ShipCanal Findings

The biologists come back with a bag full of pelts for study. Some contain parts of smaller birds. WSDOT provides nesting boxes on some bridge structures for the peregrine falcons because they help maintain the bridges. Falcons hunt starlings and pigeons, the main source of bird droppings which corrode the bridge paint. The faster the bridge paint corrodes, the more frequently bridge maintenance crews must work on the bridge. In short, the peregrine falcons help save taxpayer dollars.