The Peregrine Fund Inc

Filing Period

Oct 1, 2012 to Sep 30, 2013

Signed

Jan 30, 2014

Return Version

2012v2.0

Gross Receipts

$9,606,866

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Education / Information - Education dispels misunderstandings about birds of prey and increases their chances for long-term survival. This year live raptors were presented to more than 39,000 people in the U.S., and thousands more at our international project sites. Visitors to the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho, can see more than a dozen species of live raptors and experience hands-on exhibits, a nature trail, seasonal flight shows, and The Archives of Falconry. This year a contaminants display called Learning from Birds of Prey was completed. The new exhibit educates visitors on how birds of prey provide early warning signs for identifying environmental threats to humans. Calendars, annual reports, news releases, brochures and other materials are updated annually and made available to the public. The Peregrine Fund's online audience encompasses more than 850,000 page views of our webcams trained on Peregrine Falcons and American Kestrels that show them courting, nesting, and raising young each spring. Year-round, viewers access Explore Raptors, a user-friendly guide for all ages to identify and learn about raptor species. For users seeking more technical information, our Global Raptor Information Network presents academic species accounts and bibliographies of published works on 333 raptor species. Journal articles from The Peregrine Fund's library may be requested; this year staff supplied 752 articles to researchers worldwide free of charge. Visitors to the Archives of Falconry learn about the role of falconers in raptor conservation and habitat protection. The website provides tools to join, subscribe to e-newsletters, shop for raptor-related merchandise, and track donations. The organization has 12,682 fans among its 5 Facebook pages.

Activity 3

Conservation Programs - Since founding in 1970, about 105 raptor species in at least 66 countries have benefitted from field research and hands-on recovery efforts by the organization. This year The Peregrine Fund was involved in raptor research, graduate studies, and conservation projects in 19 countries on four continents. Training and support were provided to 22 students conducting graduate thesis research projects and doctoral and master's studies, all in their native countries; since beginning, 93 students have graduated with PhD or MSc degrees. This year, for the first time ever, previously released young of the critically endangered Ridgway's Hawk bred successfully in the wild in the Dominican Republic in an experimental assisted dispersal project. Four Orange-breasted Falcon chicks, hatched in captivity, were released into the wild in Belize, and surveys were conducted for nesting falcons in Belize and Guatemala. Captive-bred and wild-hatched Harpy Eagles were tracked and observed in the forests of Darien, Panama using radio telemetry, and public educational campaigns were conducted to reduce shooting of this threatened species. Six graduate students were supported in Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela, and two graduated with PhD and MSc degrees respectively. We hosted the Third Neotropical Raptor Network Conference as part of the Ist World Raptor Conference in Argentina, and made four scientific presentations. Nine scientific presentations were made at the 13th Pan African Ornithological Conference in Tanzania. Four students continued field studies for post-graduate degrees benefitting vulture conservation in Kenya and understanding of Eleonora's Falcon migration. In Madagascar, work continued to set aside globally significant wetlands and forests, monitor rare and endangered raptor species, assist captive breeding of critically endangered species, support nine graduate students' studies, and work with local communities to develop an ecotourism program while protecting traditional customs and practices. Financial and technical support was given to the Philippine Eagle Foundation for work including captive breeding and release of Philippine Eagles, public education, conservation of critical habitat, and telemetry studies on wild eagles. Annual breeding population surveys of critically endangered Gyps vultures were completed in India, Pakistan, and Nepal that encouragingly revealed a reduction in the rate of population decline due to the use of veterinary diclofenac. Lab analysis of samples from Cambodia were completed to understand the toxicology of Grey-headed Fish Eagles on Lake Tonle Sap. The first research meeting of the American Kestrel Partnership was held to understand the species' decline on a continental scale, and a student was selected to study how the Gyrfalcon responds to impacts of climate change on this Arctic species.

Filer

EIN

23-1969973