The city of Aurora is looking for the community to help name four baby falcons that have hatched on the outside of City Hall.
The public can submit nominations through May 11 by going to yourvoice.aurora.il.us/babyfalcons. The top 10 submissions will be voted on by the public, and then the top four will be given to the baby falcons, according to a city news release.
Residents can view the falcon family through a 24-hour live stream set up by the city’s Information Technology Department and Video Production Division, city officials said in the news release. The “Falcon Cam” can be found at: aurora.il.us/FalconCam
Two of the baby falcons hatched on Friday, and then another two hatched on Monday, the news release said.
The eggs were laid by a falcon named Vixen, who is 5 years old and and from a nest in Minneapolis, according to the city news release. City officials said she began nesting in a crevice on the second floor of the exterior of City Hall in early April.
Vixen met an adult male peregrine named Dave, who was fledged from a nest in Chicago in 2020, and went on to lay four eggs that would hatch into the baby falcons, the news release said.
Information about the two falcons comes from The Field Museum in Chicago, which has them tagged and tracked, according to an Aurora spokesperson.
