Subject: clip from the Web
Date: Jun 29 15:37:30 2001
From: Susan L. Collicott - camel at serv.net



Perhaps the Custom House in Boston?

http://www.iboston.org/buildings/card/custom.html

But I can't find anything that says it has falcons nesting on it.

Susan Collicott
Ballard, WA


On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Diann MacRae wrote:

> Hi, Tweets
>
> I found a funny comment while looking up some turkey vulture stuff on the
> Web. It didn't say where this clock tower was. WaMu peregrines are lucky!!
>
> Diann MacRae
> Bothell
> ___________________
>
> "They had to erect netting on the Custom House clock tower because of the
> falcons nesting there. The nets were not intended to discourage the falcons
> (they are actually quite welcome). The nets are there because . . . (wait
> for it) . .
>
> ...because people on the tour of the tower were trying to *pet* the birds.
>
> Words cease."
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>