The first of four expected peregrine falcon hatchlings enjoyed its first birthday atop UC Berkeley’s Campanile.
Half a mile away from their nest, birding enthusiasts like Julie Ashworth and her son were invited to celebrate the occasion at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, which hosted a stream of the camera surveilling the falcons on its large outdoor screen.
Rowan Price, 5, left, of Oakland, and his friend Otto Ellner, both 5, of Berkeley, color falcons as people watch a big screen during UC Berkeley’s peregrine falcon hatch party at the The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. The first of falcon Annie’s four hatchlings came Monday afternoon and experts are predicting all four chicks will be hatched atop UC Berkeley’s Campanile tower by the end of the day Tuesday.
Peregrine falcons like Annie and her hatchlings are the fastest animals on Earth and can top 200 miles per hour when diving in flight, according to. The species faced extinction before use of the insecticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane was banned in the U.S. in 1972. People watch a big screen during UC Berkeley’s peregrine falcon hatch party at the The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. The first of falcon Annie’s four hatchlings came Monday afternoon and experts are predicting all four chicks will be hatched atop UC Berkeley’s Campanile tower by the end of the day Tuesday.
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