It is an egg-citing time atop UC Berkeley’s Campanile bell tower thanks to a famous peregrine falcon that has now laid three new eggs as of Wednesday.

Annie, the falcon that has lived since 2016 atop the third-largest bell-and-clock tower in the world, has paired with a new male companion that arrived earlier this year. The new bird was dubbed Archie in a naming contest held by the Cal Falcons group of scientists and volunteers who monitor the birds and share photos, video and information about them on social media.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.