Peregrine falcons aren’t just fast fliers. They are also determined, traveling thousands of miles until establishing a suitable nesting territory.

Falcons hatched atop Kodak Tower have dispersed across North America with members of the Genesee Valley Audubon Society’s Falcon Watch team tracking their whereabouts through leg band reports. Some falcons have been fixed with tiny radio transmitters.

“Many of our birds seem to go to Canada and vice versa,” said veteran watcher Carol Phillips. “We have a foreign exchange program going on.”

Quest, hatched in 2008, flew to Cape Cod, where she developed a taste for sea birds and is now spending her time on the north shoreline of Lake Ontario in Canada. You can track her journey on the imprint page at www.rfalconcam.com.

“Peregrine means ‘wanderer’ and that’s what these birds do,” said GVAS president June Summers, whose organization has contributed greatly to falcon research. Once a territory is established, peregrines will defend it fiercely and some stay year-round. Unlike songbirds that migrate to find insects, migration is a choice for meat-eating raptors.

“Pairs don’t bond to each other as much as they do to a territory,” Summers said. “You need space to find food, so that territory is very important.”

Like the Genesee River Gorge teeming with prey and a city flush with starlings and pigeons.

“There is no better place for these young birds to learn to fly and hunt,” Summers said.

Biology: Courtship and mating occurs in March, eggs are laid in April, and chicks are hatched in May around Mother’s Day. Fledges learn to fly mid-June to mid-July. Males (tercels) are a third smaller than females.

Lifespan: Up to 15 years, but the mortality rate in the first year of life is 50 percent. Great horned owls are a main predator.

Falconry: Hunting with falcons is a legalized sport practiced for thousands of years worldwide.

Falcon cam: Rochester’s peregrine falcons were introduced to the world in 1998 when three enterprising Kodak employees — Kenn Martinez, Brad Carney and Matt Bernius — placed a Web cam in the nesting box. The Genesee Valley Audubon Society now has sole responsibility of maintaining the “birdcam.” When repairs to Kodak’s façade began two years ago, nesting boxes and cameras were relocated to the Powers and Times Square buildings. The Court Street Bridge is a good viewing location.