Thursday, May 31, 2012
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 …
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
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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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Nona, the peregrine falcon who is raising her family atop the Evanston Public Library, has started a Twitter account. When she's not occupied feeding her fledglings or watching over the eggs that have yet to hatch, the busy mom shares her thoughts.
Joining Twitter luminaries @justinbieber, @ladygaga and Evanston's own satirical @mayoremanuel is Nona, the peregrine falcon who's raising her family atop the Evanston Public Library. Since April 24, Nona has been sharing her thoughts via @EplFalcon. "I'm one of the fastest creatures on earth, I live at the Evanston Public Library, and I'm lovin' life," is how Nona describes herself. Related: Photos: 2 Falcon Fledglings Hatched, 2 to Go Recently, the busy mom tweeted about her two fledglings that have hatched and even shared a photo of feeding time. She also commented on the demands of motherhood, given two more eggs have yet to hatch. "When the others are out, keeping them all in line will be interesting," she tweeted on Monday. "I only …
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Friday, April 6, 2012
You can watch a live stream of the birds' activity through the Evanston Public Library website.
For the ninth consecutive year, a peregrine falcon couple has nested in a column outside the top floor of the Evanston Public Library, and in the past week the female has laid four eggs. Falcons first began nesting in the upper reaches of the library building in 2004, and the current couple, Nona and Squawker, has been together for eight years. Peregrine falcons mate for life and normally nest on cliffs. But after pesticides threatened the species’ population in the early 1970s, the birds sought out new suitable habitats, many settling on building ledges in urban areas. For the past several years, the library has installed a camera (dubbed FalconCam) that monitors the falcons 24 hours a day. A live stream of the video can be viewed through…
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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 ›