Peregrine Falcons Placed in Castle Tower
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PrintSix young peregrine falcons are placed in a small hutch on the tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building, the "Castle," in a project of the Peregrine Fund at Cornell University in an attempt to reestablish a wild breeding population of these falcons on the east coast.
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
June 19, 1980