University Times

Above: Art McMorris, the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s peregrine falcon coordinator, protects Dan Brauning, wildlife diversity division chief, from Dorothy as he removes her peregrine chick from the nest atop the Cathedral of Learning.

Below: The male chick, the sole survivor in this year’s nesting, is examined by veterinarians and fitted with identification bands inside the Babcock Room before being returned to the nest. The chick, banded May 17, hatched in late April and is expected to begin flying, or fledge, soon. He is the 20th chick produced by Dorothy and her mate E2 since 2008.  Dorothy, who was born in Milwaukee in 1999, has nested at Pitt since 2002. She and her previous mate, Erie, raised 22 chicks over seven years.