Will never be able to tell where this un-banded bird is from. It’s not uncommon to have birds we’ve banded in previous years return to the Wpg area…always exciting to know they made it through the first couple years of migration.
Over the years there’s been a few birds for one reason or other that we haven’t been able to band.
Peregrines along with other birds seem to have a built in GPS that will bring them back to the same or general area of where they were hatched or nested .
All this is something we’ll truly never understand.

It’s that time of year and we’ve had a number of Peregrines return.
First bird confirmed back was Ella (resident female) from the Radisson Hotel followed by Hart who usually shows up first. They seemed to be getting along just fine until Pip (resident male) returned at the end of March and replaced Hart.
Poor Hart has been trying to become the resident male at the Radisson for a few years with no luck.

He’s familiar with the other locations in Wpg and most recently seen in West Wpg with a Lady Friend. Now confirmed that she’s an un-banded bird and hopefully they pair up …time will tell.

The Saga continues in the Peregrine World.