Fourth peregrine falcon chick joins siblings in Cal bell tower, now public gets to name them

The fourth in the latest batch of peregrine falcon chicks hatched Wednesday atop UC Berkeley’s famous Campanile bell tower on the same day the university held a Hatch Day event to celebrate the arrival of the new birds.

A female falcon named Annie has lived in a nest on top of the tower since 2016 and her eighth breeding season — Annie’s first with a new male named Archie — was the most successful, with all four of her eggs hatching for the first time. Three chicks came out of their shells Monday before the fourth arrived Wednesday.