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CA / San Francisco - Downtown Nest - 2009-22
Alison:
The San Francisco chicks will be banded on Monday:
Scientists To Band Baby Falcons On SF Highrise
University of California scientists on Monday will put identification tags on four baby falcons nesting atop a high-rise building ledge in downtown San Francisco
The falcons are perched on the 33rd floor of the PG&E building at 77 Beale St.
Scientists from the UC Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group will place one band on each of the birds' legs: one with a phone number to call if found, the other a visual identification that can be read from afar with binoculars, according to PG&E.
The bands are used to learn about how the population of the endangered peregrine falcon is recovering. The birds are an endangered species in California. There are an estimated 250 nesting pairs left in the state.
Scientists credit the partial recovery of the birds to the banning of the pesticide DDT.
To view the UC Santa Cruz "falcon cam," visit
http://www2.ucsc.edu/scpbrg/nestcamSF.htm.
The banding will take place at noon Monday.
http://cbs5.com/pets/falcon.webcam.peregrine.2.1669204.html
Kinderchick:
Yes, thanks for the great photos of the 3 little cutie pies, Alison!
Saoirse:
Great pictures, Alison -- thanks! Those little fluff balls are irresistable, aren't they?
Alison:
Protecting the chicks:
The little fluff balls:
bcbird:
How lovely! Little fluff balls, one is still wobbling his head up as the other topples over. the third one isn't very obvious to me. So nice to see chicks again.
Right now Mom seems to be nibbling on shell.
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