Beverlybaynes
Mod Squad
AEP, the electric utility that owns the building where the peregrine falcon nestbox is, here in Fort Wayne, conducts a contest each year to name the falcon babies. And we have four babies needing names.
This year, they have chosen one local elementary school to submit a list of possible names, and then they asked the board members of Soarin' Hawk (a local raptor rehab organization) to be the judges. Yay! That means I get to participate!!
The students submitted a list of about a dozen possible names -- with several really excellent ones (and one or two that had already been used in past years) -- showing some thoughtfulness and imagination on the students' part.
The ones I chose were: Swoop (isn't that a GREAT name?!), Swifty, Spirit, and Sky-Glider.
I haven't seen what the other board members have chosen yet, so don't know what the final names will be yet. But I'll be sure to let you know.
When the time comes to band/ring the babies, the students who submitted the winning names will be able to go up on top of the building (26th floor) with the DNR biologist and my friend John, the nestbox monitor, to watch the banding. I'm trying to figure out a reason to be invited myself -- LOL!!
The babies are ever-growing balls of fluff -- they look a lot like fuzzy chickens right now, actually. You can see them for yourself!!
Go to AEP.com
Click on Environmental
Click on Stewardship
Click on falconcam.
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This year, they have chosen one local elementary school to submit a list of possible names, and then they asked the board members of Soarin' Hawk (a local raptor rehab organization) to be the judges. Yay! That means I get to participate!!
The students submitted a list of about a dozen possible names -- with several really excellent ones (and one or two that had already been used in past years) -- showing some thoughtfulness and imagination on the students' part.
The ones I chose were: Swoop (isn't that a GREAT name?!), Swifty, Spirit, and Sky-Glider.
I haven't seen what the other board members have chosen yet, so don't know what the final names will be yet. But I'll be sure to let you know.
When the time comes to band/ring the babies, the students who submitted the winning names will be able to go up on top of the building (26th floor) with the DNR biologist and my friend John, the nestbox monitor, to watch the banding. I'm trying to figure out a reason to be invited myself -- LOL!!
The babies are ever-growing balls of fluff -- they look a lot like fuzzy chickens right now, actually. You can see them for yourself!!
Go to AEP.com
Click on Environmental
Click on Stewardship
Click on falconcam.
o