In what has become an annual tradition, the four baby falcons born a few weeks ago at 55 Water Street were tagged and named yesterday in a ceremony overseen by the Department of Environmental Protection and 9/11 nonprofit Hope for Warriors, whose headquarters are located in the downtown building. The falcons were named after first responders who died on 9/11 and U.S. soldiers killed or injured overseas.
55 Water Street Falcon Babies Get Named For 9/11 Heroes
More Falcon Babies Born At 55 Water St.
Congratulations are in order today for Rocky and Jubilee, the proud new parents of four baby peregrine falcons (or eyasses, as they're properly known) on the rooftop nest at 55 Water St.
Baby Falcons Get Adopted, Banded
A Verrazano Peregrine Falcon couple has adopted two chicks! The little ones were found in an unsuitable nesting place in Queens and relocated to the top of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge’s Brooklyn tower, where they were welcomed to the nest of a mother falcon already caring for three new chicks. Verrazano-Narrows General Manager Daniel DeCrescenzo says, “The mother took in the adopted chicks without question and has been feeding them and watching over them as if they were always part of her brood. It’s truly nature at its best.”
Water Street Falcons Get Tagged
Yesterday one lucky blogger got to join Chris Nadareski from the NYC DEP as he tagged four (2 male, 2 female) month old peregrine falcons from a 55 Water Street nest. This is where adult falcons Jack and Diane moved into in 1999, though presumably the offspring pictured are Jack and Jill's (Diane is in retirement at Cornell)—read their full story here.
Last Night's Action: Giants Win In OT; Jets, Knicks Stumble
The Giants win in overtime (finally), the Jets lose their sixth game of the last seven and more playoffs hopes, and the Knicks' winning streak ends at two, with a Celtics loss.

