Note: by following these links, you are leaving the Bird Alert! site.

PEREGRINES

www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/birdcam2000/index.shtml
A beautiful and informative site detailing the nest on the Kodak building in Rochester, NY.

www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/falcon/default.htm
Pennsylvania peregrines. Includes great peregrine videos, information on Rachel Carson, and falcon lesson plans.

peregrinefund.org/index.html
The Peregrine Fund. Information on current conservation projects, updates from biologists in the field.

www.glencanyon.net/peregrine.htm
Glen Canyon peregrines. Information on peregrines nesting in
Grand Canyon National Park.

contaminants.fws.gov/examples/AlaskaPeregrine.cfm
US Fish and Wildlife current monitoring of contaminents in Alaskan peregrines.

PESTICIDES AND DDT

www.epa.gov/history/topics/ddt/02.htm
DDT Regulatory History: A Brief Survey (to 1975). A historical document written by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

www.r6.fws.gov/feature/pesticid.html
Pesticides and Wildlife-A Perilous Mix. Article from the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

www.theriver.com/Public/raptor/lstmsg97/857618024.arc.html
A good discussion from the "Raptor Repertoire" listserv on whether DDT is responsible for eggshell thinning.

www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.htm
A site presenting evidence against the DDT theory for eggshell thinning.

www.altgreen.com.au/chemicals/ddt.html
Facts versus fears: DDT. Presents evidence against the toxicity of DDT.