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

What great news!!! I sure hope that if they are able to release her, that they wait until well after nesting season is over!!

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:59 am

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

Milwaukee has been banded..(old news? new news?)..I hope this is the right nest!!

Cute article

2 males, Beasley and Kozmo
Female is Mimi...

kittenface · **Posted:** Fri Jun 13, 2014 2:13 pm

kittenface · **Posted:** Sun Jun 15, 2014 11:01 pm

Presque Isle banding, June 14th
Aurora, Bullet & Herman

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2014 1:06 am

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2014 1:36 pm

Herman, Aurora and Bullet are the latest falcons to be named and banded at one of our power plants.

Employees from the Presque Isle Power Plant in Marquette, Michigan, brought their families to Saturday’s banding event and submitted names for the birds. They even named the chicks’ mom -- Maya Angelou. She had previously been referred to as *P/*S, her banding identification tag from her birth site in Grand Haven, Michigan.
Banding visitors also had the opportunity to see an adult peregrine up close. Phoenix, one of the first falcons produced at the Presque Isle Power Plant in 2012, came back for a cameo. Phoenix now lives at the Chocolay Raptor Center because she would not be able to survive in the wild; she lost an eye and was found near death before being saved by the center
(They got the year wrong for Phoenix it was 2011)
Our power plant falcon bandings are drawing to a close with the chicks at our Port Washington Power Plant the final hatchlings yet to be named and banded.

Sally · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2014 1:53 pm

kittenface wrote:

Herman, Aurora and Bullet are the latest falcons to be named and banded at one of our power plants.

Employees from the Presque Isle Power Plant in Marquette, Michigan, brought their families to Saturday’s banding event and submitted names for the birds. They even named the chicks’ mom -- Maya Angelou. She had previously been referred to as *P/*S, her banding identification tag from her birth site in Grand Haven, Michigan.
Banding visitors also had the opportunity to see an adult peregrine up close. Phoenix, one of the first falcons produced at the Presque Isle Power Plant in 2012, came back for a cameo. Phoenix now lives at the Chocolay Raptor Center because she would not be able to survive in the wild; she lost an eye and was found near death before being saved by the center
(They got the year wrong for Phoenix it was 2011)
Our power plant falcon bandings are drawing to a close with the chicks at our Port Washington Power Plant the final hatchlings yet to be named and banded.

I love the names! I would say the peregrine falcons have many fan clubs all over the place! :hapdance:

gigi · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2014 1:54 pm

Thanks KF! Love all the names including Mom!

Tsusan · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2014 4:21 pm

Thanks again for the nest montages you put together - so much fun to watch! They have "county's" cam panned over to the ledge now. Must be expecting the little guys to start jumping up there...

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2014 10:48 pm

Tsusan wrote:

:flirty: Thanks again for the nest montages you put together - so much fun to watch! They have "county's" cam panned over to the ledge now. Must be expecting the little guys to start jumping up there...

I have been watching :loveshow:

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2014 10:58 pm

MILWAUKEE COUNTY UPDATE ON MADAME X :loveshow:

I am a bit worried about Tahoe if Madame is healed and released she will probably head home, and sweet Tahoe has really proven to be a excellent momma & has won a few hearts (TSusan).
I almost cried watching this video, then almost choked from laughing so hard watching these people chasing a Falcon :laugh

they are lucky she isn't in top form yet

Injured falcon takes flight
When she was found shot in February, peregrine falcon Madame X was thought to be unlikely to ever fly again. She had several shotgun pellets lodged in her body and had a broken coracoid (collar bone), a devastating injury for a bird.

But Madame X is beating the odds. Her broken bone has healed, and she can fly. That is the latest update from the Wisconsin Humane Society’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, which captured a video of the bird practicing on a flight tether (see below).

The We Energies Foundation donated $2,500 toward Madame X’s recovery because she has a special tie to We Energies. Before she was shot, she called the Milwaukee County Power Plant (MCPP) home. Last spring, she produced three young at the site – Abigail, Vita and Stella – in MCPP’s first successful peregrine nest.

Throughout her recovery, Madame X has continued to surprise the staff at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. First, they were impressed by her hearty appetite and feistiness. Now, they are fascinated by her flying ability. Her prognosis for release has been upgraded from “fair” to “good.”

Unfortunately, the news is not as good regarding the investigation of this case. No arrests have been made. Shooting a peregrine falcon is a serious crime, punishable by jail time and fines. A $10,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Madame X was found at 2 p.m. on Feb. 27 in a yard outside the Cocktails and Dreams tavern at 55th and Grant streets in West Allis, Wisconsin. Anyone with information is asked to call West Allis Crime Stoppers at: 414-476-CASH (2274).

WTMJ-TV4 story

gigi · **Posted:** Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:20 am

Great news about MadameX and you are right about her heading for "home" if she is released.

As far as the case, it makes me crazy that no one has stepped up. Some one knows something about the scum who shot her.

Sally · **Posted:** Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:32 am

gigi wrote:

Great news about MadameX and you are right about her heading for "home" if she is released.

As far as the case, it makes me crazy that no one has stepped up. Some one knows something about the scum who shot her.

You got that right gigi - "scum" about sums up how I feel about anyone that abuses animals. I just saw the video Kitten and read this story about Madam X - heartwarming for sure. :loveshow:

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Jun 17, 2014 12:27 pm

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:45 pm

Port Washington.
Noel and Juneau are the last two falcons to be named and banded this season at our power plants. The chicks received names and wildlife bands Monday at the Port Washington Generating Station in Port Washington, Wisconsin.

Noel is named after longtime employee Noel Cutright who died in November. Cutright was a senior terrestrial ecologist with our company for 29 years and led our efforts in reintroducing peregrines. He served as past president of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology and was the founder of the Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory. Cutright never missed a banding at the Port Washington plant, which was not far from his home in Saukville.

Juneau was named by Parker Septon, daughter of Peregrine Manager Greg Septon. She recently learned about Alaska in school and named the falcon after the state’s capital city.

Other guests at Monday’s banding included Gene Schulz and Chuck Franzke, World War II veterans from the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight program. Schulz was drafted into the Army in 1943 and was awarded the Bronze Star medal for his service. He later wrote a book, “The Ghost in General Patton’s Third Army.” Franzke was a Navy pilot who flew a torpedo bomber during WWII. He shared memories about the difficulty of landing on an air carrier, relating it to the flight of a peregrine falcon swooping 200-miles an hour for prey.

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:02 pm

Oak Creek is on live cam again but only 3 on the ledge. I can't tell if its the 4th is the one on pole. Nope now I see it is one of the parents.

OK there he is must have been down in the box out of view

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Jun 18, 2014 1:55 am

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kittenface · **Posted:** Fri Jun 20, 2014 2:53 pm

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