AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Two Ohio wildlife workers had to fend off
an attacking mother falcon while trying to take her chicks from a nest
on the ledge of a downtown Akron building.
The peregrine falcon
named Chesapeake screeched and swooped on the Ohio Department of Natural
Resources staffers who were trying to take the two chicks from a
nesting box on an 11th -floor ledge to band them this week.
Akron Beacon Journal (http://bit.ly/1pCJK3n) reports that the bird even drew blood with her talons from
the ODNR’s Bryan Kay.
Chesapeake
and her mate, McKinley, finally calmed down after the two chicks, with
new leg bands, were returned to the nesting box.
The ODNR’s Laurie Graber called it "a pretty good battle."
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