Peregrine Falcon

©Amber Burnette

Published: June 20, 2005

Amber Burnette, a University of Minnesota student, took this picture of a Peregrine Falcon and a chick in a nest box on the 15th floor of a Minneapolis office building.

The two chicks (Falco peregrinus) in the nest were banded at 21 days old. Amber studies wildlife tourism and ecology, and she assists bird banders in research projects around Minnesota. She took the photo with an Olympus E-300 digital SLR.

You can see the bird at these great birdwatching hotspots:

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
California's Salton Sea
Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle, Washington

- See Amber's photo of a Northern Goshawk.
- View a portrait of Mariah, a Peregrine Falcon that nests on the Eastman Kodak building in Rochester, New York.

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