Fledged! Falcon chicks take to the skies
We have takeoff! Lindsay took her first flight early Saturday morning; Grinnell Jr. followed 12 hours later. They passed their first test toward adulthood.
June 18, 2022
Two siblings sired by the late Grinnell and nurtured by their mom, Annie, and her new beau, Alden, successfully took their first flights on Saturday, June 18, about six weeks after they hatched. The female, Lindsay, took wing around 6 a.m., while her brother, Grinnell Jr., lagged behind by about 12 hours. (UC Berkeley video by Roxanne Makasdjian and Alan Toth. Additional photography courtesy of Bridget Ahern & Mary Malec)
For more information about the new falcons born and raised on the Campanile at UC Berkeley, check out our earlier story.