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Article: Biologists Attempt Rescue of Baby Peregrine Falcons From Western Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- May 19, 2008
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To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS
Contact: PG&E News Department, +1-415-973-5930
SAN FRANCISCO, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Biologists with the
University of California Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group
(SCPBRG) today will attempt a daring rescue of peregrine falcon
eyases from underneath the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Because
bridges are lethal locations for fledging birds, the rescue effort
is critical to ensure the endangered falcons have a better chance of
survival.
"We've been watching the adults closely, and we know that
hatching has occurred," said Glenn Stewart, program manager for the
UC Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group. "We want to rescue the
babies before they fledge ...
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