By Khalida Sarwari
Today is the last day to vote on names for San Jose City Hall’s newest falcon chicks.
Voting for celebrity falcons Clara and Esteban Colbert’s offspring – one female and two male chicks – ends at 5 p.m. Votes can be cast on the San Jose Peregrine Falcon Alliance website at
http://www.sanjoseperegrines.org.
The choices for the lone female chick are Artemis, Aurora, Destiny, Estrellita and Maya.
The male names are Hunter, Kekoa, Milagro, Perry, Scout, Swift, Tez, Toofan, Velox, Vehemens and Vincent.
The names in the poll were Kekoa, Milagro, Perry, Scout, Swift, Tez, Toofan, Velox, Vehemens and Vincent.
The names in the poll were suggested by schoolchildren in San Jose. The winning names will be announced on the website.
The falcon chicks were born last month on a ledge atop San Jose City Hall. Glenn Stewart, coordinator of the predatory bird research program at the University of California at Santa Cruz, who banded the chicks, said all three chicks are healthy.
This is Clara’s fourth nesting season at City Hall and her second with mate Esteban Colbert.
The FalconCam, a live streaming video of the falcons’ nest on a City Hall ledge 18 stories above the street, can be viewed on the city’s website at http://www.sanjoseca.gov.