Downtown Kalamazoo Peregrine Falcons banded on Fifth Third Bank Building

Three eyases are banded for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. This visit finally allowed the Audubon Society to confirm the genders of the baby peregrine falcons: two males and one female. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Three eyases are banded for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. This visit finally allowed the Audubon Society to confirm the genders of the baby peregrine falcons: two males and one female. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

The mother peregrine falcon Rebecca swoops close to Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources wildlife division field operations manager Mark Mills as the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ biologists replace the mother’s three eyases back into their nests after banding them for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist Nik Kalejs prepares to band three eyases, baby peregrine falcons, for state and national study in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. The Michigan DNR has had rising concerns of bird influenza being spread from one nest to another, so Kalejs and the other biologists mask up and wear sterile gloves while handling the birds. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Audubon Society of Kalamazoo falcon liaison Gail Walter prepares a burlap cover to cover the front of the box housing a family of peregrine falcons while the Michigan Department of Natural Resources bands three recently hatched peregrine falcons for state and national study in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist Nik Kalejs uses an umbrella to protect the other biologists from the swooping falcon, Rebecca, while they gets the eyases out of the nest to band for state and national study in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

The mother peregrine falcon Rebecca flies by as Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources wildlife division field operations manager Mark Mills ties the burlap cover over the front of her nest to band Rebecca’s three eyases for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist Don Poppe reaches into the nest of a family of peregrine falcons to take three recently hatched eyases to band for state and national study in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources wildlife division field operations manager Mark Mills ties the burlap cover over the front of the nest to band three eyases for state and national study in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Three recently hatched baby peregrine falcons are banded for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. This visit finally allowed the Audubon Society to confirm the genders of the chicks: two males and one female. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Three eyases are banded for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. This visit finally allowed the Audubon Society to confirm the genders of the baby peregrine falcons: two males and one female. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Three eyases are banded for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. This visit finally allowed the Audubon Society to confirm the genders of the baby peregrine falcons: two males and one female. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Three eyases are banded for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. This visit finally allowed the Audubon Society to confirm the genders of the baby peregrine falcons: two males and one female. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Three eyases are banded for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. This visit finally allowed the Audubon Society to confirm the genders of the baby peregrine falcons: two males and one female. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Mother peregrine falcon Rebecca flies through the air as her three eyases are banded for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources wildlife division field operations manager Mark Mills snaps a photo of the mother peregrine falcon Rebecca perched on the front of the nest while other biologists band three eyases for state and national study in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Mother peregrine falcon Rebecca repeatedly shrieks as her three eyases are banded for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Mother peregrine falcon Rebecca repeatedly shrieks as her three eyases are banded for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Mother peregrine falcon Rebecca repeatedly shrieks as her three eyases are banded for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Three eyases are banded for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. This visit finally allowed the Audubon Society to confirm the genders of the baby peregrine falcons: two males and one female. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Three eyases are banded for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. This visit finally allowed the Audubon Society to confirm the genders of the baby peregrine falcons: two males and one female. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Three eyases are banded for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. This visit finally allowed the Audubon Society to confirm the genders of the baby peregrine falcons: two males and one female. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Three eyases are banded for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. This visit finally allowed the Audubon Society to confirm the genders of the baby peregrine falcons: two males and one female. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

(Left to Right) Nik Kalejs, Mark Mills and Don Poppe finish placing the burlap cover to replace the three recently hatched baby peregrine falcons they had banded for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Mother peregrine falcon Rebecca repeatedly shrieks as Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources wildlife division field operations manager Mark Mills cleans the lens of the webcam that livestreams from inside her nest in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

Mother peregrine falcon Rebecca repeatedly shrieks as Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources wildlife division field operations manager Mark Mills cleans the lens of the webcam that livestreams from inside her nest in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ biologists replace three recently hatched baby peregrine falcons back into their nests after banding them for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo

The mother peregrine falcon Rebecca swoops close to Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources wildlife division field operations manager Mark Mills as the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ biologists replace the mother’s three eyases back into their nests after banding them for state and national study by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in the window well of the Fifth/Third Bank Building in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, May 23, 2022. (Gabi Broekema | MLive.com)Get Photo