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Waxman Staff Writer Jun 2, 2015 10:15 PM UTC  One of the chicks atop the Brooklyn tower of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge chicks. One of the chicks atop the Brooklyn tower of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge chicks. Patrick Cashin—MTA  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jun 2, 2015 10:15 PM UTC The Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City [shared photos](http://www.mta.info/news-falcons-bridges-and-tunnels-verrazano-throgs-neck-marine-parkway-bridge/2015/06/02/dozen) of 12 peregrine falcon chicks with hilarious facial expressions that hatched in nests atop the Verrazano-Narrows, Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial and Throgs Neck bridges this year. May is that time of year when city officials nationwide are putting ID bands on the birds to track their health and numbers. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has claimed before that New York City “probably” boasts the largest urban population of peregrine falcons. In case their fuzziness alone isn’t enough to win you over, they will grow up to [eat pigeons.](http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7059.html) Here is video of the baby falcons getting banded: ### Mini Horses and Toddler Friends May Be the Cutest Thing Ever Published in LIFE  3-year-old cover girl Cynthia West with Chauncey. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Ronnie getting sized up. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Ronnie stands uncomfortably with normal horse collar. He eats only four pounds of hay a day compared to 40 pounds for draft horse. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A young girl with Chauncey the miniature horse. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Chauncey and 2 larger horses. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Cedric being held by a trainer. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Cynthia riding Cedric. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Cynthia with two miniature horses at the Lilliput Ranch in California. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Cynthia showing some love for Cedric. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Ronnie and the Great Pyrenees are taken for a walk. Ed Clark—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Two baby boy and two baby girl peregrine falcons on top of the Brooklyn tower of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Patrick Cashin—MTA  Chris Nadareski, a scientist from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, sits with falcon atop the Rockaway tower of the Marine Parkway Bridge, where there is one male chick and three female chicks. Patrick Cashin—MTA  Nadareski with a falcon atop the Bronx tower of the Throgs Neck Bridge. Patrick Cashin—MTA  One of the chicks atop the Brooklyn tower of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge chicks. Patrick Cashin—MTA  One of the chicks atop the Rockaway tower of the Marine Parkway Bridge. Patrick Cashin—MTA  Atop the Brooklyn tower at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Patrick Cashin—MTA ## Transcript [ UNKNOWN ] [ NOISE ] You go very slowly. They will [ UNKNOWN ] at you, but at the very last minute, they probably will. Okay. These are biters, these guys. Just biting [ UNKNOWN ] Don't bite my skin off. Okay. Okay, we'll just go over here. I think what I'm gonna do. Is just to make it a little more easier for me. Take this off. All right. And Barbara, we're going to go with black over green, zero, five, over AZ. [ NOISE ] 05 over AC. Yep. Both upright? Both upright. And these bands are just used for identification, so that we can observe the birds from a distance and tell which one they are. And they're riveted on. This is like a kid getting a haircut. He's squawking. Yeah. That's not being hear at all. Yeah. Take a look at the bird for a general health inspection. Okay. Okay. Ok, ok, ok. And what I'm gonna look at is for the presence of lice. And the bird has a little bit of feather lice, a little bit of lice Barbara, but nothing too major. [ NOISE ] The feathers are just starting to emerge. [ NOISE ] The wings from tip to tip will eventually be three feet once he's fully developed in about three weeks from now. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3906353/falcon-chicks-mta-bridges/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3906353/falcon-chicks-mta-bridges/"},"headline":"These Fluffy Falcon Chicks Hatched on New York City Bridges","datePublished":"2015-06-02T22:15:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:43:38.290Z","description":"Almost cute enough to distract you from the latest MetroCard fare hikes. 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