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First peregrine falcon chick hatches in Pitt's Cathedral of Learning nest
It's Take Your Kid to Work Day, and the peregrine falcons nesting on Pitt's Cathedral of Learning apparently got the memo.
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Inside a Sheikh's Plan to Protect the World's Fastest Animal
Most notably, they breed and hand raise every bird they fly—a practice that was thought impossible before captive peregrine falcons were first successfully bred in 1942 by Nazi leader Hermann ...
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Two peregrine falcon chicks hatch atop Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning
The peregrine falcons nesting on the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning welcomed two new hatchlings Thursday.
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San Antonio Zoo welcomes pygmy falcon chick, first born at the zoo in over 20 years
The bird’s parents, Squiggy and Laverne, came from the San Diego Zoo. Squiggy, who is male, was born in 2023. Laverne was ...