Polish Falcons at the Central Terminal

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Over the last month, a lot of attention has been on the peregrine falcon nest at the University at Buffalo’s south campus.

The Central Terminal issued a press release yesterday announcing that B-F’s treasured landmark is also the home to a family of peregrine falcons.  A nesting box was built at the Terminal last fall after the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) asked the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation if they would be interested in hosting one. The request was prompted by the DEC because they and local bird watchers observed peregrines in the area around the Terminal last year.

The adult peregrines who nested at Terminal are responsible for five hatched offspring. The DEC was at the the Terminal yesterday as well to band the chicks enabling them to track the falcons and learn more about their habitat needs. The chicks were named…one female was named POLONIA, two males were named STAS & DYNGUS. (Names of the other two are unknown at this time.) Because the Terminal is located in Buffalo’s Historic Polonia, it was announced these will be affectionately known “Polish Falcons.”

So now we have some honest-to-goodness Polish Falcons in the neighborhood!

Alive!

(HT Marty Biniasz and http://www.peregrineplace.com/ for the photos)