Meet Baby Falcons Marigold and Gribley, the Library's Newest Arrivals
A pair of falcons has nested on top of the Evanston Public Library every year for the past nine years. On Thursday, scientists banded this spring’s babies, a boy and a girl, and the library announced their names to the public.
If these chicks had a manager, they would be charging for appearances. Already stars of their own live-streaming “falcon cam,” the pair of baby peregrine falcons who recently hatched on top of the Evanston Public Library drew a crowd of kids and bird lovers Thursday, when they were introduced to the world and banded for identification. As local photographers jockeyed for the perfect shot, Field Museum scientist Mary Hennen and Shedd Aquarium scientist Matt Gies passed a ladder out the library’s third floor window for the short hike up to the rooftop ledge where the falcons make their home. Wearing bicycle helmets in case the parents attacked, they picked up the baby falcons, put them in a cardboard box and brought them back inside the …
Jennifer Fisher
9:47 am on Friday, June 1, 2012
I agree, I'm amazed that they can fly 200 miles per hour! I would love to see one dive-bomb a pigeon. more ›