TWEET TWEET ***** 5 Cute Chicks Arrive in NYC *****
Bathgate66
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no , not that little pearl jam tweet;
Little Chicks
They're cute, and fuzzy, and don't pay rent. Or tolls.
Five peregrine falcon chicks hatched atop three city bridges this month, including a trio of newborns enjoying a spectacular view of New York Harbor from atop the Verrazano-Narrows.
The proud peregrine parents welcomed two girls and a boy to their roost 693 feet above the water on the span's Brooklyn tower.
Another boy was born atop the 360-foot tall Bronx tower of the Throgs Neck Bridge, with a third male arriving at the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge in Queens.
The nest near the Rockaways sits on an abandoned gun turret installed during World War II, rising 215 feet up in the sky. The bridges offer a perfect urban habitat for the birds, which typically prefer a high vantage point for hunting prey.
The peregrine falcons remain on the state endangered species list, with just 67 pairs documented in New York.
Don't expect the kids to stick around. The youngsters will test their wings in June, with all expected to fly the city-owned co-ops by July.
The quintet of downy white falcons wasn't the biggest single batch ever in New York. In 1993, the city welcomed a dozen chicks - four at each bridge.
Read more: "Five peregrine falcon chicks hatch atop three city bridges" - http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/200 ... GuIoaaMa&A
This chick was hatched right by my homeon the gun turret:
checkem out ( the manhattan chicks )
http://falcons.55water.com
Little Chicks
They're cute, and fuzzy, and don't pay rent. Or tolls.
Five peregrine falcon chicks hatched atop three city bridges this month, including a trio of newborns enjoying a spectacular view of New York Harbor from atop the Verrazano-Narrows.
The proud peregrine parents welcomed two girls and a boy to their roost 693 feet above the water on the span's Brooklyn tower.
Another boy was born atop the 360-foot tall Bronx tower of the Throgs Neck Bridge, with a third male arriving at the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge in Queens.
The nest near the Rockaways sits on an abandoned gun turret installed during World War II, rising 215 feet up in the sky. The bridges offer a perfect urban habitat for the birds, which typically prefer a high vantage point for hunting prey.
The peregrine falcons remain on the state endangered species list, with just 67 pairs documented in New York.
Don't expect the kids to stick around. The youngsters will test their wings in June, with all expected to fly the city-owned co-ops by July.
The quintet of downy white falcons wasn't the biggest single batch ever in New York. In 1993, the city welcomed a dozen chicks - four at each bridge.
Read more: "Five peregrine falcon chicks hatch atop three city bridges" - http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/200 ... GuIoaaMa&A
This chick was hatched right by my homeon the gun turret:
checkem out ( the manhattan chicks )
http://falcons.55water.com
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no good ? :?
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I was being complimentary.
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thasnk you Mr PBM, a Pit Legend himself.
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are you a NYer ?
or east coaster?
some other interesting sights:
this urban bird santuary is directly over the bridge from me in Broad Channel NYC .
( along the Great Jamaica Bay here in NYC by JFK and the Harbor )
Its quite something any birder would be interested in.
its out in the swamps along the bay,
not really much out there but wildlife and brush, even here in NYC .
The Falcon chicks were within the Gateway area and Jamaica Bay areas pictured on these sights.
As you drive up or down the Boulevard , you can see all kinds of bird nests along the highway - and we are talking large large nests atop the telephone poles.
cool stuff !
http://www.nps.gov/gate/
http://www.nps.gov/gate/naturescience/animals.htm
http://wikitravel.org/en/Gateway_Nation ... ation_Area
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sweet! sweet! sweet! sweet! sweet!
nice story bathy......:)
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
http://nyc.gov/html/dep/html/news/falcon.shtml
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Wild life Exposition this year and it was amazing. The trainer told everybody to pick up their small dogs and small children if they had any.
Wish you were here...
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