Endangered Peregrines a Wisconsin success story
That fact that four fuzzy falcons are making their home on the Cofrin Library roof is a bigger deal than first appears. It wasn’t that long ago that a Wisconsin resident would have zero...
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Meet Peregrine falcon parents Rupert and Mimi
Resident bird expert and curator of UW-Green Bay’s Richter Museum of Natural History, Tom Erdman shared photos and details of the University’s newest parents. Rupert and Mimi are the Peregrine falcons currently nesting on...
Enjoying a light snack
Feathers flew recently when a peregrine falcon frequenting the central campus caught a smaller bird unaware. University photographer Eric Miller snapped some photos of the falcon’s rooftop lunch break. (Click thumbnails to enter slideshow...
Falcon keeps an eye on things
Birders from the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity have been training their scopes toward the roof of the Cofrin Library in recent weeks, with multiple peregrine falcon sightings on the UW-Green Bay campus. Amateurs are...
Birds wanted: Luring rare falcons to nest in Phoenix Land
Bird enthusiasts at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay are taking an “if you build it, they will come” approach toward attracting peregrine falcons to nest atop the campus’ tallest building. Observers could know as early as this month whether peregrines will return to nest atop the eight-story Cofrin Library.
Campus peregrine falcons gone but not forgotten
Amid the end-of-semester hubbub and finals-time insanity, you may have missed the news that UW-Green Bay and its Cofrin Library building this spring played temporary host to two very special guests — a nesting...
Cofrin Library plays temporary host to pair of peregrine falcons
The ubiquitous Phoenix may be the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s most familiar feathered friend, but earlier this spring it was a rare bird of another kind rising to notoriety on campus. At least two...
