3 Peregrine falcons hatch at Times Square building
Todd Clausen, @ToddJClausen 1:36 a.m. EDT May 3, 2016
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Three baby falcons - or eyases - have hatched high above ground level at the Times Square Building.
It appears Beauty and Dot.ca have done it again.
The two peregrine falcons nesting comfortably high above ground level in the Times Square Building have seen three of their baby falcons — or eyases — hatch.
One had yet to hatch by Monday night.
The young ones began to break free of their shells on Sunday and Monday, according to the Genesee Valley Audubon Society and Rochester Falconcam.
It's been somewhat of annual ritual for the two. They've seen three or four offspring hatch for several years now.
Beauty and Dot.ca were allowed to take up residence at the Times Square Building after a nest was built roughly eight years ago after a similar nest was taken down at Eastman Kodak Co. headquarters on State Street several years ago.
Cameras closely watch the two and their young ones at the Times Square Building.
Last year, tragedy struck when spotters found that a six-week-old falcon named Bronx died after being injured. Some suspected that the bird, learning to fly, may have flown into something causing crippling injuries. It takes the birds roughly six weeks to learn to fly.
Peregrine falcons, often described as the fastest birds in the world, are an endangered species in New York.
Since the first nesting box was placed on Kodak tower in 1995, 56 birds have hatched in Rochester — 13 at the Time Square nest, according to the Rochester Falconcam.
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