Peregrine falcons expected to produce 100 young in Ohio this year

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AKRON, Ohio — Ohio wildlife officials say it's shaping up to be another good year for peregrine falcons, a bird that had been considered endangered in the state before 2008.

Biologist Jennifer Norris with the Ohio Division of Wildlife says the state has its eye on 39 nesting pairs of falcons across Ohio. She tells the Akron Beacon Journal that 34 of the couples have produced eggs and that about 100 young falcons are likely in the state this year.

At least three nests in northeast Ohio may have hatched four chicks each, which Norris says is a somewhat unusually large number.

At least 100 baby falcons were hatched in the state last year.

The peregrine falcon is now classified as threatened in Ohio, as opposed to endangered.

The Republic