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Anne Pardo.
Just got this great update from Chris Martin on our 2017 Fledgling, Amos!
On Wedn 1/31, 4 of us (Chris Martin, Robert Vallieres, Mark Timmerman, and St. Anselm Spring 2024 peregrine intern Peter McTague) spent 3 hours searching for Peregrines in downtown Nashua.  We were following up on numerous sightings of a falcon pair in the area since December 2023.  We quickly were successful in finding an unbanded adult female perched on the Methodist Church steeple on Main Street.  Later we located a banded adult male atop a smokestack near Front Street.  At one point the male chased a 3rd falcon that flew west to east over the Nashua River.  Shortly after that, the perched female flew to the smokestack and joined the male.  She fed on some prey atop the stack, then the two faced each other for a 30-sec courtship display called a ‘bowing ceremony’ which was accompanied by much vocalizing.  The male then flew across the river to the roof of a 6-story building in the Millyard, directly above where we were standing.  Using his spotting scope and a great deal of patience, Bob Vallieres was able to completely read the male’s black/green color band.
The male is black/green 53/BS (aka “Amos”), a hatch-year 2017 fledgling from the Brady Sullivan Tower in Manchester.  Amos has been identified at least 5 other times since fledging from Brady Sullivan in the Summer of 2017, as follows:
1/14/2018 - photographed at B-S Tower nest box in Manchester, NH on the Peregrine Cam
5/3/2018 - photographed at Salisbury Beach State Reservation in Salisbury, MA by Shannon Lewis
1/25/2019 - photographed below Hooksett Dam in Hooksett, NH by David Lipsy
12/19/2019 - photographed at B-S Tower nest box in Manchester, NH on the Peregrine Cam
2/7/2023 - photographed at B-S Tower nest box in Manchester, NH on Peregrine Cam
So, looks like Amos is now our breeding male Peregrine in Nashua.  Now we just need to figure out where the nest might be!  We haven’t confirmed Peregrine incubation in Nashua since 2018.  I’ll report the band sighting to the federal Bird Banding Lab on Bob Vallieres’ behalf.  Peregrine Falcon breeding season is coming up soon.  Looking forward to working with many of you as the season progresses.  Thanks all!