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Adorable Baby Falcons Hatched And Banded Atop The Verrazano Bridge [Video]

Two Southern Brooklyn bridges are home to some furry new faces this spring. Clutches of peregrine falcon chicks were banded last week atop the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge — unique nurseries that offer an incredible 360-degree view of New York’s skyline. Source: MTA Photos [https:

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Baby Falcon Makes His Home Atop The Verrazano Bridge

Bird-watchers, get your binoculars out because several of New York’s bridges, including the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, are now home to endangered baby Peregrine falcons. The chicks hatched in early May and were recently banded by the city’s Department of Environmental Protection Wildlife Studies division. The falcons are named after