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Falcon Chicks Hatched Atop New Cuomo Bridge
A contest will be announced shortly to give the chicks their names.
TARRYTOWN, NY — There are three new residents of the Hudson Valley. Sometime over the weekend, three of the eggs laid by the peregrine falcons high atop the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge have hatched.
Looking like balls of fluff, the eyases (pronounced EYE-a-sez) are in the nest box installed near the top of one of the bridge's 419-foot towers.
A webcam was installed in the nest to document the lives of the migratory raptors.
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The state Thruway Authority is in the process of setting up a contest for naming the chicks.
400 feet above the Hudson it looks like mother Falcon has her hands full! Three out of four eggs have hatched so far. Middle schoolers better start thinking of names. pic.twitter.com/nZnFKPvhnH
— The New NY Bridge (@NewNYBridge) May 4, 2019
More information will be forthcoming, but in the past, classrooms of local students have nominated names and a public poll was then opened to allow for the most popular names to be voted on.
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The Thruway Authority notes that the falcons are wild birds and their behaviors reflect what happens in nature. Some of the birds' actions may be unpleasant to watch, and it is possible that some of the chicks may not survive into adulthood.
The 24/7 FalconCam can be accessed here.
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