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Newt at UC Botanical Garen
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Squished newts are drowning at bottom of leaky UC Botanical Garden pond

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok June 01, 2023, 11:17 a.m.June 1, 2023

The garden is trying to raise $150,000 to seal the 80-year-old pond’s cracks, which the newts are getting stuck in, plug sinkholes and resurface the basin.

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Photos: Little falcons Zephyr, Rosa and Luna learn to fly

by Gretchen Kell, Berkeley News May 31, 2023, 9:59 a.m.May 31, 2023

The raptors hatched in early April in a nest box at the top of UC Berkeley’s Campanile.

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Watch the UC Berkeley peregrine falcon hatchlings live

Avatar photo by Berkeleyside staff May 25, 2023, 9:15 a.m.May 31, 2023

Annie. Lou. Their three hungry hatchlings. Stay tuned to all the action atop the UC Berkeley Campanile via the Cal webcam.

Sickly rabid bat lying down on a concrete stair
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Live rabid bat found by Berkeley dad wows 4-year-old daughter

Avatar photo by Iris Kwok May 22, 2023, 12:03 p.m.May 28, 2023

“I was just worried about it,” Eliana said of the bat her father found on the stairs of their central Berkeley home. Residents are warned not to touch wild animals.

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3 falcon chicks losing their fluff but now have names

by Gretchen Kell, Berkeley News May 12, 2023, 12:45 p.m.May 12, 2023

Nearly 3,700 people cast votes to name Annie and Lou’s falcon offspring atop the UC Berkeley Campanile. “Ursula” barely missed the cut.

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3 falcon chicks are banded, ravenous and ready for you to name them

by Gretchen Kell | UC Berkeley May 05, 2023, 8:45 a.m.May 5, 2023

A contest to name the chicks began Friday. Less than a month ago, they hatched in their gravel nest box; now they are nearly full-sized and eating plenty of pigeon meat.

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UC Berkeley’s falcon family now counts 5: Annie, Lou and 3 chicks

by Gretchen Kell | UC Berkeley April 14, 2023, 2:39 p.m.April 14, 2023

Three downy peregrine falcon chicks have emerged from their eggshells in a nest atop the Campanile. The fourth egg is likely not viable.

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It’s a 4-egg clutch for UC Berkeley peregrine falcons Annie and Lou

by Gretchen Kell | UC Berkeley March 13, 2023, 1:01 p.m.March 13, 2023

Lou is a “rock star,” both as a new mate for Annie and as a dad-to-be, Cal Falcons reports.

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UC Berkeley’s new male peregrine falcon gets a name

by Gretchen Kell, Berkeley News March 01, 2023, 8:24 a.m.March 1, 2023

Annie’s new mate has been given a new name in a Cal Falcons contest. The bird will be named after a UC Berkeley alumna who was the partner of Annie’s namesake, the explorer and naturalist Annie Alexander.

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Rex, Lou, Hu or Tony? Pick the name of Annie the falcon’s new mate

by Gretchen Kell | UC Berkeley Feb. 17, 2023, 9:15 a.m.February 17, 2023

Seven finalists have been chosen in a contest to name the new peregrine falcon at the top of UC Berkeley’s Campanile.

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Leopard sharks and bat rays are dying in Berkeley’s Aquatic Park

Avatar photo by Kate Darby Rauch Feb. 14, 2023, 1:39 p.m.June 1, 2023

Shark and ray die-offs tend to happen after heavy rains, though experts aren’t sure exactly why.

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For Valentine’s Day, let’s name Annie the falcon’s chirpy new mate

by Gretchen Kell | UC Berkeley Feb. 14, 2023, 1:00 p.m.April 14, 2023

Annie, the 9-year-old falcon atop UC Berkeley’s Campanile, lost her longtime mate Grinnell last year. His successor, Alden, is likely also gone. But plucky Annie’s found a third bird to love.

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