Peregrine falcon banding
Officers from the Pennsylvania Game Commission gathered the falcon chicks to give them a check up and apply bands to their legs, and then return them to the nest in Pittsburgh. The peregrine falcon is listed on Pennsylvania endangered species, and the program monitoring the birds nesting has been in effect since since 2002.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission officer Doug Dunkerley, left, uses a small broom as a shield to deter the female peregrine falcon as fellow officer Beth Fife, not seen, retrieves young chicks from the falcons nest on the ledge of the 40th floor of the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning on Thursday, May 19, 2011.
Keith Srakocic Associated Press
The peregrine falcon is listed on Pennsylvania endangered species, and the program monitoring the birds nesting has been in effect since since 2002.
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A pair of the five peregrine falcon chicks hatched this year at the nest on the 40th floor of the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning are resting in a cardboard box before their physicals, on Thursday, May 19, 2011 in Pittsburgh.
Keith Srakocic Associated Press
A female peregrine falcon stares at Pennsylvania Game Commission officer Beth Fife as Fife goes out on the ledge of the 40th floor of the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning where the falcon’s nest with five chicks is located on Thursday, May 19, 2011.
Keith Srakocic Associated Press
One of the five peregrine falcon chicks that hatched this year at the nest on the 40th floor of the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, is checked by veterinarian Dr. Robert Wagner, right, and Pennsylvania Game Commission officer Beth Fife as part of the birds’ physical, on Thursday, May 19, 2011 in Pittsburgh.
Keith Srakocic Associated Press
Officers from the Pennsylvania Game Commission gathered the falcon chicks to give them a check up and apply bands to their legs, and then return them to the nest, which is located on the 40th floor of the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning.
Associated Press
One of the five peregrine falcon chicks that hatched this year at the nest on the 40th floor of the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, is banded by Pennsylvania Game Commission Officer Doug Dunkerley, left as fellow officer Beth Fife holds the falcon on Thursday, May 19, 2011 in Pittsburgh.
Keith Srakocic Associated Press
One of the five peregrine falcon chicks that hatched this year at the nest on the 40th floor of the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, is checked over by a veterinarian as part of the physical, on Thursday, May 19, 2011 in Pittsburgh.
Keith Srakocic Associated Press
One of the five peregrine falcon chicks that hatched this year at the nest on the 40th floor of the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, has it’s eyes checked by a veterinarian as part of the physical, on Thursday, May 19, 2011 in Pittsburgh.
Keith Srakocic Associated Press
One of the five peregrine falcon chicks that hatched this year at the nest on the 40th floor of the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, is weighed by Megan Bible on Thursday, May 19, 2011 in Pittsburgh.
Keith Srakocic Associated Press
One of the five peregrine falcon chicks that hatched this year at the nest on the 40th floor of the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, squawks as it is held by Pennsylvania Game Commission officer Beth Fife after its physical, on Thursday, May 19, 2011 in Pittsburgh.
Keith Srakocic Associated Press
A female peregrine falcon flies over the Oakland section of Pittsburgh on Thursday, May 19, 2011 in Pittsburgh.
Keith Srakocic Associated Press