Four Peregrine Chicks Banded at Pitt, 20 May

Peregrine falcon chick at Cathedral of Learning about to be banded, 20 May 2026 (photo by Mike Faix, National Aviary) 21 May 2026 Yesterday morning four peregrine falcon chicks were banded at the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning by Patti Barber, Endangered Bird Biologist from the PA Game Commission (PGC). This is the third year Carla has nested at Pitt so she knew it was Banding Day when she heard us indoors. Carla began kakking and strafing the area long before Patti Barber went out on the ledge to collect the chicks. Carla protecting her chicks on Banding Day, 20 May 2026 (photo by Mike Faix, National Aviary) Soon Ecco joined her, visible as a checkmark shape in the sky above Carla. Carla and Ecco kakk and fly to drive humans away from their chicks on Banding Day, 20 May 2026 (photo by Kate St. John) Indoors, the chicks were given health checks (they’re very healthy), weighed, and given two leg bands: a black/green color band that can be read through binoculars and a…