####MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES & WILDLIFE 284 State St., SHS 41, Augusta, ME 04333 [www.mefishwildlife.com]( http://www.mefishwildlife.com ) PUBLIC: Main Number: (207) 287-8000 *MEDIA: For more information, call Wildlife Biologist Judy Camuso at 657-2345* FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2011 **Wildlife Biologists Monitoring Peregrine Falcons in Portland** PORTLAND, Maine — A popular pair of Peregrine falcons continue to get special attention from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. MDIF&W staff recently was joined with associates from the BioDiversity Institute and the Maine Department of Transportation to band Peregrine falcon chicks and collect data from a popular nesting site along a Portland bridge. “It’s part of an ongoing monitoring program to keep track of individual birds,” said MDIF&W Wildlife Biologist Judy Camuso.

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MDIF&W: Wildlife Biologists Monitoring Peregrine Falcons in Portland