Newly-hatched peregrine falcon chicks and the parent birds feeding them are always interesting. Three cameras are providing streaming video of falcon nests this spring in the Kansas City area.

Biologists will soon band young falcons to aid in tracking. The nest box program has been a success and peregrines are now being considered for removal from Missouri’s state endangered list.

To watch young peregrines and their parents online, visit these sites.
• <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8zUnsJx_Ng>
•  <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIwCBks7HDg>
•  <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htHkVUjXCGM>

For more information on peregrine falcons in Missouri, visit <https://short.mdc.mo.gov/Zrd>.

Photo: Three falcon nest cameras are online in the Kansas City area to let people watch peregrine parents feed and raise their young. (Photo by Debra Burns, Missouri Department of Conservation.)