The peregrine falcon’s New Jersey comeback story continued in 2019, Conserve Wildlife Foundation reports. Although the adult population was slightly lower in 2019 – 38 known pairs as compared to 40 in 2018 – the number of young last year rose slightly from the year before, from 75 to 78.
“Peregrine falcon populations had plummeted across much of the United States due to widespread use of the pesticide DDT before it was banned in 1972,” the nonprofit CWF explains.
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