Peregrine falcons that hatched last month at UC Berkeley’s Campanile bell tower now have earth-themed monikers after a naming contest that attracted hundreds of name submissions and nearly 4,000 votes.

The four new falcons are named Aurora, Eclipse, Equinox (Nox) and Solstice (Sol), the Cal Falcons group of scientists and volunteers that monitor the birds announced Thursday.

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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.