An official bird of Rockford, the Peregrine Falcon, was announced July 17, 2020 by Mayor Thomas McNamara. A local young birder and RPS 205 student, Jackie Kuroda, launched a campaign last year to have the Peregrine Falcon declared the official city bird. The campaign...

Thank you to everyone that submitted a name suggestion for one of the Rockford Peregrine Falcon chicks! We received an overwhelming number of female and male name submissions and due to the hundreds of names we received, we decided it would be best to narrow that down...

In case you missed it, the Rockford Peregrine Falcon family has grown by three! Three of the four eggs hatched - two on May 21, 2020 and one on May 23, 2020. Sinnissippi Audubon is hosting a naming contest for this year's chicks and we would like to hear your...