Meet UIC’s newest falcon family!
For more than 20 years, UIC’s 28-story University Hall has been home to a peregrine falcon family nesting on its ledges. Meet Nitz and Mouse, the latest falcon couple raising their latest brood this...
View ArticleUIC’s falcon family welcomes a new chick
UIC’s resident raptors — the peregrine falcon pair nesting on a 28th-floor ledge of University Hall — now have a second chick, and a third is on the way. Learn how the tiny birds manage to break their...
View ArticleThree chicks: UIC peregrine falcon family is complete
The third chick joins UIC’s peregrine falcon family in the nest on the 28th-floor ledge of University Hall, the campus administration building. Baby peregrines, called eyases, can really eat! They...
View ArticleAt home with UIC’s falcon family
Nitz and Mouse, UIC’s peregrine falcon parents, mind the kids and do a little housekeeping. The three chicks always want to eat! In a few weeks, though, the adults will be able to leave the kids...
View ArticlePeregrine falcon babies growing up fast to be the fastest
UIC’s peregrine falcon chicks, now two weeks old and growing fast, spend the day exploring their ledge on the 28th floor of University Hall. The chicks are strengthening their legs and developing...
View ArticleFalcon babies grow big and fat
The three peregrine falcons born on a 28th-floor ledge of University Hall, UIC’s administration building, eat almost constantly — and other birds are on the menu, including racing pigeons. The...
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UIC’s peregrine falcon family: eating, growing, banding
It’s a grisly sign of spring at UIC: bird heads and feet scattered on the ground outside University Hall. A glance upward might reveal the source: the two peregrine falcons that nest on a ledge...
View ArticleLearning to fly
The 4-week-old peregrine falcon chicks nesting on a 28th-floor ledge of University Hall are growing fast, trading their fluff for adult feathers and strengthening their wings. Any day now, one of...
View ArticleYoung falcons head off to the wild blue yonder
It’s nearly the end of summer and the three UIC peregrine chicks, now fully-feathered juvenile falcons, have fledged. The nest on the 28th-floor ledge of University Hall stands empty. The city has...
View ArticleYoung falcons take flight, but look for adults next year
It’s nearly the end of summer and the three UIC peregrine chicks, now fully-feathered juvenile falcons, have fledged. The nest on the 28th-floor ledge of University Hall stands empty. The city has...
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Falcons return to hatch two chicks in nest on UH ledge
Two falcon chicks hatched last week outside the 28th floor of University Hall. Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin Robert Easter officially retired from his position as university president Sunday, but he...
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Falcon chicks meet their namesakes at banding
Bob and Cheryl flap their wings on University Hall’s 28th floor ledge, getting ready to fly. But the Easters have already left the nest. The two peregrine falcon chicks born on a 28th-floor ledge of...
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UIC falcon enthusiasts swoop in to rescue fledgling
Falcon chicks Bob and Cheryl at about 24 days old, when they were brought inside for banding. The chicks, now grown, have left the nest. Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin/UIC Photo Services Chicago...
View ArticleBanding new falcon chicks
Peregrine falcon expert Mary Hennen strapped herself into a safety harness and was lowered onto a ledge outside the 28th floor of University Hall May 31, wearing a protective long-sleeve shirt and...
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Falcons return to University Hall
Peregrine falcons have returned to University Hall. (Photo: Jenny Fontaine) As UIC’s tallest building undergoes repairs, two birds — perched atop a University Hall ledge — seem unbothered by...
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Resident raptors return to UH
UIC’s favorite feathered friends aren’t afraid of a little construction. The urban raptors, called peregrine falcons, have been nesting atop University Hall since 1999, hatching nearly 40 chicks over...
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Keep an eye on resident falcons
Peregrine falcon Nitz nests in 2016 atop a University Hall ledge. Photo: Roberta Dupuis-Devlin Bird-watchers, keep your eyes peeled. The birds of prey, who have made University Hall home for more than...
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