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NY / New York - 55 Water Street - 2008-11
Kinderchick:
Well kittenface, you are right, Chris does appear to be holding one of the parents in one of the photos! How can that be, TPC?! :o
kittenface:
Here is another article for you about the 2 males/females:
http://gothamist.com/2010/05/13/water_street_falcons_get_tagged.php?gallery0Pic=14#gallery
Alot of really cool pictures and there is a couple pics of one of the parents being held on the blog the blog address is:
http://palemaleirregulars.blogspot.com/2010/05/water-street-peregrines-rock-river-bald.html
The Peregrine Chick:
Think the newspaper probably missed a bit of text saying exactly where Mom flew to. Pretty sure not even Chris could have a protective mama on one hand while removing chicks with the other ! :o ;)
Kinderchick:
--- Quote from: Alison on May 13, 2010, 14:14 ---City welcomes four new peregrine falcon chicks to urban flock
Jubilee spread her wings and glared at the man reaching for her nest.
The mother Peregrine falcon wasn't going to give up her babies easily - even if it was just for a few minutes.
Chris Nadareski let her squawk and extended his hand.
She flew to it and stayed there as he carefully lifted the four fluffy white chicks and placed them into baskets.
--- End quote ---
Does this mean that she actually landed on his hand?! :o
Alison:
2010 NESTING SEASON
City welcomes four new peregrine falcon chicks to urban flock
Jubilee spread her wings and glared at the man reaching for her nest.
The mother Peregrine falcon wasn't going to give up her babies easily - even if it was just for a few minutes. Chris Nadareski let her squawk and extended his hand. She flew to it and stayed there as he carefully lifted the four fluffy white chicks and placed them into baskets. ednesday's brief stand-off is an annual ritual for the wildlife biologist and the falcons at 55 Water Street.
Each year, he climbs out on a ledge 14 stories above lower Manhattan to check on the new chicks and band them with small metal i.d. bracelets. These chicks hatched less than a month ago.
"This is a very healthy brood," said Nadareski, a wildlife biologist with the city's Department of Environmental Protection, after examining Brianne, Ramona, Matthew and Stephen. "They look well-fed."
The pair that call 55 Water Street home is one of 15 active falcon nests across the five boroughs, Nadareski said. That's a far cry from 1983 when just two nests existed on the Verrazano and Throgs Necks bridges. The majestic birds had been virtually wiped out by the early 1960s due to pesticide residue in their prey. Peregrine falcons are still an endangered species and are closely guarded by the environment officials.
Nadareski, chief of the DEP's wildlife studies section, works with the state Department of Environmental Conservation to monitor some of the local falcons on bridges and rooftops around the city. He examined their nest box and discovered the Water Street pair, named Rocky and Jubilee, have been feasting on local pigeons, mourning doves, woodpeckers and blue jays.
"The bands allow us to follow them and identify them," he said. "Things happen when they are taking their first flight and good Samaritans often pick them up."
The chicks have an extended family at 55 Water Street, where their every movement is monitored by workers in the building and an Internet birdcam at http://www.falcons.55water.com/. Falcon pairs have called the ledge home for over 10 years. Engineers Eddie Gamble and Richard Nicosia proudly showed visitors a photo album of the falcons as if it were their own children.
"It's unique," said Frank Magnani, vice president at the New Water Street Corporation which owns the property. "They are real New Yorkers."
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/pets/2010/05/12/2010-05-12_city_welcomes_four_new_peregrine_falcon_chicks_to_urban_flock.html
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