WE ENERGY~Oak Ck-Pleas Pr-Presque-Pt Wash-Vall-MlwkCty~2017

kittenface · **Posted:** Sun May 28, 2017 11:50 am

Thanks so much for the picture Beth.
Just couldn't bring myself to get on laptop last night after 25 hrs at work.

Tsusan · **Posted:** Sun May 28, 2017 11:49 pm

kittenface wrote:

Thanks so much for the picture Beth.
Just couldn't bring myself to get on laptop last night after 25 hrs at work.

Kittenface! Are you kidding me? I hope you slept in for a goood long time, or at least until your kitties woke you.... :biggrin:

PS - Don't forget- Tahoe's kids will be banded on Tuesday the 30th. Pictures and an article on the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center Face Book page have been promised...

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon May 29, 2017 12:10 am

May 28th

vlu328 · **Posted:** Mon May 29, 2017 12:00 pm

Was it ever determined what happened at Oak Creek?

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

vlu328 wrote:

Was it ever determined what happened at Oak Creek?

I never heard back from Greg, which was both disappointing and surprising...From what I remember (and I could totally be remembering wrong), is that he is no longer officially connected with Wisconsin DNR, Specifically WE, but rather is semi retired or only doing contract bandings? geeeeeeeeez, Of course, I may have dreamed all of that.

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon May 29, 2017 10:42 pm

skygirlblue wrote:

vlu328 wrote:

Was it ever determined what happened at Oak Creek?

I never heard back from Greg, which was both disappointing and surprising...From what I remember (and I could totally be remembering wrong), is that he is no longer officially connected with Wisconsin DNR, Specifically WE, but rather is semi retired or only doing contract bandings? geeeeeeeeez, Of course, I may have dreamed all of that.

Greg was there to band at Valley this year. He might just be really busy.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

kittenface wrote:

skygirlblue wrote:

vlu328 wrote:

Was it ever determined what happened at Oak Creek?

I never heard back from Greg, which was both disappointing and surprising...From what I remember (and I could totally be remembering wrong), is that he is no longer officially connected with Wisconsin DNR, Specifically WE, but rather is semi retired or only doing contract bandings? geeeeeeeeez, Of course, I may have dreamed all of that.

Greg was there to band at Valley this year. He might just be really busy.

Yes, I did see him in the picture...but, I think I read somewhere that he no longer is the "man in charge" at the WE nests...again..I may have dreamed that..LOL

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2017 12:53 am

May 29th

Tsusan · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2017 7:51 am

Good morning! Thankyou for your awesome slideshow, Kittenface- I guess in the grand scheme of things I am very happy for Valley Girl with her thriving brood, thinking back a couple years ago when she tried to brood her infertile eggs till July.... But I am so sad for Ecclipse...

Tsusan · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2017 7:57 am

AND a friendly reminder that Tahoe's kids are to be banded today. No cam coverage, but the Facebook page for Milwaukee Regional Medical Center have promised to include a post and pictures about the event. Feel free to "like" it and show them that we appreciate their participation in hosting this peregrine falcon box. :15heartbeat:

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed May 31, 2017 1:13 am

May 30th, I believe Pleasant Prairie got banded today

MISue · **Joined:** Mon May 03, 2010 7:38 am **Posts:** 343

From WE Energies blog on 5/31/17:

The We Energies falcon family is growing with two new additions banded Tuesday at our Pleasant Prairie Power Plant. Named Flash and Cyclone by a fourth-grade class from Meadowview Elementary School in Oak Creek, these rare birds were marked with fish and wildlife service bands by peregrine falcon manager Greg Septon. Both birds are female.

Last week, a class of sixth-graders from Trinity Lutheran School in Waukesha named two falcon chicks at Valley Power Plant. Batman (the male) and Eagle (the female) were named by the students, quickly banded by Septon and returned to their nest box.

Both sets of students earned the chance to attend the bandings by winning our poster contest with creative entries. While the Trinity Lutheran School students made a three-dimensional poster full of falcon facts, the Meadowview students were inspired by the P.D. Eastman book, “The Best Nest,” to write a rhyme of their own from a peregrine’s point of view:
I love my house
I love my nest
In all of Wisconsin,
We Energies’ nest is best!

We think the chicks hatched and banded at Pleasant Prairie and Valley Power Plants would agree. But they can’t stay forever; soon these birds will shed their fluffy white feathers and and fledge in preparation to leave the nest. Keep an eye on our Facebook, Twitter and Falcon Cam to watch it happen.

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Jun 03, 2017 12:44 am

We Energies News

Friday, June 2, 2017
Major milestone: Our peregrine falcon manager bands 1,000th chick.

Our peregrine falcon manager, Greg Septon, reached a major milestone in his career as a biologist Friday. He banded his 1,000th peregrine falcon chick at our Port Washington Generating Station, capping off three decades of recovery work to rebuild Wisconsin’s endangered peregrine population.
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