Dozen New Falcon Chicks Banded Atop NYC Bridges
Conservationists have banded 12 three-week-old peregrine falcon chicks in nests high atop three New York City bridges, the Verrazano-Narrows, Marine Parkway and the Throgs Neck.
Each year, a research scientist climbs to the top of the three bridges and puts identifying bands on the birds. The MTA provides nesting boxes for the birds but mostly leaves them alone. Peregrine falcons were nearly wiped out in the 1960s as a result of pesticides and they remain on the state’s endangered birds list.
This article appeared in print on page 4 of edition of Hamodia.
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