Raptor researchers began banding the three peregrine falcon chicks at the UND water tower Wednesday.
The chicks' parents are Roosevelt and Terminator, who have been nesting at the tower the past three years. The eggs were laid in mid-April. Observation of the pair's behavior suggests the eggs hatched May 21.
The banding was done by the Urban Raptor Research Project, which uses metal bands attached to a leg on each falcon to keep track of them.
For example, Roosevelt, the male of the pair, can be tracked to Community First Bank building in Fargo, where he hatched on May 21, 2007. His mate hatched on May 31, 2006, at McKenzie Seeds in Brandon, Man.
They have produced six other chicks in 2010 and last year.
