Falcons

Nox the falcon flies past the Campanile on June 5, 2024.

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Nox the falcon died of pneumonia, says UC Davis veterinary pathology report

UC Berkeley's youngest falcon died Oct. 23 after being released into the wild just three days earlier.

Nox, the youngest and smallest of the four new falcons on campus, flies for the first time on Tuesday, June 4.

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Nox the falcon has died, UC Davis wildlife specialists report

Nox the falcon flies toward a grove of eucalyptus trees in an East Bay shoreline park.

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Ups and downs continue for Nox, UC Berkeley’s youngest falcon

Nox the falcon takes flight out of his release box at an East Bay shoreline park as a member of the UC Davis California Raptor Center staff encourages him as she crouches by the box.

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Nox the UC Berkeley falcon flies again, his broken wing mended

Nox, the youngest and smallest of the four new falcons on campus, flies for the first time on Tuesday, June 4.

Hard knocks for Nox, UC Berkeley’s youngest peregrine falcon

Sol, one of the two young female falcons, flies for the first time on Tuesday, June 4, past the observation deck of the Campanile.

And they’re off! UC Berkeley’s young falcons are flying

Annie (left) feeds Eclipse, Aurora (back left) and Sol touch beaks, and Knox, fed, is in the front.

Meet the falcons: Aurora, Eclipse, Nox and Sol

Annie and Archie, Berkeley's falcon parents, feed their four fluffy white chicks in their gravel nest box on the Campanile.

Ready, set, vote! Here are your choices to name Berkeley’s new falcon quadruplets.

The four falcon chicks of 2024 sit together in their nest box after receiving their ID bands. They are fluffy, white and gangly-looking.

UC Berkeley’s four new falcon chicks need names. A contest starts today.

Four speckled, rust-colored eggs sit atop the UC Berkeley falcons' gravel nest atop the Campanile. They are very close together, with two of the eggs touching.

UC Berkeley falcons Annie and Archie welcome four eggs to their nest

Archie, the newly-named male peregrine falcon living with Annie on the Campanile, sits on the ledge of the bell tower. His feet are very orange, and his feathers are gray and white, with speckles and squiggles as a design. His dark eyeball has an orange rim.

It’s Archie! Contest ends to name UC Berkeley’s new male peregrine falcon

The new male falcon who is Annie's partner as of January 2024 stands on a ledge of the Campanile looking into the camera. His feet, beak and the area around his eyeballs are very yellowish-orange.

Ready, set, vote! Choose from these four names for falcon Annie’s new mate

The new male falcon on campus, yet unnamed, lands on a corner of the bell tower.

Annie the falcon’s got a new valentine, naming contest starts today

A male falcon looks up at a webcam in the Campanile. He's sitting in a nest box of gravel.

Nesting season is here, with a new mate for Annie, UC Berkeley’s longtime peregrine falcon