Aurora Reveals Names Of 4 Baby Falcons Born By City Hall

AURORA, IL — With more than 500 votes cast, the City of Aurora revealed the names of the four baby falcons that hatched on the side of City Hall in early May.

Aurora launched an open nomination process that garnered more than 500 responses following the eyas birth. Options were narrowed to 10, and the top vote-getters became the names of the baby birds: Aurora, Sky, Hope and Vern.

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In April, a falcon named Vixen began nesting in a crevice on the second floor of the exterior of City Hall. She was fledged from a nest in Minneapolis. She met Dave, an adult male peregrine, fledged in 2020 from a nest in Chicago, and went on to lay four eggs, city officials said. The first two eyas hatched May 1, and the second two followed three days later.

The falcon mother and her furry babies can be viewed on the city's 24-hour "Falcon Cam."