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Photos by Thinh Do, of Oppenheimer Corp. All images are private property of the photographers and cannot be reproduced without their permission. ![]() Windy, rainy weather influenced the decision to assist the chick that was out of the box and unable to get back in. |
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![]() The parents were never far from the nest. |
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![]() Idaho Fish and Game biologist Bruce Haak holds one of the chicks. |
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![]() Ed Levine, biologist and owner of Merlin Systems, Inc., readies one of the chicks, about 21 days old, for banding. |
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![]() A Peregrine Falcon chick shows off its new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service band, which contains information about age, sex, and hometown that researchers use to track migration routes, life span, behaviors, and other topics important to understanding raptor biology. |
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![]() One of the adults flies by to check out unexpected action at the nest box on Saturday afternoon. |
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![]() Assisting on Saturday were Thinh Do, left, who took photos of the banding, and volunteer Dan Lass, who used his hat to keep the protective adult birds away from the nest. |