Three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched in a nest built at the top of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bridges and Tunnels announced Friday that the chicks had hatched. The agency set up a nesting box atop a 693-foot-tall tower on the bridge that connects Brooklyn and Staten Island.
In this photo provided by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, NYC Department of Environmental Protection Research Scientist Christopher Nadareski checks on three newly hatched peregrine falcon chicks in their nest atop the Brooklyn tower of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York on Friday, May 24, 2024. In this photo provided by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, a peregrine falcon flies near the Brooklyn tower of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York on Friday, May 24, 2024.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Bridges and Tunnels said Friday that the chicks hatched in a nesting box set up by the agency atop a 693-foot-tall tower on the bridge, which connects Brooklyn and Staten Island. Officials check on the nest each year around the end of May to put identifying bands on the falcon chicks to help keep track of how many peregrines are in the city and to identify them if they get sick.Peregrine falcons in the city tend to nest at high points such as bridges and church steeples because they provide a good spot for the birds to spot prey. Peregrines are on the state’s endangered bird list.
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