Union County Commissioners Christopher Hudak and Kimberly Palmieri-Mouded with Liz Silvernail, Director of NJ Conserve Wildlife Foundation, look on as the first of three Peregrine falcon chicks are banded in the Union County Courthouse. Kathy Clark, of New Jersey Fish and Wildlife, is placing a band on the leg of a three and a half week old chick that hatched on the top of the courthouse. Each falcon chick will have a unique banding code that makes it easier to identify them in the wild. By banding the falcons, NJ biologists can track how long these birds live, how far they travel, their parents and siblings and where they were hatched.
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