Library's Baby Falcons To Be Named Thursday
The baby peregrine falcons nesting atop the Evanston Public Library will be officially named and banded in a ceremony this Thursday.
Two baby peregrine falcons roosting on the Evanston Public Library roof will be given names in a public ceremony Thursday. For the ninth year in a row, a pair of falcons has nested atop the downtown branch, according to a press release from the library. Parents Nona and Squawker have returned again and again over the past seven years. This year, Nona laid four eggs; the first one hatched on May 2, while the second hatched a few days later. Called eyases, the baby falcons are expected to take flight in June. Earlier: Evanston Library's Mother Falcon Takes to Twitter The library will host a public ceremony this Thursday, when scientists from the Field Museum will band the eyases and the library will announce their names. Library patrons …
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Debbie
7:45 am on Thursday, May 31, 2012
Do you realize peregrines used to be endangered thanks to DDT, a human invention? Can't we appreciate the fact that despite having humans take over much of their territory they have managed to care out a niche for themselves? more ›