http://www.conservewildlifenj.org/protecting/projects/peregrine/ Just some news about the more than 25 breeding pair of Falcons in NJ!
(I know more about NY then I do my own state of NJ!!)
**UPDATE W/ VIDEO** Watch our resident female lock talons with the female intruder and fall from the sky during the battle that took place earlier today on top of the Union County Courthouse.
The fight between the resident female peregrine and the outsider took place both on and off camera, but this recorded moment was a testament to the power and strength of these predatory birds.
Tune in with us as we continue to monitor and hope for the success of this breeding pair and their eggs. March 29
BW at the end of a post on the cam comments is Ben Wurst, Habitat Program Manager:
Found this also:
http://www.conservewildlifenj.org/education/uc-falconcam/ Different Cam page
Incubation has begun and the battles seem to have ended, with the resident (unbanded) female successfully defending her eyrie (nest), despite gaining some new battle scars. Viewers have watched the male perform the majority of incubation duties, which is usually done by the female. She's obviously been under a great deal of stress from defending her eyrie and should settle down more on the eggs as they get back to their normal routine. Peregrines begin incubating after they lay a full clutch. With there being only two eggs (most lay between 3-4 eggs) this is likely due to stress from the battles this spring. The second egg should have been laid on March 26 since peregrines typically lay an egg every other day (second egg was laid in the evening of March 24). We believe that she could have "dropped" an egg, which means that she could have laid the egg during a mid-air battle with the intruding female. A reduced clutch is not a bad thing and the peregrine falcon population has been quite stable over the past several years. Nests on towers and buildings continue to be the "backbone" for the continued stability for the statewide population, while nests on natural cliff sites continue to be much less stable due to their inherent nature of being suseptible to predators and weather.
Hatching should begin during the last week of April.
March 29
Female intruder returns to nest and a battle ensues with footage of the female peregrine falcons locking talons and falling from the sky. Both resident male and female peregrine falcons are viewed on the livestream later that afternoon. Intruder has been successfully chased off for the time being.
March 25-28
Periodic sightings of intruder. Resident male and female take turns defending nest and incubating eggs.
March 24
The resident peregrine falcons defends nest against intruding female and sustains injuries to her chest and left wing. She lays 2nd egg following this altercation.
March 22
The resident female lays the first egg.
March 18
Possible juvenile red-tail hawk spotted near the nest, resident pair attempted to chase hawk away.
Late February 2017
A second female peregrine falcon is first spotted near the nest. We now know that this is Cadence (91/BA) from Rochester NY.
February 2017
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I ask myself every season why I follow falcons that battle to death. We've seen way too much of that over the years.
Guess I am a messed up unit! 
They found Cadence and boy is she gorgeous for a BA!! 
She's gorgeous as they all are but I wish they didn't fight!! 
