Three fuzzy gray-white lumps of fur practice flapping their tiny wings in their nest within the Campanile. Although they are still being fed by their parents, these falcon chicks are quickly learning how to walk, run and eventually fly.
On May 12, UC Berkeley’s three new peregrine falcons were all determined to be male during Banding Day. Each chick received one band from the national Bird Banding Laboratory with a unique nine-digit number, along with a four-digit visual identification band that allows people to more easily identify the birds from a distance.
“Right now, they are mostly doing a lot of napping, but in about a week, it’s going to get really exciting as they will take time to run around the tower like crazy little toddlers,” said Sean Peterson, a campus doctoral student and social media director for Cal Falcons. “They will be trying to flap their wings and learn how to move and run. It’s just a really fun time when they kind of leave the nest and explore t
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) The proud Peregrine falcon mother at the UC Berkeley campus now has some new eggs to add to the tower. Annie laid her last of three new eggs Sunday night, in her nest atop the university s Campanile. The mother and her mate, Grinnell, have been seen taking turns incubating the eggs on UC Berkeley s falcon cam. The university s website has a handful of different camera angles to watch the Peregrine falcons and eggs through the hatching process.
This is the falcon parents fifth breeding season on campus. So far, they have raised ten chicks.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) The proud Peregrine falcon mother at the UC Berkeley campus now has some new eggs to add to the tower. Annie laid her last of three new eggs Sunday night, in her nest atop the university s Campanile. The mother and her mate, Grinnell, have been seen taking turns incubating the eggs on UC Berkeley s falcon cam. The university s website has a handful of different camera angles to watch the Peregrine falcons and eggs through the hatching process.
This is the falcon parents fifth breeding season on campus. So far, they have raised ten chicks.