What should we name the new peregrine falcon chicks?
6% (60 votes)
Gyrnn
19% (186 votes)
Pussywillow
8% (78 votes)
Falcotronic
11% (104 votes)
Buckey
10% (92 votes)
Perry
16% (151 votes)
Nimbus
6% (54 votes)
Century
9% (85 votes)
Edie
5% (45 votes)
Idaho
11% (111 votes)
Morpheus
Total votes: 966
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Depending on how many chicks survive, and what the response is from this year's chosen elementary school, we'll be responsible for naming 2-4 chicks. Pick good ones!
I rarely see anything like a peregrine falcon so i do not understand why you would name only 2 or 4
Well, we only get to name chicks in the nest box we monitor, which is the nest box on the stack of the High Bridge power plant. (You can see it from the big window of the Mississippi River Gallery on Level 5.) There are four chicks in that nest.
Usually a St. Paul public school shares naming rights with us: they name two, and we name two. But last time I spoke with my contact at Xcel Energy, he hadn't heard back from this year's school. If that school doesn't pick names, Science Museum visitors will name all four chicks.
The names become official when the baby birds are banded for later identification. Actually, the bands have a series of numbers that indicate the year the chick was banded, where, etc. But the band numbers are associated with the names we provide, and the birds are informally referred to by their names, not their ID numbers.
really i didnt know that. is that true?
I hope all the chicks survive
I hope that all the chicks survive and one of their names will be Percy!
me too but i would like if one of their names are blake
I hope the chicks will survive
I hope so 2
i think it should be pussywillow
i think one of the girls name sould be lilly
heyyy thisis dane adn jada! we vottde for the pussy willow because it was a cool anme\
love yah
Hello i think all the chicks should survive and their name should be Eddie!!!! One of my friends that is a girl, is nickname is eddie it would work for a girl or a boy!!!
Pussywillow and Falcotronic are stupid names for falcon chicks
I think one of them should be named Agememnon.
I think that life should be named life and that life is important to life being that in which life is a fragile thing and we shouldnt be invoking the falcon babies with any ohter names than pussywillow and falcotronic thats just an opinion of an old man being stubborn thnx and this is Jake Smith signing out for now youve been great lets talk again soon.
I totally agree.
I thought it would be pretty cool to name a bird
Century is a great name because people might like it more than boring names.
i think this is a great place to learn something about our earth..it is very educational and i will defenitly come back again.
morpheus is really the only cool name on that list. its pretty much from a movie. what movie its from escapes me but its from a movie.
Century would make sense also because it would honor the Science Museum's 100th birthday, which is this year. VOTE FOR CENTURY!
How about dixy chicks ? They are chicks anyway !
Good one.That's funny!
this is so cool
i loveeeeeeeeeeee perigrine falcons! they should be named nimbus, bcuz that means speed and falcons r really fast.
i like falcontronic the best
I agree with you they are really fast that is all because of their wings formation
I liked the name.
Because I like pussywillows
Vote P-willow!~
Nimbus just plain sounds awesome...!
u should name the falcon century!
We should name it Bucky
Hello!, Morpheus is an awsome name, and is far better than "Pussywillow"
"Morpheus is an awsome name, and is far better than 'Pussywillow'"
Well, that's debatable.
In some countries (like America), "Morpheus" is considered an awfully silly name. And in other countries, the presidents have names like "Pussywillow" - I think there are several former Soviet republics currently with President Pussywillows. I'm pretty sure the last Canadian Prime Minister was named Sual Blanc, and was affectionately known as "Saul du Chat."
Check it out. You can't make stuff like that up.
i think it should be named falcotronic because they are called falcon chicks.
How did Skywalker not make the cut?
Skywalker was a good suggestion.
But we took all the suggestions at the time we closed that thread, put them in a hat, and pulled out 10. Skywalker wasn't one of those 10. Sorry.
Hopefully we'll be watching another nest box next year, and you can submit Skywalker again!
perry is an awesome name
I really like weird names so I pick pussywillow!!
(>'.')> - kirby
you should name one bubba!!!!!!!!!!!!
you should call them falcotronic because it sounds most like perigrine falcon chicks not any of the other names.
I think that you should name it morpheus because it is the coolest name on the list!
I feel it should be Morpheus - as he birds are changing from chicks into large powerful birds of prey
i hope we pick a good name
Because Morpheus from the Matrix is awesome!!!
mmmm..... Morpheus
Nimbus means cloud, not speed
This is stupid.
How can you name a falcon? That's like naming the sky, or naming the river.
These birds have only just entered the world, and already we're shackling them with HUMAN names. Typical.
You know, JGordon, I think that you're completely wrong. Morpheus is not an awfully silly name, as you suggest. I think it's a name that signals honor and respect; power and courage; black trench coat with really sweet sunglasses and a stoic demeanor.
JGordon, I think you need to reconsider the facts.
i voted this way because it almost looks like buckcherry the band
I like this name b/c it seems exotic and Falcons are an amazing creature just like all the birds of the air.I hope they survive and thrive.
Jamison from Wisconsin
jaffa should be the name of the new falcon chicks
i picked the name Edie because just did.
I think this is a unique,cute name(the 1st name)
I think this would be a great name because it is original
I feel that the chicks should be bucky, because it is ironic... think about it.
Pussy willow isnt nobel enuf for a falcon!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think that if u don't like the name they give them then you can call them whatever you want, but i think we should name them bucky cause it is a cool and interesting name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Morpheus should be the name. I think that it's a great name
pussy willow is by far the best
AWESOME name dude, that is totally rad! :)
i love the bird and i would love for the birds to be named that.
because they soar in the clouds
E is my favorite letter and Edie was the only choice that had two E's. Also, I'm in love with Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam and since they rock so would an Edie falcon
Given these are Athena's chicks, their names really should be Greek dieties: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hermes, Hestia, Demeter, Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, or Hephaestus. I vote for Artemis and Hermes (the winged-feet guy).
Wait, can I change my vote to Hephaestus? He had weak legs, and was often depicted riding a donkey, so I think it would make sense.
Actually, maybe I'll stick with Pussywillow. It's just so charming. Also, two days ago a bird of prey of some sort (we'll just say it was a falcon, because it happened right by the smoke stack) fell out of the air on to the sidewalk right in front of me. No joke - I was walking my brother's dog. The falcon was being chased by a bunch of smaller birds of various species (one of them was a blue jay!). I'm pretty sure it was trying to deliver a message, but it was chased away again before we could talk.
I hate to make assumtions, but I think the bird was going to put its vote in for Pussywillow. It had that look in its eyes.
I strongly agree with aphrodite I really enjoy that name and it fits whatever there doing or maybe apollo but not ares it really doesn't matter what they choose but choose somthing soon the sespense is killing me (not).............~_~.....................>_< really I dont know what I'm talking about but thats okay right...................^_^
Morpheus just sounds so darn cool!
Dear Scieintists of America-
We firmly believe that the peregrine falcon chick's name should be, Century. That is the most commonly used falcon name in the city of century and the whole world of worlds. This is a proclamation confirming that thy name shall be newly pronounced throughout the world of falcons as Century. This is to be an anonymous suggestion that we hope may be fufilled in thy city of falcons throughout the nation! We predict that if this message is fufiled the life of falcons will change forever in a more peaceful and higher class society. To send out the news of Century all we ask of you is to read this message aloud in front of the city, falcon and accept the challange that they may face until their beautiful name wins over all! To end this message formally, we would like to conclude all of our feelings and emotions into two words...
GO CENTURY!
Sincerely-
Century's most beloved companion,
Century.
I LOVE CENTURY
name it something with meaning!
VOTE FOR PEDRO. Just kidding. But seriously. Vote. (I'd love for Falcotronic to win. Someone submits it as a possible name every year. And it's always in the top 5, but it never quite makes the cut.)
I'm 4. They are cute and cuddly. I hope they all survive. They are nice to look at. Thank-you
cool!
I didn't know how to pick a name for a falcon, so i just went with a name that sounded like a person's name. I think that if a person ever seen a falcon annd their name was Perry then they would most likely be amazed that something was named after them even though no one knew they existed!!!
They should be named Gyrnn because it sounds like a good peregrin falcon name. also because the other names just don't make sense.
They should name it Steven. No other name is acceptable.
What kind of name is pussywillow? Morpheus is way better.
nO REASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@#$%^&&**(())__+I randomly choose gyrann
I vote for Falcotronic because it sounds like a really cool name for a falcon.
My mom votes for Nimbus because they are soaring up with the (nimbus) clouds.
this name is cute and it reminds me of harry potter. those srre such good books. If u dont think so u are a crazy person
They should all be called Eddie...
Pussywillow??????
gyrnn is much cooler
PussyWillow is a funny name
Rock on Pussywillow!!!!
THIS is the best thing i ever saw!
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i THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE Named EDDIE or however you spell it because thats a cooool name..hahah
they should be named johnkerry
PUSSYWILLOW?!! Are you kidding me?! What type of name is Pussywillow?
Isn't the greek god Oranus king of the sky? Well, since Perigrine falcons are the "kings of the sky", one of them should be named Oranus!
Excuse me Liza. Why is the birds name not Pussywillow? It is the obvious winner of the competition...
We got to name two birds this season, and visitors chose "Pussywillow" and "Nimbus." They were banded and officially named on June 26, 2007.
Thanks for asking.
It actually looks like the museum got to name three birds this year: Nimbus, Century, and Gyrnn.
http://www.raptorresource.org/2007_final_banding_report.pdf
(page 19)
None of them are "Pussywillow." It's such a silly name anyway.
This was a "just for fun" poll, right? Not something that counted?
David at the U, thanks for finding the final banding report.
On June 25, I sent Scott Anton, at Xcel Energy, our list of 10 names, ordered from highest to lowest number of votes. They were: Pussywillow, Nimbus, Morpheus, Buckey, Perry, Edie, Falcotronic, Grynn, Century, and Idaho. We agreed that the two names SMM visitors were contributing were Pussywillow and Nimbus, unless there was a problem with either one (i.e. the name is already in use, or it's too long). And I never heard back, so I assumed there was no problem.
Last year's peregrine was named Starshadow. Before that, our #1 pick was "Santa's Little Helper," but it was disallowed because it's too long: names can't be more than 11 characters. I guess we have a long tradition of silly names.
But I will write to Mr. Anton and see if I can get the scoop on what happened this year.
Why do you think the names don't count? We let visitors suggest names for two weeks. Then we put all those names in a hat, picked 10, and let visitors vote on those. And we submitted the names that the visitors chose. The birds are officially known by their band numbers, but informally by their names. I'd say that counts...
No Pussywillow?! This is an outrage!
Out of respect for the bird-that-should-have-been, I will be renaming my roommate's cats "Pussywillow" and "Pussywillow." Also, "Breakfast" shall now be known as "Pussywilliow" in my house, henceforth.
This isn't democratic! If the falcon wasn't banded as the votes above show what is the point in asking us for our input.
The science museum is a fraud and should be ashamed!
I wrote to Scott Anton, of Xcel Energy, and here's what he had to say:
It's true that museum visitors' first-choice name wasn't assigned to a falcon, and that's unfortunate. But we got to name three falcons, not two, and all three of them were named from a list of names proposed, in the first place, by Science Museum visitors. Definitely not "one man, one vote," but hardly completely despotic, either...
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