Recently Hatched Falcons are Real Life UMass Lowell River Hawks
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Biologist Chalis Bird, left, holds a female peregrine falcon chick, while Wildlife Technician Dere...
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Biologist Chalis Bird, left, holds a female peregrine falcon chick, while Wildlife Technician Derek McDermott, right, holds a male chick. Both hatched at UMass Lowell earlier this spring. The birds sport new ID tags that will help state biologists study them throughout their lifespan. (Photograph courtesy of Joson Images for UMass Lowell.) To submit school announcements, click on image. Donning hard hats and holding Styrofoam pool noodles to keep a protective mother peregrine falcon at bay, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife biologists Thursday retrieved two falcon chicks hatched in a nest box at UMass Lowell, to get a look at the birds and assess their health.