Falcons lay eggs outside capitol

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110423/NEWS01/704239813/-1#falcons-lay-eggs-outside-capitol

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In this June 2, 2009 contest, officials try to line up four not-very-cooperative peregrine falcon chicks for a photo after banding them in the 14th-floor rotunda at the Nebraska Capitol, in Lincoln.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LINCOLN (AP) — A pair of peregrine falcons has laid three eggs outside the 18th floor of the Nebraska Capitol, the state Game and Parks Commission said.

Joel Jorgensen, a commission manager, said he discovered the eggs Wednesday. It's the seventh year in a row the falcons have laid eggs at the Capitol. In the past, the pair has laid one to six eggs, although three or four is typical for peregrine falcons.

The eggs are expected to hatch in early May, Jorgensen said. A contest is typically held to name the chicks after hatching.

The falcon nest can be viewed online through the commission's FalcomCam, http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/wildlife/webcam/peregrine/default.asp.

Last year, the falcons laid four eggs, three of which hatched. Those chicks were named Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka, after the stars in the belt of the constellation Orion.

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