WATCH BIRTH OF BABY BIRDS, LIVE ON GREENWORKSCHANNEL.ORG

HARRISBURG (April 27, 2000)-Now, through unprecedented Internet video, Internet users can watch and listen live, moment by moment as a pair of endangered Peregrine falcons hatch their first clutch of eggs.

All Internet users have to do to watch the falcons' changing behavior on-line is log onto GreenWorks.tv at http://www.greenworkschannel.org, click on the falcon and choose "See It Live!"

GreenWorks.tv Coordinating Producer, Christine Milbank said, "This phenomenon truly reveals the amazing power of the Internet."

The two falcons, which became a pair a little over a year ago, have laid four eggs since March 27. Usually the falcons incubate the eggs for 31 days after the clutch is complete. Officials are expecting the eggs to hatch around May 5, but say they could come as early as April 30.

The peregrine falcon, one of the 39 species of falcons in the world, was erased from existence in the United States in the 1960s, largely due to the crop pesticide DDT. With the ban of DDT in 1972, the work of the Pegrine Fund and financial support from the Endangered Species Act, the falcons have now made one of the strongest comebacks of any endangered species. In Pennsylvania alone, the number of falcons nesting has increased from 4 pairs in 1990 to 10 pairs in 1999.

Besides the live falcon video, GreenWorks.tv video website is home to over 250 environmental videos, as well as live chats, webcasts, links and message boards that provide a forum for discussion and communication about environmental issues.

GreenWorks.tv is a production of the Environmental Fund for Pennsylvania (EFP), a not-for-profit federation that does collective education and fundraising for 19 Pennsylvania environmental organizations. The live video of the falcons is made available through a partnership between EFP and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

For more information about the falcons, call 1-877-PA-GREEN, or log on to http://www.greenworks.tv/. CONTACT: Anne Garber Director of Communication Environmental Fund for Pennsylvania 717-238-1888.