ALMA & GENOA ~ 2015 & 2016 & 2017

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

Thanks Beth...I had noticed the same thing today...maybe they have their wires crossed...being a new pair? Hope its something as simple as that..

gigi..you have Lucas in your pic...He's experienced...I'm not sure about peta...this is here first year here...in fact, she battled with the resident female for the box...but, early on a few of us thought the resident female might be sick...I hope she's ok..

gigi · **Posted:** Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:05 am

I remember the battle. Hard to watch. Thanks for setting me straight. :girlcrazy:

Tsusan · **Posted:** Fri May 15, 2015 12:52 pm

Sorry about my dumb questions,But in a nutshell, what has happened to Genoa and Alma?

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

Tsusan wrote:

Sorry about my dumb questions,But in a nutshell, what has happened to Genoa and Alma?

Not a dumb question. The falcons at Alma are nesting elsewhere. The cam at Genoa is off line...hopefully when (if) they get it back, we'll see some hatches..

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

RE: Genoa

Its a shame they never got the cam fixed...so, I headed over to the RRP forum and discovered that 4 chicks hatched and they were banded on June 2. 2 males, 2 females..

Tsusan · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:12 pm

Thanks, SGB !

Dutch Eagle Fan · **Posted:** Sun Oct 11, 2015 8:09 am

Dairyland Falcon page wrote:

It has been a great year for the Peregrine Falcons nesting at—or near—Dairyland’s power plant sites in Genoa and Alma, Wis. Dairyland Environmental staff recently assisted Bob Anderson and his staff from the Raptor Resource Project in applying U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bands to the falcon chicks’ legs at both the Genoa and Alma sites. The bands make it possible for the falcons to be tracked via the band numbers after they fledge.

There were eight chicks banded altogether; four from each location. The Genoa Site nesting box held two males and two females, the offspring of Lucas and Peta.

Earlier this spring, the adult falcons (Isaac and Power) from the Alma Site relocated from Dairyland’s power plant nesting box to the 12 Mile Bluff across from the Alma Site, an exciting progression. Raptor Resource Project staff rappelled down the bluff to band the four chicks (three females and one male) successfully produced on the cliff site.

Interestingly, Isaac and Power chose to nest in an old Peregrine nesting box that had been left on 12 Mile Bluff many years ago, but never used. “While it took 25 years, Peregrines finally made the decision to use the old nesting box located on the natural cliff dwelling,” said Brad Foss, Dairyland Senior Environmental Biologist.

Bird Cams to be upgraded

Cameras at both nesting sites will be upgraded by the end of the summer. Dairyland is working with the Raptor Resource Project on this project, which will greatly improve camera function and reliability.

Tsusan · **Posted:** Mon Oct 12, 2015 6:55 pm

Great news, Thanks, DEF!!!!!

gigi · **Posted:** Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:05 am

2015 Raptor Resource Project Banding report

This includes Wisconsin along with Minnesota and Iowa. Nice tribute to Bob Anderson
"06/09/15: Dairyland Power 12-Mile Bluff, Alma WI page 14
Adult data
Adults unknown, but changed nesting location from the power plant they nested on two years running.
Hatch data
Unknown number of eggs laid, four hatched
Hatch began: estimated 05/19/15
1947-30418 27/P Female Catfish
1947-30419 28/P Female Frankie
1947-30420 29/P Female ET
1156-23704 45/B Male Cody
The falcons have nested at three different spots on 12-Mile bluff. This year they chose an old nest box wedged
into a large pothole – more of a cave, really – on the south side of the bluff. The box, which was easily large
enough to accommodate a human – was built and placed by Dr. Pat Redig from the Raptor Center and a team of
climbers. I have no idea how they got it into place, but it is well protected from weather and sunlight, and was
in great shape. Dave Kester, David Hecht, and Amy Ries rappelled down to the box and banded the young
falcons on the cliff. It was a very enjoyable site and I would love to see them nest here again! Thanks a bunch to
15
Dairyland Power employees Brad Foss, Ben Campbell, and Cody Henderson. Brad made sure everything wasready,
while Ben and Cody squired us up the bluff in a Dairyland Power truck and made sure the path out to the bluff was
marked, saving us a lot of time and work. You guys are great falcon friends and we really appreciate your hard work!"

"06/02/15: Dairyland Power Genoa, Genoa WI page 11
Adult data
Adult Female: 83/W Roschen, a 2012 hatch from Horizon Milling in Lake City, MN
Adult Male: 40/N Lucas, a 2004 hatch from Dairyland Power Alma in Alma, WI
Hatch data
Four eggs laid, four eggs hatched
Hatch began (estimated): 05/13/15
1947-30411 20/P Female CC
1947-30412 21/P Female Halkel
1156-23701 54/B Male Dave
1156-23702 55/B Male Ben
Bob banded at Dairyland Genoa this year. He told me that he really appreciated Brad Foss and the crew having
the falcons ready for him, that he had fun, and that the falcons looked great.
Female Roschen can trace her pedigree back through MF-1. As mentioned previously, MF-1 was the first bird to
return to the wild and breed mid-continent following the species’ extirpation in the early to mid-1960s. Lucas’s
father fledged from Castle Rock in 2002 – the first year that site was active. Unfortunately, we don’t have a band
number for either of his parents, so the pedigree stops there.
Falcons first nested: 1998 | Total number of young produced (2015)"

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

Thanks gigi..

Ya know, in the RRP report, they are listing Roschen as the Female at Genoa and she's not. Peta laid the eggs and unless something happened after the cam went dark (like Roschen coming back) then Peta should be the female at Genoa..