Athens, Bodrum and Bologna: Nuremberg Airport names peregrine falcon chicks after vacation spots

Created: 05/11/2022 13:57

By: Katarina Amtmann

The peregrine falcon chicks are named Athens, Bodrum and Bologna.

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Three peregrine falcon chicks hatched at Nuremberg Airport.

Now the airport has announced the names of the animals.

They are not unknown to tourists.

Nuremberg – Three peregrine falcons recently hatched at the tower of Albrecht Dürer Airport in Nuremberg.

Now the chicks have names.

They were named after the destinations from the new summer flight schedule, as the airport announced on Wednesday (May 11).

Nuremberg Airport: Peregrine falcon chicks are called Athens, Bodrum and Bologna

The young female bird of prey is therefore called Athens.

The male offspring was baptized Bodrum – like the city on the Turkish Mediterranean coast – and Bologna – like the metropolis in Emilia-Romagna in Italy.

Three peregrine falcon chicks hatched: offspring at the Nuremberg Imperial Castle

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Nuremberg Airport: Three peregrine falcon chicks hatched

A few years ago, the peregrine falcons settled in the dome of the airport tower at a height of 48 meters.

Now they have had offspring for the third year in a row, as the airport recently announced.

An ornithological staff member ringed the white and fluffy chicks.

To do this, the airport fire brigade extended their turntable ladder so that the expert could reach the nesting place below the tower pulpit.

Two Eurofighter fighter jets landed at Nuremberg Airport on Tuesday