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Peregrine Falcons Nesting at UB Are Banded

Mackay Heating Plant
Jeannine O'Brian/WBFO
Mackay Heating Plant

By Leslie Church

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wbfo/local-wbfo-842062.mp3

Buffalo, NY – Biologists from the state Department of Environmental Conservation were on UB's South Campus Monday to place metal tracking bands on some Peregrine Falcon chicks.

The chicks are nesting atop a heating plant tower on the South Campus. DEC Wildlife Biologist Connie Adams says banding the chicks will help researchers track their whereabouts.

Adams says the chicks will soon learn how to fly and should be ready to leave the nest for good by late August.

Click the audio player above to hear Mark Wozniak's newscast that featured the peregrine falcon story. This is the first story from one of our newsroom interns this summer, Leslie Church.