000: We completed a pilot and is continuing with her biodiversity in Africa’s human- study using Geographical Ph.D. through the University of dominated landscapes through Information Systems technology Liverpool, United Kingdom. public education, hands-on con- to model raptor distributions in STAFF servation, research, and develop- Madagascar, based on habitat, FUTURE PLANS Rick Watson directs the Pan-Africa Conservation ment of local capacity to help climate, and human parameters. Program. We will continue to provide ensure the effort is sustainable. The objective was to predict rap- direction, training, and support tor distributions and identify COOPERATORS for research on little-known RESULTS species and areas in need of spe- species and/or those in jeop-

Photo by Simon Thomsett Photo Cooperating with our work are the Conservation Cumulative: The Pan-Africa cial conservation attention. If ardy. Project plans are described Planning Unit of the University of Pretoria, State Program started 10 years ago this approach proves successful, in the following pages. University of New York, University of Liverpool, it will provide an important National University of Abobo, Abidjan, and Taï National with new efforts in Kenya by Park.

20 STAFF Bearded Vulture Reintroduction to Kenya Project management in Kenya and Ethiopia is by Simon Thomsett. he Bearded Vulture is were raised in captivity until were present at the release. The globally threatened, and within two to three weeks of impression of two Bearded COOPERATORS endangered in Kenya, South fledging age when they were Vultures flying free for the first We collaborate with the Ethiopian Africa, and Europe. No breed- transferred, in March 2000, to a time reinforced the conservation Wildlife Conservation Organization, ing Bearded Vultures are known specially constructed release site lecture given before the release, Hell’s Gate Management Association, for Kenya. Reintroduction in on the cliffs of Hell’s Gate that large, far-ranging birds such Kenya Wildlife Services, Ornithological Europe has been somewhat suc- Canyon. Here they were cared as Bearded Vultures need large Bearded Vulture. Department of the National Museums of cessful, but this project is a first- for in a protected nest cavity intact areas of habitat in which Photo by Simon Thomsett Kenya, and others. ever attempt at reintroduction until old enough to fly. Both to survive. They need the coop- in Africa. Bearded Vultures last birds flew immediately upon eration and protection of pri- nested in Hell’s Gate, Kenya, in release in April 2000, but as we vate land-owners as well as pro- 1979. They were most likely lost hoped, they returned to the tected areas. because of rock climbing and release site to be fed for several This project is also providing GOAL other activities prior to Hell’s weeks while they grew inde- an opportunity to train numer- To re-establish the Gate National Park being estab- pendent, explored further, and ous Ethiopian and Kenyan con- Bearded Vulture lished in 1984. Now that the became adept fliers. The birds servation personnel. Biologist (Lammergeier) as area is protected, the chances were tracked daily, and were res- Lakew Berhanu is being sup- a breeding species are high for successful reintro- cued on several occasions when, ported through his Masters in Hell’s Gate duction to this once famous in their early days, they landed degree in conservation biology National Park, breeding area. on the ground and could not at Durrell Institute of begin restoration take flight again. They seemed Conservation and Ecology, throughout Kenya, RESULTS to be doing well until one was United Kingdom, to help and help develop found dead in an exhaust tower increase the number of conser- Cumulative: Kenya Wildlife in-country raptor of a nearby geothermal power vation specialists. Services first invited our leader- conservation in plant. We hope to convince the ship in this project in the early Ethiopia. 1990s. Research indicated that plant managers of the need for FUTURE PLANS Ethiopia was the most suitable covers on the exhaust towers Long-term success for this source for young birds and dis- which could easily have pre- project will depend on multiple nestlings translo- cussions began there in early vented this fatality. The second releases of many birds. cated from 1998. First translocations bird is still doing well, foraging Mortality of young birds before Ethiopia for occurred almost two years later in the vicinity of its release site reaching sexual maturity is typi- release in Hell’s in 1999, for release in 2000. and supplied food at our “vul- cally high, even in the absence Gate National Photo by Rick Watson 2000: Two nestlings from ture restaurant.” of human interference, such as Park. He is also working with Simon Thomsett scans Ethiopia were rescued from sib- Perhaps one of the greatest the exhaust towers or poisoning the geothermal plant officers cliffs for nesting Bearded licide (death of the second- benefits of this first year’s by herders. If human factors can and Kenya Wildlife Services staff Vultures, Ethiopia. hatched chick, usually caused by release was the public and be mitigated, then we would to mitigate human hazards to the first hatched), and translo- media interest in the release. expect to release about 10 young these birds in and around the cated from Ethiopia, where Local land-owners, Masai chiefs birds for every breeding pair national park. numbers are still reasonable, to and herders, Kenya Wildlife established. At this time Simon Kenya in December 1999. They Service personnel, and press Thomsett is again raising three

Pan-Africa Raptor Conservation Program 21 Black-breasted Snake-Eagle with snake. This year may be the final Cape Verde chance to save this species if it still exists. A second important Red Kite aim is to evaluate the low and declining population of the The Cape Verde Red Kite is Cape Verde Buzzard and evalu- found only on the Cape Verde ate and monitor the status of Islands, a volcanic archipelago other raptors on the island of about 500 km off , west Santa Antào, Cape Verde. GOAL Africa. Until the 1950s, it was Help prevent the widely distributed in the north- RESULTS

imminent extinc- 2000: The Peregrine Fund Photo by Ron Hartley tion of the Cape was contacted and asked for represented in the year 2000 Verde Red Kite assistance. Rick Watson made a Zimbabwe accomplishments below. and promote con- reconnaissance trip to the Cape 2000: The project provided servation of other Verde Islands in September RESULTS training and research opportu- raptors on the 2000. Based on that visit, a Cumulative: The Peregrine nities to one B.Sc. honors stu- Cape Verde project has been designed, Fund has worked with and sup- dent and numerous high school Islands. staffed, and is about to be ported the efforts of the students. Studies accomplished implemented. Zimbabwe Falconers Club were: (1) the status and distri- (ZFC) since 1983 when Tom bution of Teita, Peregrine, and FUTURE PLANS Cade and Jim Weaver made Lanner Falcons in Zimbabwe; An example Field work will commence in their first trips to search for the (2) the role of Rock Hyrax in of the rugged April 2001. The project is divid- little-known and vulnerable the distribution and status of and hostile ed into two parts: (1) survey Teita Falcon. In 1983 only three Black, Crowned, and African environment inhabited by Santa Antào for kites, buzzards, Teita nests were known in Hawk Eagles in the Bubiana the Cape and other raptors; and (2) if Zimbabwe. As a result of the Conservancy; (3) the effect of Verde Kite kites are found, evaluate the ZFC’s work, another 20 sugar cane farming on and local most effective conservation Teita sites have been the distribution and people. actions and possibly capture identified over a much abundance of large remaining individuals for cap- wider range of the winter breeding eagles tive breeding. Outcomes of the country, and more is GOAL at Triangle; (4) timing

Photo by Rick Watson project include improved known about their ecol- Develop local of laying, reproductive understanding of the popula- ogy in Zimbabwe than capacity for success, and nesting STAFF western islands of the archipela- tion status of raptors on Santa probably any other research and con- density of the Secretary go, but a rapid decline in num- This project is directed by Rick Antào with a plan for future country. In 1991 we servation of birds Bird in the Shangani bers was recorded in the 1960s, Watson and conducted by Sabine Hille. conservation and monitoring. If began a formal collabo- of prey through and Esigodini areas; (5) and by 1999 only two individu- kites are found, a second out- ration with the ZFC to training, support, monitoring of the rap- als were found on the island of COOPERATORS come may be the establishment help develop local and hands-on tor community around Santo Antào. The principal aim We work closely with the Cape Verde of a long-term captive breeding capacity for raptor conservation. Falcon College, includ- of this project is to help prevent Institute of Agriculture (INIDA), the and reintroduction program to research and conserva- ing the African Hawk the imminent extinction of this Konrad Lorenz-Institute for Comparative help restore the species to its tion. Their accomplishments Eagle, Martial Eagle, Tawny critically endangered species. Ethology in Austria, and The National former range. since then are remarkable, as Eagle, Blackbreasted Eagle, Birds of Prey Centre in the United Kingdom.

22 Pan-Africa Raptor Conservation Program Brown Snake Eagle, African Fish and breeding success of raptors Hawk Eagle. Falcon breed- COOPERATORS Ayres’ Hawk Eagle, Spotted Eagle, and was low); (7) Teita and ing projects produced The Peregrine Fund collaborates with Eagle. Wahlberg’s Eagle; Peregrine Falcon surveys in eight Peregrines from five the Zimbabwe Falconers Club and the Blackshouldered Kite; Black and Batoka Gorge; (8) input given pairs, and four Teita Zimbabwe Department of National Little Sparrowhawks; Gabar and on the new Tourist Master Plan Falcons from five pairs, Parks and Wild Life Management. Little Banded Goshawks; and for Victoria Falls, including the potentially helping build a Partial support was provided in Barn, Pearlspotted, and ZFC proposal to the Department captive breeding popula- Zimbabwe by Dunlop Company and Whitefaced Owls; (6) monitor- of National Parks and Wild Life tion of eight Teita Falcon Eagle Insurance Company. ing of the raptor community at Management to designate pairs. Three scientific arti- Mbalabala (the study site has Batoka Gorge a special bird of cles were published.

been affected by land invasions; prey sanctuary; and (9) review Photo by Ron Hartley sites of new settlements and and publish human impacts and impacts have been documented, selected biology on the Ayres’

conspicuous member of South sion with man-made structures Cape Vulture Africa’s wildlife heritage. are other human factors increas- FUTURE PLANS ing mortality. Some of the Biologists from the project Large, long-lived birds of prey RESULTS decline is due to birds not are collecting data needed for that range over areas larger than breeding every year, suggesting a the management of can be protected by parks and 2000: At the Kransberg lack of food. High nestling mor- Cape and other vulture reserves are particularly vulnera- colony, a 29.1% decline in tality during the period of great- species, emphasizing ble to extinction caused by active nests (where an egg is est food demand by young vul- interactions with human’s degradation of the laid) occurred from 1984 to tures supports this view. To add wildlife and human environment. The colonial nest- 1998. Data from the 2000/2001 to these problems, rural eco- populations. ing Cape Vulture is exemplary breeding season indicate a fur- nomic development became a Monitoring of breeding of this situation. The endan- ther decline. Results of the sur- national priority with South success and causes of gered Cape Vulture is found vey of other Cape Vulture breed- Africa’s change in government mortality at the only in . Its ing colonies of the former in 1994. Land-use change asso- Kransberg and other decline came with the disap- Transvaal Province (now ciated with economic colonies by Pat Benson pearance of migratory antelope Gauteng, Mpumalanga, development in the is the minimum herds and widespread use of Northern, and Western former “homelands” is research required to poisons. This project, being con- Provinces) in July and predicted to inevitably establish population ducted by Pat Benson, is an August 2000 show a GOAL affect environmental trends and understand unprecedented study, now in its similar decline (17.7% quality and diminish causes of decline. Based 20th year, begun in 1981 to decrease since last sur- Support the wildlife populations. on this information, measure and understand both veyed in 1985). longest-ever con- Analysis of over 600 tinuous study on The location of all the potential support can

natural and human effects on Photo by Pat Benson largest Cape Vulture be gained for interven- 25% of the remaining Cape carcasses collected dur- Cape Vulture pop- colonies in, adjacent tions by provincial and private Cape Vultures. Vulture population that nests ing this study indicates ulation dynamics to, or very near former conservation organizations to on the Kransberg mountain that poisoning is a and use the homelands makes eliminate poisoning, reduce dis- COOPERATORS range, . Results will major mortality factor, knowledge gained these birds vulnerable turbance at the nest, and The Peregrine Fund provides financial be used by national, provincial, while disturbance at to mitigate human nests by rock climbers impacts on the to development in increase food availability support to Patrick Benson of the University and private conservation agen- of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, who and hikers, and colli- species’ survival. these areas. through “vulture restaurants.” cies to ensure the survival of this conducts the study.

Pan-Africa Raptor Conservation Program 23 adagascar is the fourth in the world. Three of these tat for the fish eagles and other Madagascar Project largest island and one endemic raptors are classified as wetland species. of 10 biodiversity con- endangered, two occur in the We began work in 1991 in servation “hotspots” eastern (Madagascar the rainforests of northeastern in the world. Twenty-three rap- Serpent Eagle and Madagascar Madagascar where we rediscov- tor species occur in Madagascar, Red Owl) and the other ered the Madagascar Serpent and 12 are found nowhere else (Madagascar Fish Eagle) occurs Eagle in 1993 and the in western Madagascar wet- Madagascar Red Owl in 1994, Madagascar lands, rivers, and mangroves, or both species once thought to be Harrier-Hawk. on offshore islands. extinct. Information gathered on these two rainforest species RESULTS was important in the creation of Cumulative: The Peregrine Masoala National Park, Fund began work in Madagascar Madagascar’s largest park. At in 1990 starting with the our research station on Masoala Madagascar Fish Eagle. Forty Peninsula we described the first pairs of fish eagles were known nests of the Madagascar Red to exist prior to this period. We Owl, Madagascar Serpent Eagle, have established a research sta- Short-legged Ground-roller, and tion on three lakes in central Bernier’s Vanga. We have sup- western Madagascar at a site ported 12 Malagasy university Photo by Russell Thorstrom that supports about 10% of the students who obtained Ph.D. fish eagle’s breeding population. and Masters equivalent degrees, From annual surveys we esti- along with providing hands-on Peregrine Falcon eyrie mate the total population to be training and experience to 30 on a rock face over 600 about 120 breeding pairs local technicians. meters high. throughout western 2000: One Masters Madagascar. Since degree student finished beginning, we have a study on the sub- species of Peregrine studied the ecology of GOAL the Madagascar Fish Falcon endemic to Eagle and have learned Prevent the Madagascar and is in that habitat degrada- extinction of the process of writing tion and human perse- endangered rap- his Masters equivalent cution are the main tors, assist in the degree. We provided causes of the species’ conservation of logistical support to rarity. We have been critical habitat, Ph.D. student Ruth working with local and develop local Tingay studying the communities to capacity for con- unique reproductive enhance those tradi- servation using strategy and paternity tional laws and prac- Madagascar’s rare of Madagascar Fish tices that effectively and endangered Eagles. As a result of conserve wetland habi- birds of prey as a our efforts, two com- focus. munity-based natural Photo by Russell Thorstrom

24 Pan-Africa Raptor Conservation Program resource management associa- STAFF tions were granted government This project is directed by Russell authority to apply their tradi- Thorstrom and Aristide Andrianarimisa tional rules to control use of the and accomplished by Adrien Batou, Be wetlands region that holds 10% Berthin, Bonhomme, Jean de Dieu of the breeding population of Christophe, Eloi (Lala) Fanameha, fish eagles. Final community Bernabe Fernandez, Loukman charters are in the process of Kalavaha, Eugéne Ladoany, Jules Mampiandra, Rivo Rabarisoa, Charles becoming a reality for both Photo by Russell Thorstrom Rabearivelo (Vola), Simon associations that now can limit Rafanomezantsoa, Berthine Rafarasoa, who fishes the lakes, control net Norbert Rajaonarivelo (Velo), Jeannette mesh size and fishing seasons, Rajesy, Gérard Rakotondravao, Yves limit fishing camps to designat- Rakotonirina, Möise, Gaston Raoelison, ed areas, and limit to only three Christophe Razafimahatratra, Lily-Arison species the trees that can be Rene de Roland, Gilbert Tokahy, and used for construction of dug-out Zarasoa. canoes. On Masoala Peninsula, COOPERATORS northeastern Madagascar, we Our principal collaborators are the completed the first-ever studies Direction des Eaux et ForÍts (DEF), on the nest of the Madagascar other members of the Tripartite Long-eared Owl, continued bird Commission, and Association pour le monitoring for indicators of Gestion des Aires ProtÈgÈes (ANGAP). change in the avian community We also work with the National Office within and at the boundary of of the Environment (NOE), University of Antananarivo, Durrell Wildlife the Masoala National Park, and Conservation Trust, Bemaraha Project, documented the second-ever UNESCO, Project Masoala, ZICOMA, Photo by Lily-Arison René de Roland nesting attempt of the CARE-Madagascar, Wildlife Conservation Madagascar Serpent Eagle. tion. We will continue research- Society, and many others. Financial sup- port was provided by the Liz Claiborne ing and gathering data on the FUTURE PLANS and Art Ortenberg Foundation, The John life history of the poorly known D. & Catherine T. MacArthur A long-term monitoring raptors with the intention of effort of the Madagascar Fish Foundation, The Walt Disney Company publishing a book on Malagasy Foundation, BP Conservation Award, Eagle population will continue raptors. We plan to continue and others. with the goal of preventing the training and supporting Madagascar Red Owl. extinction of this endangered Malagasy students by involving Photo by Russell Thorstrom species by working and collabo- them in masters or doctoral Top: Madagascar Serpent Eagle. rating with local communities programs in association with and Malagasy government and our conservation goals and Below: our technician, Möise, holds a Long-eared Owl. non-governmental organiza- research. tions with an interest in western Madagascar wetland conserva-

Pan-Africa Raptor Conservation Program 25 Asia-Pacific Raptor he Asia-Pacific Program and supported two students work to take another two to covers portions of three bio- studying the endangered Javan three years. Conservation Program geographical regions, Hawk Eagle in Indonesia. In Indonesia we are working Oriental, Palearctic, and 2000: To develop the coun- with expert Bas van Balen. We Region Total Raptor Endangered/ Poorly Australasian. Our focus is main- try’s first raptor expert, conserva- hope to develop cooperatively a Species Vulnerable Known ly on those little-known and tion leaders in Mongolia identi- comprehensive program that Oriental 55 9 11 most found fied biologist Nyambayar will improve our knowledge of only on the islands between the Batbayar for future training and little-known species found Australasian 54 16 11 Indian and Pacific Oceans, such education in raptor biology and there, train Indonesian raptor as the , New conservation. He arrived in biologists and conservationists, Harpy Eagle, and Javan Boise in March 2000 and spent and develop a network of Forest island in a human- Hawk Eagle, or other priority three months working with rap- research and monitoring across dominated environment topics, such as the catastrophic tor biologists in the Snake River this island nation that spans provides a final refuge for decline in vultures on the Birds of Prey Area receiving almost 3,000 miles. We would some species. Indian sub-continent. hands-on training in field study hope to establish study sites ini- techniques, as well as English tially in West Papua (Irian Jaya) RESULTS language training. He returned to study the vulnerable New Cumulative: The Peregrine in August to begin classes at Guinea Harpy Eagle, the little- Fund first began work in the Boise State University, enrolled known Chestnut-shouldered Asia-Pacific in the late 1980s by in the raptor biology masters Goshawk, and other species in assisting the Philippine Eagle degree program. jeopardy such as Doria’s Hawk Foundation with their goals to and Gurney’s Eagle. prevent the extinction of the FUTURE PLANS During later phases of the Philippine Eagle, described sep- In June 2001 Mongolian biol- projects, programs may also be arately in the following pages. ogist Nyambayar Batbayar will initiated elsewhere, such as Studies on the New Guinea begin field work for his thesis Sulawesi where forests are Harpy Eagle were accomplished dissertation on the ecology of unique in supporting four Photo by Rick Watson in 1998 and 1999, and are Cinereous Vultures in Mongolia. Accipiter species that live about to be published. A new The study is important in view together or segregated by eleva- STAFF tion: Sulawesi Goshawk, Spot- GOAL effort was started in Mongolia of the vulture population crash Rick Watson directs the Asia-Pacific Program. in 1999 where the tradition of occurring not far away in India. tailed Goshawk, Vinous-breast- Conservation of hunting with eagles is being It will provide baseline popula- ed Sparrowhawk, and Small species in jeopardy, COOPERATORS replaced by a negative attitude tion data from which to detect Sparrowhawk. The island of Java research on poorly provides an advanced opportu- In the Mongolia Project we cooperate with the USGS toward raptors, posing a poten- change locally, and contribute known species, and Snake River Field Station, Raptor Research Center and tially serious threat to to understanding the role of nity to understand and predict development of Boise State University, World Wide Fund for Nature - Mongolia’s wealth of birds of avian scavengers in consuming the effects of forest fragmenta- local conservation Mongolia, and Mongolian Academy of Sciences. We prey. Also in 1999 we supported carcasses of livestock when tion on raptors and other fauna. capacity through are working with Bas van Balen to develop a coopera- pesticide contamination studies severe weather conditions cause The rainforest of Java has a long training and sup- tive effort in Indonesia. Funding has been provided by on the Lesser Fishing Eagle in high mortality, as has occurred history of human (logging, cul- port. the Robert Comstock Company, The Walt Disney India where DDT and other the past two winters. We antici- tivation) and natural distur- Company Foundation, and Dan Cover. chemicals are used in quantity, pate his research and course bances (volcanism, fires,

26 Asian Vulture Crisis opulations of at least three vultures (Indian White-backed, Cliff, and Slender- billed GOAL Vulture) have collapsed in the Intervene in the past few years in India, , threatening and neighboring countries. The extinction of the catastrophic rate of decline, Gyps vulture pop- caused by high mortality of ulations in the both adult and young birds, Cliff Vulture.

Indian sub-conti- Photo by Munir Virani has spread global concern that nent and the Photo by Mark Watson to increase in recovery efforts worldwide, we a disaster, as significant as the potential spread of Native New Guinea woman numbers. believe it is critical to under- STAFF with young Papuan Hawk-Owl. loss of raptors to DDT in the this syndrome to Increasingly, stand the cause of the decline This project is directed by Rick mid-1900s, is in the making. other vultures in carcasses will and quickly develop solutions Watson and conducted by Munir By itself, the threat of extinc- Europe and Africa. tion of three vulture species have to be that will help ensure vulture Virani and Martin Gilbert. droughts), and the present and the implications for sur- burned or buried, imposing a survival. The amazing speed of pattern is a mosaic of settle- vival of other species in the new economic burden that was the decline adds an unusual COOPERATORS ments, agricultural lands, and food web is a potentially stag- provided free by vultures. The level of urgency to this project. We are working in partnership forest in various degrees of gering setback to conservation lack of vultures has placed the By ourselves we can not hope with Robert Risebrough, Bodega Bay degradation. A number of of global biodiversity. However, cultural beliefs and traditions to achieve meaningful results. Institute; J. Lindsay Oaks, forest patches on the island these birds also play an impor- of the Zoroastrians (Parsees) in This effort requires cooperation Washington State University; Patrick Benson, University of the have enjoyed protection since tant role in the human domi- jeopardy as well. The and collaboration on a scale colonial times, and the pres- Zoroastrians practice a tradition perhaps never before needed— Witwatersrand; the Ornithological nated ecosystems of the Indian Society of Pakistan; Bombay Natural ent 130+ patches range in dating back over 2,000 years we are working as a catalyst for sub-continent. The loss of large History Society; and Bird size from just a few to numbers of vultures may have where their dead are left in local and international action. Conservation Nepal. We are collabo- 60,0000 hectares. significant ecological, human sacred grounds known as Our first objective is to rating in Pakistan with the Punjab As in the and health, and economic impacts. “Towers of Silence” for vultures understand the cause of the Wildlife Department, Lahore Zoo, Madagascar, the time for Until now, vultures performed to consume. vulture population collapse in National Council for the Conservation doing meaningful conserva- an essential function of ridding The Peregrine Fund is con- the Indian sub-continent. With of Wildlife, Pakistan Museum of tion work in Indonesia and the landscape of carcasses that, cerned about the possible this understanding, we may Natural History, and B.Z. Multan Malaysia is running out. A when left unconsumed, may extinction of vultures in the help ensure vulture survival University. In Nepal we collaborate recent editorial in harbor and help spread bovine Indian sub-continent and the and limit the potential for with Himalayan Nature and Department of National Parks and Conservation Biology reports and human diseases. With implications this rapid, unex- losses among the other Gyps on the devastation of the plained population collapse species in Asia, Europe, and Wildlife Conservation. Partial finan- severely diminished numbers cial assistance was provided by The lowland forests from three has for other Gyps species in Africa. However, no sound of vultures, other scavengers, Walt Disney World Company decades of intensive logging such as feral dogs that already Europe and Africa. Based on conservation action can be Foundation. and the fires that occur in the our experience with species pose a rabies hazard, are likely continued on page 28 aftermath.

Asia-Pacific Raptor Conservation Program 27 Asian Vulture Crisis (continued from page 27) taken until the cause of so that they are individually the postulated disease is only increased mortality among recognizable and can be fol- now entering the population, vultures is understood. lowed to foraging sites. We are or if its effects are seasonal. Our objectives in 2000 were recording behavior, breeding to (1) establish field studies in success, mortality, and its caus- FUTURE PLANS geographically widely separat- es. In Pakistan, our staff veteri- The first tissue samples ed sites to measure vulture narian, Martin Gilbert, is col- arrived in the U.S. in mid- mortality and understand its lecting dead and dying birds, February 2001, and important causes, and (2) sample dead conducting necropsies, and results are expected within the and dying vultures and send sampling tissues for analysis in next few months. Analysis of tissues to laboratories world- the U.S. by collaborating avian tissue in several laboratories wide with the capacity to iden- virologist Lindsay Oaks. worldwide is considered tify the causes of mortality, Results to date indicate that important by avian virologists, especially the suspected (but unusual adult mortality is who accept it may take an unconfirmed) presence of an occurring in the Pakistan vul- international team effort to infectious disease. ture population, with higher identify the disease quickly frequency closer to the Indian and accurately. RESULTS border where the suspected We anticipate that initial Since beginning work in disease has already devastated field and laboratory studies July 2000, we have successfully the Indian populations, and at will be completed during 2001 and cooperatively established a rate that appears to be and provide strong informa- field projects at one site in increasing. In the two-month tion on which to base further Nepal, three sites in India, and period from mid-November research and/or conservation three sites in Pakistan. Our 2000 to mid-January 2001, 42 interventions. In preparation largest effort is occurring in dead or dying White-backed for the possible event that Pakistan where a large popula- Vultures were observed of reintroduction will be needed Photo by F.R.E.E.,ltd. tion of White-backed Vultures which 67% were adults. Of to prevent the extinction of remains. It is here that we are those birds necropsied (more these birds and/or to restore Philippine Eagle most likely to document and than 20 and increasing daily), their populations, we are understand the mortality that about 60% show signs of acute working with our partners in he Philippine Eagle is a dramatically decreased. There is has already swept India and avian visceral gout that are Pakistan to be ready to estab- huge, incredibly beautiful no doubt this species is the Nepal, where only severely consistent with early findings lish an isolated, disease-free, forest eagle, which only has rarest and most threatened with depleted vulture populations from vultures in India. The captive flock of White-backed ever been known to occur on extinction of all the world’s remain. Since November 2000, suspected disease, however, is Vultures. These birds could four of the over 7,000 large forest eagles. with the help of local students not yet affecting birds in provide the source for reintro- islands making up the In the Philippines and biologists, we have been Pakistan at a rate that could be duction if and when the cause Philippines. As a result there exists a dedicat- considered epidemic. Large of human persecution, ed, hardworking, studying vultures at about of the decline is resolved. GOAL 2000 nests at three breeding breeding populations of Similar flocks of Slender-billed habitat modification, innovative group total- sites, and at roosts and feeding White-backed Vultures remain and Cliff Vultures potentially and, in many cases, Conservation of ly committed to pre- sites. We are attempting to in the Punjab Valley. This situ- could also be established in total elimination of its the Philippine serving the Philippine trap, radio-tag, and mark birds ation may change rapidly if India, Nepal, or elsewhere. forest environment, Eagle and its Eagle and its environ- eagle populations have habitat. ment—the Philippine

28 Asia-Pacific Raptor Conservation Program Eagle Foundation (PEF). We work, food preparation, animal Conservation Education report their results here, and husbandry, egg incubation and Teachers Training - The PEF’s The Peregrine Fund strongly chick rearing, and food stock “Teachers’ Training” project, endorses this group and its mis- production. now operating in its fourth year, sion. Although their amazing continued in 2000 with almost results continue, they struggle Research and Science 1,800 teachers from all corners financially because of the Field Research - The field team of Mindanao island participat- depressed Asian economy, polit- continued the radio telemetry ing. This nationally accredited ical turmoil, and conflict on the study of wild Philippine Eagles training project educates teach- island of Mindanao. For U.S. which was begun in 1999. It was ers about the environment and based donors who wish to assist accomplished at two sites: Mt. importance of conservation. the PEF and receive tax benefits, Sinaka where an adult female Efforts are now underway to we accept donations and then was captured and had a radio implement this program on a transfer the funds. The transmitter attached and in Mt. national scale. Philippine Eagle Foundation Apo where a juvenile fledged in Visitors - The Philippine Photo by Christian Fackelmann can be contacted at the Val 1999. Eagle Center hosted 119,696 vis- Publications - Three impor- Community-Based Initiatives Domingo Tadena candles Learning Village, Ruby St., itors in 2000. Of these, 54% The community-based initia- a Philippine Eagle egg to Marfori Heights, Davao City tant publications were generated were adults, 24% teens, and check embryonic develop- and others submitted for publi- tives are focused where 8000, Philippines; e-mail: sal- 22% children. The majority of Philippine Eagles are known to ment. [email protected]; and cation. Those published include: the teens and children were stu- Miranda, H.C., Jr., D.I. exist. They operate on the prem- the web site: dents on school-sponsored field ise that the long-term solution to www.philippineagle.org. Salvador, J.C. Ibanez, and G.A. trips. Twelve B.Sc. students were Balaquit-Ibanez. Summary of sustainable resource conserva- trained and helped with lectures tion is the empowerment of the RESULTS Philippine Eagle Reproductive and tours. A drop of 30% in vis- Success, 1978-98. Journal of communities in deciding how 2000: itors occurred from 1999 best to conserve the natural envi- Raptor Research. because of the Mindanao con- Captive Breeding Miranda, H.C., Jr., D.I. ronment on which they depend, Production - Six eggs were flict. Since 1991, the Center has and which they share with the Salvador, and G.L. Bueser. On had 1,530,443 visitors! COOPERATORS laid by captive Philippine Eagles the Population Biology and Philippine Eagle. These projects Broadcaster’s Education on are typically long-term, some Conservation associates Jim and at the PEF propagation facility. Status of the Philippine Eagle. Joyce Grier work closely with Bill Five of those were fertile, and Environment and Development - lasting over 10 years, with the Proceedings, Joint Meeting of This project’s aim is to reduce Burnham and his co-workers on this two eaglets hatched and sur- PEF working with the communi- project. Joyce has her own separate the Raptor Research Foundation human persecution of vived. One eaglet was from a ties first to identify their local projects directed at grade school age and World Working Group for Philippine Eagles through the naturally breeding pair and the Birds of Prey. resources and produce a commu- children—Classrooms That Make a second the result of artificial broadcast media. There are 27 nity resource map that highlights Difference, Co-global Student Ibanez, J.C., D.S. Afan, G.L. AM radio stations participating. insemination. Bueser, K.M. Gatil, G. Balaquit- the current condition of their Partnership for Rainforest Conservation, Radio and word-of-mouth are and the Tropical Rainforest and the Apprenticeship Program - Ibanez, D.I. Salvador, and H.C. area. Next the PEF staff will help the primary sources of informa- People. As a professor of biology at Seven veterinary medicine stu- Miranda, Jr. Observations on manage these resources and dents, six from the University of tion in rural communities. teach the communities develop- North Dakota State University and an the Breeding Behavior of a Pair Following media workshops by expert on eagles, Jim advises on sci- Southern Mindanao and one of Philippine Eagles in Mount ing new skills and knowledge to PEF staff, posters, flyers, and live sustainably within, rather ence issues. Major financial support for from Central Mindanao Sinaka, Mindanano. the project was provided by The Walt radio messages were developed. than to destroy, their forest envi- University, were provided Proceedings, Annual Conference Disney Company Foundation. hands-on training. They were This information is now being ronment. The PEF has several of of Wildlife Conservation Society disseminated. exposed to different areas of of the Philippines. these projects underway.

Asia-Pacific Raptor Conservation Program 29 THE PEREGRINE FUND Balance Sheets • September 30, 2000 and 1999 ASSETS 2000 1999 CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents $ 807,201 $ 781,036 Merchandise inventory 43,637 54,134 Grants receivable 478,142 229,161 INCIINCCOMECOMEE Pledges and other accounts receivable 98,033 128,210 Prepaids and other current assets 81,786 58,295 Foundations TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 1,508,799 1,250,836 $2,424,035 PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT AND ARCHIVES Investment Income $41,419 Land 1,513,000 1,513,000 Land improvements* 758,522 803,404 Tours/Admissions $75,141 Buildings 6,160,879 5,173,753 Grants/Contracts Sales $95,488 Trailers 150,123 150,123 $1,407,305 Equipment and vehicles* 1,223,928 1,488,408 In-Kind Donations $110,345 Fixtures and displays 594,211 585,240 Individual Corporations $126,640 Construction in progress 23,465 768,321 10,424,128 10,482,249 Gifts Accumulated depreciation (2,976,964) (2,854,116) $799,9281 7,447,164 7,628,133 Library 237,822 180,591 Archives 600,536 589,432 8,285,522 8,398,156 ENDOWMENT ASSETS Cash 21,710 549,929 Investments 8,841,295 5,567,333 Fund Raising $84,094 8,863,005 6,117,262 Membership $88,714 EXPEEXPE ENSEENSEE $ 18,657,326 $ 15,766,254 exccludes construction LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES 2000 1999 and inventory for sales Administration $177,863 CURRENT LIABILITIES Accounts Payable $ 424,812 $ 53,255 Accrued taxes and expenses 716 620 Education/Information $324,119 Species Deferred restricted revenue 141,742 247,501 TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 567,270 301,376 Restoration $2,797,036 FUND BALANCES Unrestricted operating fund 941,529 949,460 Restricted endowment fund 8,863,005 6,117,262 Conservationo Investment in property, equipment and archives* 8,285,522 8,398,156 Programs TOTAL FUND BALANCES 18,657,326 15,766,254 Many organizations and individuals contribute materials $1,273,003 $ 18,657,326 $15,766,254 at no cost or at cost. Services contributed have been recorded at the amount it would have cost The Peregrine Fund. * Decrease reflects transfer of Hawaiian Bird Conservation Program to Figures for this audited statement were provided by Balukoff, Lindstrom the Zoological Society of San Diego. & Co., P.A., Certified Public Accountants. Full reports are available upon request. 30 The Peregrine Fund is a not-for-profit organization and can only operate through the support of voluntary contributions. Because no work could have been done without this financial support, the birds truly are in your hands. We are proud to list the individuals, businesses, organizations, foundations, and agen- 2000 Donors cies who have contributed $100 or more, including gifts of goods or services, during 2000. We regret that space limits us to listing only those who have contributed at that level and above. Every donor is very important to us, and your continuing participation makes the programs possible. 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Davis ment fund so that Mr. Jerry Bagnani Ms. Donna O'Neill Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sheldon Mr. and Mrs. Morris Evans Mr. and Mrs. Benton Jennings Dr. and Mrs. J. Randolph Birch Mr. Wallace Dayton these gifts can perma- Bank of New York and The George Mr. and Mrs. Peter O'Neill Ms. Sue Sontag The William Ewing Foundation and Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Jennings Dr. and Mrs. Paul L. Black Mrs. Joseph de Angelis Link, Jr. Foundation Grace Ewing Huffman Ohio Falconry Association Dr. Robert D. Storer nently support the con- Mr. Roland Jeske Mr. Steven G. Black and Ms. Mr. Dexter Defibaugh Dr. Ann Bardeen-Henschel Mr. Shawn Farry Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Ondr Mr. and Mrs. Casey Taub servation of birds and Mr. and Mrs. David Junkin, II Wendie A. Wulff Mr. Curtis Diers Mr. and Mrs. Hatch Barrett Ms. Joan Faust Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kiff F. Edward and Jeanne P. Osborne Ms. Sally Tongren their environments. Family Foundation, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Claude Bloch Dr. David E. Dines Mr. and Mrs. Ron Bauman Mrs. George Fearing Mr. and Mrs. Brian Knox Mr. J. Townsend Tubbs We welcome inquiries Mr. and Mrs. Charles Osterbrink Mrs. Rolinda Loew Bloom Mr. Michael P. DiOrio Dr. and Mrs. Herbert John Beil Mr. Dallas D. Ford Mr. and Mrs. William Kolb Mr. and Mrs. Ben Tuttle about bequests at Ms. Carolyn Oyer Ms. Susan Boettger Mr. and Mrs. John Dorn Dr. Kurt Benirschke Mr. and Mrs. Randy L. Forde Ms. Connie Kulik Ms. Benedicte Valentiner (208) 362-3716. Mr. Alberto Palleroni Mr. Patrick Bollinger Ms. Barbara Douglas The Boeing Company The John Francis Family Lafayette Elementary Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wachtell Dr. Kurt Papenfus Mr. and Mrs. Larry Bomke Mr. and Mrs. Peter Doyle If you wish to make a Mr. and Mrs. Dana Brabson, Jr. Mr. David Frank Mr. Steven LaRue Mr. Richard C. Walker Mr. Everett C. Parker Mr. and Mrs. Lorne V. Braun Mr. and Mrs. John Dullmeyer provision in your will, Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Braden Mr. Tim Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Roger M. Lebbin Mr. James N. Wallace Ms. Sara Jean Peters Mr. William J. Breed Mr. R. David Duncan the following general Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Brinda Mr. and Mrs. Brian Gallagher Ms. Rita Lehnert Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Len Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Bud Brown Mr. and Mrs. Danny Durrance form is suggested: Ms. Barbara Brown Mr. Martin Peres Garat Ms. Ruth Lindsley Ms. Adele Webster Mr. and Mrs. Jack G. Peterson Mr. Ronald E. Brown Mr. Wade Eakle Dr. Theresa L. Bucher Mr. and Mrs. John Gean Mr. and Mrs. Steve Loerch Mr. and Mrs. Bill Weiler I give, devise, and bequeath to Mrs. Virginia C. Petura Mr. Walt Brown Mr. and Mrs. John B. Edgerton Mr. and Mrs. Russell Buschert Mrs. Gretchen Geller Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lueckel Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Werst The Peregrine Fund, Inc., an Mr. James Pierce Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bryant Mr. and Mrs. William M. Edison Mr. Thomas Cantella General Fire, Inc. Dr. William MacLeod, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas J. Wiegley Idaho not-for-profit corporation, Dr. Steven B. Care Ms. Laurama Pixton Mr. Michael G. Buck and Ms. Ms. Janice L. Edwards located on the date hereof at Mr. James F. Gilpin Fannie Mae Foundation Mr. and Mrs. George Williams Nancy Glover Mr. David C. Carey Ms. Frances Pope Mr. Lee Ehman the World Center for Birds of The Gourmet Rodent Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Mandell Ms. Maxine A. Winer Mr. Neil J. Buckley Mr. and Mrs. Blake Chapman Mr. C. Donald Powers Ms. Catherine Elliott Prey, 566 West Flying Hawk B. Graham Mr. Andrew L. Martin Mr. Tom Witherington Mr. Andrew Bullen Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Cilek Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Prestfeldt Mr. W. Neil Elliott Lane, Boise, Idaho 83709, Ms. Cynthia Gray Mrs. Margaret Martin Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wood Ms. Barbara Bunn the sum of $____ (or specifi- Ms. Esther Coke Professional Record Management Mrs. Ardythe K. Ellison Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Gray Mr. David E. Mason Mr. Kurt Young Mr. Robert Burinskas cally described property).” Mr. and Mrs. John Cook Mr. Sean Prosser Ms. Barbara C. Elwood

32 THE PEREGRINE FUND ANNUAL REPORT 2000 Donors $100 - $199 © 2001 Edited by Bill Burnham Mr. and Mrs. John Emrick Mr. Arthur Hall Mr. and Mrs. Ken Kitson Mr. Richard Musser Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roth Mr. Takashi and Mrs. Reiko Design by Amy Mr. Floyd B. Eutsler Dr. and Mrs. John D. Hallahan Ms. Karen S. Kleehammer Mr. and Mrs. Amel Mustic Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rubens, II Kurosawa Siedenstrang Mr. Leo E. Faddis Dr. William L. Hallahan Ms. Cheryl Kleinbart Mr. Paul Napier and Ms. Lois Martin Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ruckdashel Tara Foundation, Inc. Ms. Emily F. Fairchild Mr. Dan Halsted Mr. Keith Kline Mr. Philip Naumburg, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Steven Russell Mr. and Mrs. John B. Testa Thanks to John Schmitt Mrs. Lynae Fearing Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hamersma Mr. Robert E. Krueger Mrs. Patricia Antoinette Neff Mr. Guy G. Rutherford, Jr. Mr. Platt Thompson for donating illustrations. Mr. Jonathan Fernald Mr. A. Stuart Hanisch Mr. William B. Kurtz Ms. Amy C. Nicholas Mr. John Sangster Mr. Jerry Thorstrom Mr. Charles Ferris Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hardy, Jr. Mr. James Lambe Mr. and Mrs. Mike Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Saunders Mr. Russell Thorstrom Thanks to Robert Bateman and Mr. Clark Fidler Mr. William Harmon Mr. Peter Landry Mrs. Russell L. Nicholson Mr. G. Brett Saunders Ms. Leigh Tomlinson Mill Pond Press, Inc., Venice, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Fidler Mr. Ikuya Hatano Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lane Ms. Mary Normandia Mr. Michael V. Scalzo Dr. Harrison Tordoff Florida, for cover artwork. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fields Hawaii Electric Light Co., Inc. Mr. John R. Lane and Ms. Inge-Lise Ms. Barbara Normington and Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Schaad Mr. Clinton Townsend Ms. Janie P. Fink Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Hay Eckmann John Turner Mr. and Mrs. Joel Schick Mr. and Mrs. Al Trager Production costs donated by members of the Board of Directors of The Mrs. Jean Fischer Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hays Mr. and Mrs. Logan Lanham Mr. Mike O'Callaghan Mr. Ronald Schmidt Ms. Mary Trail Peregrine Fund. Ms. June Fitzgerald Dr. Alison M. Hazel Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Lawin Mr. William S. O'Keefe Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Schonder Ms. Mary Trapnell Dr. and Mrs. Richard Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. Ross Heald Mr. Kevin Learned Mr. Allen Olsen and Ms. Carol Silva Mr. and Mrs. Roger Allan Schultz Mr. and Mrs. Robert Troxell Mrs. C.D. Fleischman Mrs. Mimi Heiberg Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Lebens Mrs. Beverly Olson Mr. Scott Schwartz Mr. John A. Trunnell Mr. John F. Flynn Mr. Daniel Heitkamp Mr. and Mrs. Andy F. Lermer, Jr. Mr. John Pachay Mr. and Mrs. Dan Scott Mr. and Mrs. James Tumpane, III THE PEREGRINE FUND STAFF Tom Foerstel Mr. James Henry Mr. Robert C. Lilly Mr. and Mrs. Michael Palmer Ms. Katherine M. Scully Mr. William C. Tuthill The organization’s business-related activities are supported by Pat Mrs. Peggy Foley Mr. and Mrs. Melvin S. Henry Mr. and Mrs. Bill Link Mr. Richard Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Scott P. Seagren U.S. Bancorp Foundation Burnham (Administrator), Carol Pettersen (Bookkeeper), and Shaun Mr. Tibor Loke Mr. Raymond J. Papp U.S. West Foundation The Ford Foundation Mrs. Barbara Hess Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Selig Olmstead (Secretary/Receptionist). Linda Behrman is our Membership Ms. Arleen Forgey Mr. Vaughan Hetem Mr. David Lowenstein Mr. Nicholas B. Paumgarten Mr. Jack D. Shannon Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Unfried Mr. George Forman, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David H. Hibner Mr. R. Dennis Lund Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Peck Mr. Mark Sharky Mr. John Vandermeer Director. Jack Cafferty, Program Executive, has recently joined our team. Fort Worth Zoo Chapter of American Mr. and Mrs. David Hill Mr. Daniel Luten Peregrine Outfitters Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Sherrill Ms. Elizabeth Crownhart Vaughan Zookeepers Mr. and Mrs. William K. Hoffman Ms. Diane Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Rudolf Petersen Ms. Kathleen Shoemaker Mr. Enrique Alfonso Velasco United States Mr. and Mrs. Mike Fowler Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Holbrook Ms. Nancy Lyslo Mr. Gregory R. Pierson Mr. Allan Shopp Dr. Pieter J. Vermeer Linda Behrman Lloyd Kiff Brenda Ruckdashel Mr. Scott Francis Ms. Alice Holinger Mr. and Mrs. Craig Madsen Mr. and Mrs. Piet Pieters Ms. Beth Sims Mrs. Emily Wade Roy Britton Paul Malone Cal Sandfort Frank Family Trust Ms. Tracy Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Maka Mr. Dan Pike Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Sipple Dr. George Wade Bill Burnham Kim Middleton Randy Stevens Ms. Linda Fraser Mr. and Mrs. Scott Holt Mr. Michael C. Mallea and Family Ms. Louise Plank Augustine and Katherine Smythe Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wade Kurt K. Burnham Angel Montoya Russell Thorstrom Mrs. Kristy French Ms. Anne Hornung-Soukup Mr. and Mrs. Bill Maney Col. and Mrs. Walter W. Plummer Ms. Mary Snider Mr. Byron L. Walker Pat Burnham Amel Mustic Randy Townsend Mr. Frank Fuerst Dr. Patrick M. Hourigan Mr. David Maritz Mr. and Mrs. James Podsiadlo Society for Preservation of Birds of Mr. Thomas Warren Jack Cafferty Brian Mutch Rick Watson Mr. Tim Gallagher Mr. Val T. Howard Mr. and Mrs. Don Masterson Ms. Tasha Pravecek Prey Mr. John Warriner Jeff Cilek Shaun Olmstead Dave Whitacre Mr. Donald J. Galligan Mr. and Mrs. Keith Huffman Dr. and Mrs. Allen W. Mathies Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Preston South Mountain Audubon Society Mrs. Winifred Washco Ross Dickinson Nedim Omerbegovic Mr. and Mrs. David Gardner L. Barrie Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mayer Mr. Jay A. Pruett Mr. John H. Speckman Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Watson MaryAnn Edson Sophie Osborne Ms. Paula Gavin Mrs. Nancy Illmer Mr. Ernst Mayr Ms. Douglass Rankin and Mr. Will Mr. and Mrs. David Spencer Col. and Mrs. D. E. Watterson Nancy Freutel Chris Parish Mr. James Gay Dr. Johan Ingels Ms. Jill McIntire Ruggles Mr. and Mrs. Rand S. Spiwak Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weatherwax Bill Heinrich Carol Pettersen Archivist Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Geiger International Society of Arboriculture Mr. and Mrs. Michael McIntyre Mr. Brad Ratcliff Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Stabler Mr. and Mrs. Leslie S. Weiss J. Peter Jenny Dalibor Pongs S. Kent Carnie Mr. John D. Gerhart Mr. and Mrs. Jim James Mr. Steve McLellan Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Ray Ms. Susan C. Stamm Mrs. Gillett Welles Ms. Beverly Gholson Mr. David Jamieson Mr. Michael P. McSweeney Mr. Bayard D. Rea Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stark Dr. and Mrs. James A. Wells Ms. Martha Gibbons Mr. Joseph R. Jehl, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Mead Margaret W. Reed Foundation Ms. Patricia C. Stein Mr. and Mrs. John Welsh International Staff Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gidner Ms. Beth Jenkins Mr. and Mrs. George Melling Mrs. Karen Heiberg Reuter Mr. Paul Stein Dr. James Wetzel, Jr. Aristide Lilia Mendoza Gaston Raoelison Ms. Susan Giesecke Mr. Larry Jensen Ms. Deborah Meredith Mr. Sidney Reynolds Ms. Wendy Steiner Mr. Henry Wiggin Andrianarimisa Möise Christophe Ms. Catharine E. Gloth Mr. David C. Johannsen Mr. and Mrs. Davis Merwin Ms. Bobbie L. Rice Mr. Randy Stevens Linda P. Williams/Williams Family Francisco Barrios David Mojica Razafimahatratra Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goldfarb Ms. Cathy Johnson Ms. Katie Michel Mr. Jeff Riddle Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stimpson Foundation Adrien Batou Angel Muela Hilario Rodriguez Mr. and Mrs. Eric Goodman Mr. David L. Johnson and Ms. Anne Mr. and Mrs. Rufus L. Miley Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Ripple, Jr. Mr. Christopher Stinson and Ms. Mrs. and Mr. John Williams Be Berthin Alberto Palleroni Lily-Arison Rene de Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goyden Nobles Ms. Beverly Miller Ms. Rhonda R. Rivera Joan Rudel Mr. John Winn Bonhomme Rivo Rabarisoa Roland Ms. Barbara Grace Mr. C. Richard Jones Mr. Henry G. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robertson Mr. Kirk Stodola Mr. Mark Witmer Jean de Dieu Charles Rabearivelo Simon Thomsett Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Grazaitis Ms. Maggie Jones Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Miller Dr. Meg Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Kent Stottlemyer Mr. Edmund J. Wlodarczyk Christophe (Vola) Gilbert Tokahy Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Greenstone Dr. and Mrs. Craig L. Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Pat Miller Ms. Lorelei Rockwell Mr. Davis Straub Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Woodbury Eloi (Lala) Fanameha Simon Janeene Touchton Mr. Clint Griffie Mr. Irvine Jordan Ms. Susan Mills Mr. Gary Rode Mr. Stephen W. Subber Mr. and Mrs. Dale C. Woolley Bernabe Fernandez Rafanomezantsoa Edwin Urriola Mr. and Mrs. Roger P. 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Gwynne, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mel Lee Kirksey Mr. and Mrs. Bob Murray Mr. and Mrs. John Rosholt Mr. and Mrs. David Taft Professor Frederick A. Hagar Mr. Stephen Ross If you do not find your name, or find it in an inappropriate location or incorrectly spelled, please let us know. Accuracy is very important to us and although we try hard, sometimes mistakes slip by. 33 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PEREGRINE FUND OFFICERS & DIRECTORS DIRECTORS D. James Nelson Ronald C. Yanke Lee M. Bass Scott A. Crozier Walter C. Klein Thomas T. Nicholson Chairman of the Board Secretary and Director President, Senior Vice President CEO, Rancher and and Director President, Lee M. Bass, Inc. and General Counsel Walt Klein & Landowner President, Yanke Machine Shop, PETsMART, INC Associates, Inc. Nelson Construction Inc. Robert B. Berry Lucia L. Severinghaus, Company Trustee, T. Halter Cunningham Jacobo Lacs Ph.D. Tom J. Cade, Ph.D. Wolf Creek Charitable Business International Research Fellow Paxson H. Offield Founding Chairman and Trust, Falcon Breeder, Executive/Investor Businessman and Institute of Zoology, Vice Chairman of the Director and Conservationist Conservationist Academia Sinica Board and Director Professor Emeritus of Patricia A. Disney Taiwan Harry L. Bettis Vice Chairman, Patricia B. Manigault Business Office President and CEO, Ornithology, (208) 362-3716 Santa Catalina Island Cornell University Rancher Shamrock Holdings, Conservationist R. Beauregard Turner Company Inc. and Rancher Fish and Wildlife Roy E. Disney P. Dee Boersma, Ph.D. Manager, Interpretive Center William A. Burnham, Chairman of the Board, Professor, James H. Enderson, Velma V. Morrison Turner Enterprises (208) 362-8687 Ph.D. Emeritus, and Director University of Ph.D. President, The Harry W. President and Director Vice Chairman, Washington Professor of Biology Morrison Foundation William E. Wade, Jr. Fax The Colorado College President (Ret.), The Walt Disney Frank M. Bond Ruth O. 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