SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO— A pair of nesting peregrine falcons is back this spring at the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge, but they may have changed their citizenship.
This year, the raptors set up house on the Canadian side of the span. Karl Hansen is a bridge engineer for the International Bridge Administration. He says the peregrines laid four eggs in the Canadian side nest box. It’s not currently known if it’s the same pair that has nested on the bridge between the U.S. and Canada for years.
Several years ago, the IBA added a video camera trained on the U.S. side nest box, the "FalCam." Normally, it offers bird watchers a front row seat for the seasonal activities of the endangered raptors, but this year it is showing an empty nest.