Urban peregrine falcon populations have established successful nesting on tall buildings in most major cities, with nest box programs and fledge-watch volunteer networks supporting high breeding success rates in urban environments.
Urban peregrines represent a welfare success story where human-modified environments have become genuinely suitable habitat for a recovering species. Nest box provision removes the building ledge availability constraint. Fledge watch volunteers prevent the injury and death of inexperienced young birds during their first flights. The high breeding success of urban peregrines demonstrates that recovery and welfare can be achieved in human-dominated environments through targeted support.