The Record and Herald News has a column today about a banded Peregrine Falcon that Chris Takacs spotted in North Arlington, and and how much information was gleaned from a photo of just the two numerals and two letters (06 BC) on its band.
The same Peregrine — from NYC — had been seen photographed by Jill Homcy in Carlstadt a few weeks earlier. This girl gets around and hangs around.
The Meadowlands seems to attract young Peregrines from all over the Middle Atlantic states every year, especially during the summer.
The link is here.