Visitors to the Science Museum will get to pick a name for at least one of the peregrine falcon chicks in the High Bridge power plant nest box. (Last year, we got to name one. Your pick? Starshadow.)
The challenge? Each chick in the nest box program gets a unique name. No repeats. So here's a list of all the names that are "taken" already:
Abby, Alice, Allie, Alpha, Amanda, Amilia, Amy, Andrea, Andy, Angel, Anton, Apryl, Athena, Barbara, Belinda, Bend, Berger, Bern, Bert, Bertha, Beta, Bolt, Bomber, Bor, Brice, Britta, Burt, Buzz, Candy, Cassie, Charlee, Charlie, Cherokee, Chicklet, Chris, Cleo, CoCo, Cole, Colleen, Coz, Craig, Crystal, Cyndi, Dale, Dana, Danberg, Davey, Dawn, Delene, Delta, Diamond, Diana, Diane, Dick, Dixie Chick, Donna, Doolittle, Dot, Ed, Eileen, Elaine, Electra, Esperanza, Faith, Fast Track, Fluffy, Fran, Frank, Gamma, George, Gib, Gloria, Gold, Gretta, Grunwald, Harmony, Hickey, Hippie, Hope, Horus, Hotshot, Howard, Hunter, Huske, Irvine, Isabel, Jackie, Jacob, Jan, Janice, Jasmine, Jay, JB, Jenny, Jessy, Jim, Joe, Judy, Julie, Kali, Karlsen, Katraka, Kester, Kitty, Kidy, Kramer, Krista, Laura, Leo, Leon, Leona, Leonard, Liberty, Lightning, Lily, Linton, Lolo, Lon, Lora, Loree, Loretta, Lori, Louise, Lucky, Mac, Mae, Maggie, Malin, Manthey, Mapper, Marie, Marshall, Marty, Mary, Laude, Mew, Mica, Michael, Michelle, Minnie, Miranda, Miss, Miss Pam, Mulder, Murphy, Neil, Nero, Nicole, Nora, Oar, Orville, Oscar, Pam, Pamella, PF Flyer, PaTao, Pathfinder, Penelope, Penny, Phyllis, Polly, Porky, Prescott, Princess, Putnam, Quark, Queen, Rachael, Ralph, Razor, Red Ed, Rick, Rochelle, Rocket, Rocky, Romeo, Ryan, Ryu, Sarah, Scarlett, Screech, Scully, Seminole, Shakespeare, Sharky, Sheri, Sheridan, Sherlie, Smoke, Smokey, Sonic, Sophia, Speedy, Spider, Spirit, Spivvy, Starshadow, Static, Stephanie, Sue, Survivor, Swoop, Terri, Thelma, Thunder, Travis, Tundra, Vector, VernaMae, Veronica, Waldo, Wanda, Warren, Wayne, Webster, Wilbur, Willie, Wood, Younger, Yugi, Zack, Zippidy
Have a name you think would suit a falcon? Tell us. We'll turn the list of submitted names into a visitor poll, and the names with the highest number of votes will go to the chicks.
One other thing: last year, the number one name was "Santa's Little Helper," but it was too long. Keep the names short, if you want yours to be the one!
Skywalker
i love that name
well what kind of name do you like
Here are my ideas:
I vote for "Mandar".
How about:
I think we should go with the hottest new name on the scene of 2007: Sanjaya.
I was actually thinking something like "JGordon" might be, you know, awesome.
That or "Fireball."
I think Frightful would be a good name, or maybe Greycloud.
I think we need to bring back the cult classic from last year: Falcotronic
Okay, I'm modifying my suggestion. There are four chicks, and, if they all survive, I want them to be named as such (in order of priority): JGordon, Pussywillow, Bloodtalon, and Downy.
Wait-I hope those aren't taken already.
why not name it something simple, like tom, also i hat sanjiya so dont ever say that again.
sanjaya??!? how about paris and lindsay?
Edie (Falco)
I just got an email from our Biology Collections Manager, Dick Oehlenschlager who suggests the name "Perry."
Don't forget to check out Dick's updates on the natural changes you can see as our seasons progress.
A good name would be Stasha.
Ruby says Pear or Perry would be good names.
Some favorites:
Buckley and Audrey
I think that "Century" would be great, since it is the Science Museum's 100th anniversary.
"Morpheus" would be amazing.
Hey, Colbert has an eagle named after him. Why don't you name the falcon "Stewie" after Jon Stewart.
i want the name to be Spiro!
I would suggest Pearl, Pewter, Dusky, Grynn, or Nimbus.
AGNI -Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "fire" in Sanskrit
BALTHASAR
HORUS
Polito
Petito
pedro-cause napolian dynamite was awsome
Hey folks. We've closed submissions for names. We took everything you posted and picked ten at random.
You can now VOTE on which name you like best.