{"id":78979,"date":"2020-05-19T14:04:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T19:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?p=78979"},"modified":"2020-05-19T14:10:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T19:10:11","slug":"interpreting-peregrine-falcon-cliff-nesting-sites-at-acadia-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?p=78979","title":{"rendered":"Interpreting Peregrine Falcon Cliff-Nesting Sites at Acadia National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Park staff close the wildly popular <em>via ferrata<\/em> (off-harness\/nontechincal climbing route) Precipice Trail seasonally to protect the peregrine falcon nesting sites using the same cliffline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tq6KSM7p-FQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TrzNcngVGRQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also work hard to contact visitors here, armed with spotting scopes, to explain why the trail is closed. Visitors behave much more prosaically once they understand what&#8217;s at stake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Site: Precipice Trail Parking Lot, Ocean Drive Loop Road, Mount Desert Island Unit, Acadia National Park, Maine, USNPS 44\u00b0 20&#8242; 58.2&#8243; N 68\u00b0 11&#8242; 16.44&#8243; W Interactive Google Earth Onsite 3D<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Park staff close the wildly popular via ferrata (off-harness\/nontechincal climbing route) Precipice Trail seasonally to protect the peregrine falcon nesting sites using the same cliffline. They also work hard to contact visitors here, armed with spotting scopes, to explain why the trail is closed. Visitors behave much more prosaically once they understand what&#8217;s at stake.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?p=78979\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Interpreting Peregrine Falcon Cliff-Nesting Sites at Acadia National Park<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classes-i-teach","category-teaching","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2vETr-kxR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":79033,"url":"https:\/\/logan-park.org\/?p=79033","url_meta":{"origin":78979,"position":0},"title":"Example Summit Sunrise Vista Site Atop Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park","author":"Logan","date":"2020-05-21","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/R44T5XjSgMA https:\/\/youtu.be\/haWyS4Yrm4c https:\/\/youtu.be\/QgeFPtKArds https:\/\/youtu.be\/LcmGqEcaysQ https:\/\/youtu.be\/Hv-uYWNUTmE https:\/\/youtu.be\/1JMe8rf2UZI https:\/\/youtu.be\/cptOkAztDug Sunrise vistas are among the most popular activity sites at national forests and parks; the reward-to-effort ratio is typically very high. 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