Th wistueek on Ken,cky Afield e anfastest e imal in thdworlou can be f hnd right lu the Bssegrate Sta.

But e ey'vaicerthanly d eithr alchngle.es Wee 'rkichec ing n sto heeheow t dy're Ne h, with theeat that wiere experrencing, cek tfishing isgohe way to .

doAnd we're ting justhat.

Th, onchery seast is jusonover two m wet ok're lorwing fotard to ino right w. t 's all nexy on KentuckAfield Heo llweand tolcome tu Kenyckie Af m I'uryot, hosd Chas.Mile uJoin ws asure jo neye thoncommthweal rc sea oh oforutdoen adv.ture s at ifathe stest obirde n thetplanWh llWe h, itpeap tnsreo desiri t gh ihereKen ucnt.ky w Not'lecas h tc upwiioth bgilosst fr tom Khetueny ckpaDentrtme Fofh isd anliWild and nlearmo areutbohe ter pneegri .lcon inregrIse falcon, gm going too witeth the fasalst animh in NortAmerica.

e It can divofat speeds l wel m over 200uriles an ho Theyreea bird Theyeae like stredmlin jet tefighrs.

inregrlce faeaons rdt bis.

theymere extreasly fsot fliers ha teyt th c canatch .

They likivto l te at pheseneower hge fratingacilitiese becaa e there's lot of pigeonsliand star ted ofnteyimes thom're welcered he e because thmputility colianies o ke tpisee geons lid star ngsocknd ke abackt.

little bi wieir anngspth is etree feo, or s a notrg real larde bi,h but th h canlaave a alrge personey tthat makessehem em biggeracthan they lytual.

If g you fo back ar enough,e peregrinfalcs sswere extentially einct, t extincy.in Kentuck And noe last kegwn Perneri Nlconwaest uns fo 1d in 939beI e.lievFa And thil unt99 the 10s, they were functionally extinct in Kentucky.

The dee clinlywas realfo lor a oft reasons Halotat ysss is alwa an issue, t bu wweere also ngstill seei e thetsffec ofti the insec DcideDT bthat haduseen aued and ceised thshr egg inells to th r and fosbirdth y at onlreprucode e ontime a itar, p'scaretty phtastroic yifstour ne And en Ktucky dwen'idhat esve a n tingpah ir mucteafr e th4019 eIn thes ightiethall y e waup tiuneal the y rls2000 e theranwas t efforto nt reicerodu e thiespecs ento Ky tuckllcaaced hngki.

Ths ie wherwoyou dulis ketack chis raand e isn them icapt and thhe release tubm as so adults inten thst hoping heat tsty would ne ermewhuge throho tut.he state e Thrsfiact ntualresting pai s wainin 1997 is Loue.vill erThwae a s idbrge hthere idat they la eggs on m d then froetherey thus kind of jplt exoded backho througheut t state.

Anerthat recovtly is mosaby attributle ni the compaates thsu help pport thine nestsg boxeth bat thedsir u arees ndLG a w E oasnef oeathe strlid kipa of rsrtneh witucKent WFish andifildlste to reem ablish theenin Ktucky.

Th wy as a reall box d s installe00in 2be4 I lieve.

edThey movy in shortlaf inter was d,stalle anthd tenlahey id r theirsfi ana had ccsutcessful cluh 6.in 200d bIt'ssoeen interties ng wtochatr oveyethe nchties sngneasois re incy diblerdifft.en lce Faon atthur's clyrentes nngtiTh ilat Meel Crk, d base mon herkiar and lor co erings, ourmployees thand FWe KDR avoln bi togist haveerracked h20 since 06. mpAn ee loyectaffeteionaly hemed ar Dianaf thter dde goofess un the h thnce shen, s e' Dbeeniana thall h rougesthe years.Si omAs a mys melf, s it itiso interesng eeto she some of t habits and th,activitieset whroher it's pe tecting th u , yoowknou, going td aningettfog or hiwatc cng thes hickfsort o etcompr e foather ntteio u Yo, knowosthare jue tstnghis atthor fe malpersonI ly lare tte mo as aheotmyr lfse.

e We'rf kind obaa tckupo thelpinhis bandesg procs goy smoothlicfor the chks, alboth the mfee and the pemale eshecially t i female,t's ingotog re be lyal, roreally pctteive.

So t them ea wthathae erve h eheon tis roof en esslytialai b. to're a serve as distraction toheet tal fem te out of haAnd what tist will do th allow ame te onthat has gthe up into toe stak re insert a baally thin rrier betweeopthe heening of td box aninthe thside of e stack.

id that way t excludesd mom and daorfor thee hethat tgi biolowists ell bre in thean and b cding thehicks nicelyone.

d We'le open up thwebox, l pulksthe chic we pa them in dblittle caroard box it, that hn cubbies i tand theneehat just kpsm ngfrom getti t too closeo thch oerin or hurtesg themselvnt accideally.

reOh, you'e the cut n'one, areu?t yo We have e comto ngduri t a certain ut hbecause weboave just a s five dayhiwhen the cancks are ro app bafor us to hend tm.

All right.e Maybmaone nele oal .

eir bone structabe is just llout fu gwnroth at is age, 'rbut they ge going tolorow a mt ofuscles feand beathers lefore they toarn fly.

o About tw nweeks frome'ow.

Sh ns on to usow.

Yeah, .

d say so lRight now,et's see, right is omnow, M onsitting l the anding padd anirDad is cndcli.

, ankfullyisthe biologts work reall and eyke sure the minimizre the stadss to the ,ults eyt thly'll probabrn take tus swofching f pon theerch yeeping an eth on in gsl unti ctheypean ok n it bacu.

goves form etting theout?

wI probablyI ould if we etey bite prty hard e.at this ag We'l tpullhem out viindilydual.

ofe ud s will holthem the peher atrson will batach leg tonds h botlegs.

tWe cover justm o keep thealnice and cugm throe h th isTh b one looksikig le it's abprob fly ae.emal Female are bi tggerlehan the mas.

avey heee bigger fert, biggs.

leg Th a also havepi lower votched ice.

Yeah, ffinitely aemale.

We putac band on eg.h le a mOne of theis ty the same 'lthat youanl see on C adae Geesarndoubo her neighd.rho in's got a ne digit itnumber on .

beThat numer is uniqur fobaall birds ionded nat ssAll acrote the Uni king ooople are l r fobathese leg nds aneyd them report th to a naatonal denabase, ess.tially end thus they let wh know dsen our bir r are ng.

Sot e know thavithey're li acWe keep tr hk ofunow many g theyg e producinelas wl.

ocnd ln ks o their legssoy thet can'f.takf And cais way we een really ke p a closheeye on tn.

populatio We kviw what sur is g lng to lookr ike fos.individual haIf we ove allr f ou banded arthat just ren't beinghtesigwd t know thatabhey probly enarit't making .

The ther one isolhe canor bd dthatteifferentiass the bird when wemlook at thpo in a se,tting scop it'se ergot a numbte and a letr on it and codifferent lors.

So thatoallows us ju tst seehe birdt a or take tpicture ofhe bird haand tell tfet it's difrent from ano ese birds will m.ove around I mean nthey won'tsaeceslyriay stky in Kentuc.

acIn fe't, wdsve had birgo ou thrt ghout.the Midwes It's i to f bd out if aupird shows er somewhe else r.ananthey cth read bee band num We find ouh,t, Oon that's e ofrsou f that camekyrom Kent.

o als ttestfohem r a disease kthat'sofind va prt in Klltucky caried Ts.chomoniasi t iThey get freoom the pigthns that atey ec and italauses a rely bad, tinflamedhroat.

We t it them forust becahae if they ve it, t can treat hem for itesin the nt.

dod like to ry eveanthing we cto he enhance tlir surviva isually n'let a probm heto get tir mouth topen to do It's jtrt like a satep thro swab.

All ri bt thisirgh 99Since 19 t, morelchan 170 faons n ve beebanded esfrom the nt boxes namabyged KDFWR gat ourstenerating nsatio.

ds these birys are 25 da.

old fey hatched rom an eggag25 days o.

'lTheyl start flying t aboufrtwo weeks owom n. roSo these beawn fththers reat awi grong out ndom uer tnyhe dowma pluge are are go bg toe lowhat they ok lwhike eny' theo re ready tfly.

y,Bot thas one'idconsaberly clesshi tllsthan the la.

one sen Irttaited wreh Pegrine FalconWh ren,oratio rethere weg no nestinpairs.

Thero was also ntadigiral caments and no ineert.

So wo t we had tdo l was wargely byroatching thcuugh binolars orinpottang scopes o d trying tn learn.what we ca s Notethe ch inology temuch bet Mr, but theeeill Crk Falconugam has broht gylcon Bioloin is someththg cat anybodyFa I anan, they cwh watch heen ts first eggme totry t figure ou f when thearirst eggs e hatched, t to see owthe grf th ochthe ,icks wget to seed hat mom anbrdad ae toinging in ch feed the icks.

s It iunso f. u'Even if yoirre not a bhed watcr, this is someating th e's superinntertaing ped it's held us rget someabeally valule infon ation on o when nestti hmingKeappens in y y'd what the fre beinged.

Ous r employeeare edso dic pated to arovidingac safe spe Per the reFagrine atlcons at our genernsing statio e ere we havnsnest box iedtalley and thst really juoy enj bef g a part oerthis expatience at our generating stions.

l Alt.righSo he'tos going losel alwhhis feite downy aths t er the nexlecoup of weeks.l And he'llybe f. He il be browngrnstead of liay and enke his par anllthen he' t graduallyayurn grfi over his d Itom not unce mon to hav eggsatth't don hatch.

We'lalhave severh eacugyear throhehout t S What ce do is wemollect the w and thenhee freeze tm either someieing to a fusld m Ceum ingohicath or nce Ciinnati stNatural Hiumory Musean td they add those tocehe referenn collectio haso tset rearchn ers cago oslook at thene as refer r u know, fowhatever eyproject thrk're woin We're verytorateful ei recinve fundchg ea L year fromG&E anesKU That goec dirurtly to o F Peregrinecoaln esactivitilp, hes usbuy ip equ amentelnd hps ouy for cir technians ttime to do.his work Wethaunch we Falconmebca with iDFWRn 2013, eaand what ry llasstarted a uniqje prownct has groan into w awardniinning i Ohth, jeyt usedopen b the y Oh the Ydid.ep.

k loo tathem.Oh al is well,s ll iwell.

Withmenvironntshal stewardemip and ngpowerica edu g beinchsuey a kus focs, for u r wey eallimsaw over te that tchs was su i anopncredible yportuniti beweuse 've dhear ov y theinears, for stance, that teachers arne tuning i cato the webm heduring tea nesting s tson in cheirslassroom t parurof ome environntal histewardsp prto help otect the PeregrinFalconse a providing safe area tfor themo ne.

It aieo allows vrswee to tunin in near reatime anwad setch the uasond.nfol ee's bn rwan oveg helmins.succesIt , You knowrtwhen I sta weread zero Peesgrin nesting y in Kentucknoand w, wow, thhae's more t hn westad hi t'So iovs been an erwhelmingnscoucervation s.cey tWithtuempera wres this eekenin Kretucky heaching t neni tties'shere s one uretoway fi go g shincoand ffol, d anatth t'soao flrit a ver cor a.reek SpenceParker, u how are yoy?doing toda Gr, t Chado pleasure t u ll tell yowhat, th y time ofearwh o en it's tosihot to bt in theatass bo, iscatching fgh in movinis water t the placeo go.

It's ruplly blown ea hest trs few yealy, absolute, ankthe kayaio selectngn is amazi.

n,Now, I meau yom can go fro00a $2 t kayak up$5o four or 0 00kayak.

laIt's a bllst.

It reay is.

g youuypls have peo we that ctstri flyrmisheowen n, pif an ersos comesaand ys,y,he l I'dtoike e takoaa ft aland I reanly wfot to hicus on fis avyou guys hhae people thet can t lp them ou Absoluly.te I'm onof them.

jI'm just araust an avege Joe.

ofm not a pressional erfishman.

asI have a p fsion or fishing aand I havesi pasakos e that I lovtotalking e peoplka about ndyaking ang fishi.

e And we liva in ofgood part he t state toioave a passfin for kashing and yaking, becal e I'll telyou, thn e ElkhorCreek, it is r gendary fofishing.

n'u cat thardly beasm a n pecially iermoving wate .

Therhe is!es Got tm now?

Ihink so.

, that's aotthat's nh.

a bad .

so, they're h Ohre we go.

, bnot a veryisig fath but the thing camofout thane feet, trd he was sg ip and dratoo.

And I'y, yoll tell e u onthing, dnit sure diat't take th t littlehoiny brush g long.

Thgoe you .

te, he want d it to hiit.

Heook off e and gave mshan aerial ow.

seDid you ese that?

Awome.

There gou , baby.yo k you.

I guarant e you golla belly fuwf Theof craish.eby.yo Uh huh.

I think it was a second cast in there, and he just popped it.

w.t on a sho looks llke a reaody gowe spot g got movin iwater, andt's deepolnough to h Weblughta be aate to cch fish here.

Oh, here we go.

A limale bit s anBut he watted the wanted thjig.

Th geyghot some fi t to themeydon't tht ?

Boy do.

tell you what, it's super fun catchiseng thes.

joker Well ac want to bk in.

t Don't eamamy soull m.th t Geofout er he.

u know, Spencer, this is a liitttle bqu unie.

Anyotime that u're fishing ekon a cre s in thef tate oKentucky, if you're standing on the bottom, you're on somebody's property, you're trespassing.

But inankl County alhas actuly pass some lonislati t yhat allowsisou to frih this, ght?

YeahAs y long asceou gain acerss with pmission or bnspublic meaye, then, u ah, yonycan wade awhere atin the wer.

Heree go.

Ohyeah., .t a jumper 13ce little h incSmalley.

Th You kn,ow targeaing his ars right u fore yoheget into tbe anheright on t outsideheof t, rifflesma.

e If you'rtogoing aicertsn spot f on aouunr mile r, rethat's whet you waner whu e yo ywant to bees sir.

Nice ly tle, prettutsmall moh.

bLook how wig andthide arese tails one tishese fh shfor fi.

that size reThat's whe c the powerghomes rit there.

hyVery healt s, verytrong.

Belitiful smal t him.

I got le too,on You ouow, when ya get to kespot li w this,haest makes the gspots so rood is the easonshthose fi s areit seat's becau they're feeding, 'sand that b where the gait isleetting puld.

shThere's fie out herovall ert, but e fish that areineally wantg to eat and ,ke it easye they'rghsitting rit there congregating right there in that spot.

They kwhw ere to go rin theseapids.

Agnln, we've oiky caught le one ordawo fish torey that we'gh not riurt in the crent.

There is.he Fe w like hee as a littlbetter, butet I can't hill in t That migey be a red e no, no s reOh, quick lease.

Always puts a smile on my face.

Every time, nof matter ig they're bi Now, i gtheyg,et real bi ilthe smites get a l.tle bigger ahOh, yeth, but ysey're alwa fun.

frd a oiendntf mine wech to Ha thwin whes I watabou12 rs yea, old id heednvit me gtot o ouheto te gam.farm I remeinmber pick ag uptl cheap lite, gosh evIt wasn't ,en a Zepco the kettle Shaspeare, ndwhatever a going outamto the gh e farm t tAnd all it fook was atfiirst the rst fish.

I And ,was hooked i no punntended.

ea30 yrs latuser and thod ands anofthousands Yey., literall Yeah.

o You want tetstop and gd out andocast that rewn from he?

What to you wantano do?

We coo.

It lgoks like a od spot.

Yeah, I think so too.

Oh, there you there you go.

A littr.

bit bettele A goodish.

f Niceob, man.

et's g tting ready,o get good ri hjust gotammered.

Oh, jure got hammed again.

Got it.

heout 13 incess.

12 inch.

It'sll about g findinthisin movteg war.

e Thers.he i i Gott?

liuyle g. goYou out one up urt of the c trent.here, nice Well Iyoell ncu what Speer.

t Thisblas been a ast.

You hn come outowere you knsm bring laall soft pstics or smalltspinner bai.

s You fn even flyd ish an.

catch themOh, yeah.

We'r ivery lucky toanave as mksy creed anasstreams ve we' got.

And if yin're tht king abouingetting hto fisou yand orfiou're a sherman u and yokijust loong for moreorccess to me wathter, s is i dthe way too it.

sAnd it'so much fun.

you gasaid, you s in acces to placest it'you can'oain a bi.

And meere's soabthing inout being a kayak iout heren nature.

We use the kayaks in a way to get us to the goo whngh was movi water.

isere t .

Let's gersthese jokeba ck A in there.,ll right there o.ey g It meeht sm eltremt y hoidoutsghe riw,t no fabut s ll iarright ndou ely cherpeseason oinns up juno fa ast two andf halntmor thw's e tio me tthget at bowanrod artw ou stand prart ciacti Weea, it's rly in the arche sryn,easo y and todayis actuallon my secthd time in e stand.

owAnd you kns , I wa hsitting atome ofand all tothis rainsnrm comes i cod has toled theraempewnture dont significaly.

I And liwas ohke, g, my osh,goI gt toheet tr deestan.

hMy first sunt of theneaso whllh is actuaaly a rey ly reall I got abret right he w on thelaalking in st time,u t d abouragot ern ova by smckall but , goin tha stand had doe igwalk runht thderneae.

m Probably hshould save too.

atBut t thainpoint e tim adwe hn seeeta prooty gd ibucke n thdfiel and I vented to gi that deer ta chance wo make his oSaw tons,f the deera had ,great hunt and okw I'm loding forwarti to getno haand afving this ofternoon er cloud cov and a aittle bit rn.

Itim te dto be in a upt all set e and settldown.

I'ot gaj a moyor s bean fieldreright he.

reThe deer all reaaly, reinly destroyg it.

I knowerhis farme would lovfo tr meo outake a cesple do o outref heim for h. e e last timI hunted sthistand erthe a was me, whd I walkeand d climbetrup the gee andedot settln d AnstI juke loot d ouetherd anw sa eit'smoars avinground.

Thateneer had bere thee the wholtime.

Therbecould al deer resely cloht rig now in the boodsehind me.

I haea a htrvily used thail siat's along cde a.reek And s the otheratide of thr is anotheelsoybean fid.

heSo teese d r tinidhe mofdle d theay theyitre egoher ,ing to bedhi or use ttos to move fe difrent s the ohadee r thcoolarer ofeas f the tieldo feed.of They cout show up ald ikI really lt.e this spo erThis weathng is changi fast.

knYou ow hadai a rrmnstoli earoder tanay w d no git'sinot wdy and in kiand it'll und of slowp.

reThe deer a already fin theield.

I own't know he many thert are, buenclose to t. Sow kno mthe deeraloving ongheas I see term out thI'e anm goo g to try touwait this t. Nope this tyio of conditirn requfees a perct shot.

dIf I ton't Ihink m canakean ol abspeute t rfec opor hate thea I he r th deerowgo dn, Iba prowobly shn't t I don' swant aonituati ait'sr dee thatt I goelto r ay onod bloil a wibecause aith rmin cong goand Iing, n mayot gneet o, bul I'm stil cverydeonfint.t knAnd I eeow those darr de excite geto be thtting oois cheler weate r just likI am.

You don'esget thf e type o daystein Sepermber vtey of the emperatur b justm ottot.falls oue Unfortt ately, ighbrout rain.

Ohdoyou got a ye 25 rards heon te edgnsof the bea.

veI' a gote tret righ heretwbemeeen t andeehe dr. re thewo's t. aese deerre an lready ie,rang bu gtheyo ot themake ttoir way to me a getd roun tthisree.t n Maheif tmey cowa for8rd, or ya 10 irds, gomeg to give s a perfecthot.

The second dogeis the bigatst, th I's the one'm to tsh to get a ot at.

l right eethat dear is hit r Shine's go.g down I'm toing e givheit tma norl 30 minches and go iteck .

out asll lght ni tt inrehe te dstanWe erwe wnte hu ingr oueasoybeln fid d ane ther awerepl cou e ofesdot thacame by, and co let them ghme ri ut up to usidntil I deced, t,l righis this ho a stht I at I know macan ke.

mathought I de aua be.tiful shot ere det went abouyaten rdsidlan dowheon tbe soy ghthous t, OK, thi.is great Go odownf ut otrthe waee, lkedacup, tulyalpe bumr.d this e thdecided wi r then,ai obere's proiably not gnyng to be a way the tood trail, idSo I decyoed that, wu knowhat?

We'raigoing to want k.d come bacIt ng goil to be coo all nightmpte terature in.he s Let's ge hback outd ere anwhsee atn we cafind.

deSo we decithd to walk reis cak bed ehd lo and bold, 0 about 20 yardsrefrom whe s thewahot kes .

sHere rlked iighthen on t deer rlayingight herine ee thi.

mpCo cletely s Feel Tgreat.hohe ss t waghrit I where ghthout.

owBut you kn what?

soI learned inmethg.

ouI thI ght gowas ingakto t dd hit thisgheer rieat in the hrt.An wThatlaas the p n, endisthll rea No blore trailing quired.od hau know wt?

aThese deeroure thagher tinn yu thk.

Lokeoks lioo a gotd sh.

imxt te goI'm foing o r tws,lungNe I but t can' mbeore dexcite h tothave pute in thfreezer y earlhein t s bown.easo w,No c let'snheck ie and seelwho se has boueen t nghavi i funthn k'is weeOns es That DGeidn't ayt Aw.

Goodall le Shelbyvilky, Kentuchi, with tces ni crappie tht she caughayat Telorsvill obce jHe.

tre we haveeawo yd r olurDenali Sta gill with bniceegluill.

Deroli is f, m FalmouthucKentky,na and shs caught thi wfishinhile fishrag in her g'sndpa pond.

He t we havewo yearmp old Haunton Yog who caugfi her very ht She wa ted to holdhe bassnt likeab bany doll t d give ikiplenty of sses.

tingratulaons.

erSummt is a grea ttimeo joene y thoooutdhers n re istthe ofate tu Ken ket mae surtayou ke psomeutreca.ions twayssuake eenscrann ked mae surstyou yday hd.rate er, d Anmbreme d hunting an pfishing onteria properivty is a prilege.

Almiys ask perthssion and laank the tindowner uneel next wk.

osI'm your hest Chad Milho, and I yope to see oou in the wds.

waOr on the ter.