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CITY OF SOUTH BEND <br />PETE Bu nGtEG, MAYOR <br />Office of the Mayor <br />CONTACT: <br />Kara Kelly, (574) 235 -5853 <br />kkelly@southbendin.gov <br />FOR RELEASE: Friday, June 7, 2013 <br />PEREGRINE FALCON CHICK TO BE BANDED <br />Representatives from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will band and identify <br />the sex of the sole peregrine falcon chick born this year on Wednesday, June 12 at 2:00 p.m. in the <br />boardroom on the 13th Floor of the County -City Building, 227 W. Jefferson Blvd. <br />The DNR will also attempt to band a male falcon known as Zeus, who arrived in South Bend <br />earlier this year. Zeus and Guinevere, a longtime city fixture who started nesting downtown in <br />2003, together produced four eggs this spring. However, only one of the four eggs hatched. The <br />DNR will examine the three remaining eggs which were expected to hatch in early May and <br />explain the process of banding the falcons. <br />Peregrine falcons are known to keep the same mate unless their partner dies or disappears. <br />Guinevere's former longtime mate, Zephyr, died last June while hunting downtown. <br />Guinevere, Zeus and their chick can be seen in their nest atop the County -City Building at <br />www.southbendin.gov /falcam. <br />min <br />