I think the bird must be part of a falcon recovery or research program. The Washington State Department of Transportation has had a falcon program, so you could call their office and see what they say. If someone else has a falcon program they will likely know about it.

The people who banded the bird will be very appreciative of any information you give them. The banding of a bird can provide information about where the bird was banded and how far it has travelled.

Good luck with this.

Bird band reporting information can be found on the link below

http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/homepage/call800.htm

You can now report online. Reporting is very important, so I really urge you to report the band you see on this bird.

Thanks!

Jill

Here is the peregrine falcon banding specific page. They follow a very specific protocol.

http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/homepage/pefaprot.htm

Jill

Thank you all so much for the links!! I know I could get good information here. I will read through all of the information and follow through with this.

The main thing is I don't want to interfere with the bird or the reseach, but I would like people to know it is here.

Such a beauty. It was sitting on the fence 5 feet from the window, and I was mesmerized.

Thank you all again for this valuable information.

Sorry to top post my own message, but...

Now there are two different peregrine falcons that visit the backyard regularly. One is banded but I haven't gotten close enough to get the number off the band. The other is not banded ... now that it is Spring, could this be a mate?

In any case, I reported the information on the banded bird as above, and will be watching to see if I have any other substantial information to send to the banding studies.

The unbanded bird seems to have great hunting skills. It hangs out in a little hiding hole on the fence during the last 2 hours of daylight, very patiently and still, then systematically dives into nearby evergreen shrubs to try and catch a meal. It was successful tonight.

I love it.