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EGGS-ELLENT NEWS ON WATER ST.
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| 4/23/3
Posted on 04/23/2003 9:34:19 AM PDT by Carpet Kitten
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:13:24 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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A pair of peregrine falcons is tending four eggs in a perch on the 14th floor of 55 Water St. in downtown Manhattan, the city's Department of Environmental Conservation announced yesterday. Placed on the endangered species list in the '70s, 16 falcon couples now live in the city, the DEC said. Their return shows "environmental conditions are improving," said DEC Commissioner Christopher O. Ward.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: environment; nyc; peregrinefalcon
To: Carpet Kitten
tending four eggs in a perch on the 14th floor of 55 Water St. in downtown ManhattanWe obviously need to build more to help the falcons.
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:35:57 AM PDT
by
Flyer
(We like Dix!)
To: Flyer
Nah-h-h, just keep a good supply of pigeons around.
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:39:32 AM PDT
by
Publius
To: Carpet Kitten
Four eggs can make an omelet.
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:40:12 AM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
( Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.)
To: Carpet Kitten
This is a view looking south, into the north face of 55 Water.
To: Carpet Kitten
Are you the real, original Carpet Kitten who calls Sean Hannity regularly?
If so, know that I crack a little grin evey time I hear "What's new, pussycat"......
;^)
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:47:24 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Disinformation is the leftist's and enemy's friend; consider the source before believing.)
To: Flyer
tending four eggs in a perch on the 14th floor of 55 Water St. in downtown ManhattanThat might explain why they are on the endangered species list in the first place. Why is it that the same folks who eschew creationism and the Bible and preach the Big Bang and evolution have so much trouble with the idea that it is part of the natural order that some species thrive, while others are unable to adapt and end up on the extinct list? If they want to go "au natural" they ought to let nature prevail instead of trying to thwart it when it decides a certain species can't make it...
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:49:57 AM PDT
by
trebb
To: Flyer
We obviously need to build more to help the falcons. The pigeons (and therefore the falcons) sure will love that giant jungle gym Mayor Bloomberg is building as a replacement for the Twin Towers.
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:50:10 AM PDT
by
presidio9
To: Carpet Kitten
About ten years ago I was living downtown and kept a bird feeder on my window near the fire escape. One morning I woke up and was surprised to find a falcon perched on the escape railing and making a meal of a wren.
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:50:36 AM PDT
by
mr.pink
To: Carpet Kitten
I live in downtown Brooklyn and have seen both owls and hawks in my yard...they feed on the neighborhood mice in the backyards as they pass through.
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