Bird Cams Around the World

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WE MULTI SITE CAM LINK

Milwaukee Regional Medical Center (MRMC) Manual Refresh:

Each day photos are recorded hourly & posted at above website for nests at the WE Energies Power Plants. Oak Creek and Pleasant Prairie also have streaming video that can be accessed through this link.

Oak Creek Power Plant at Oak Creek WI
FEMALE: ~Eclipse (b/r) 67/H Since 2015 & between 2011-2013. 2009 hatch Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus OH. She may have been here in 2014, but another bird identified.
~(b/r) 66/X, only 2014. Hatched 2012 at East Chicago Mittal Steel Indiana Harbor West nest, Lake County. Eclipse (b/r) 67/H [since 2011] a 2009 falcon produced at the Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus OH[/i]
MALE: Scott (b/g) M/Y, Since 2006 (2015~here for 10th year) ~ 2000 Hatch from Malteurop complex (formerly Froedtert Malt complex) in West Milwaukee.
2014 - Matt (b/r) 38/N identified at this site. Hatched 2012 at Midwest Generation site, Waukegan, IL. His mother is Fran (b/g) 5/*X, who Greg banded as a nestling under the Hoan Bridge in Milwaukee in 1999. His father is Greg (b/g) 92/N, also banded by Greg as a nestling at the Racine County Courthouse in 2005

Pleasant Prairie at Pleasant Prairie WI:
FEMALE: Unbanded female since Feb2016
~Previous Olivia since 2015. 2010 hatch Chase Bank in Allen County Ohio. Previously nested at Kenosha Medical Center from 2011-2014
Previous ~ Thilmany [b/g 44/N] since 2009 hatched 2007 at the Thilmany Mill, Kaukauna WI
MALE: PBR - (b/r) 07/B) since 2012 Hatched at Milwaukee’s Miller Brewery nest site in 2009

Presque Isle at Marquette Michigan
As of March 23, 2016 Greg has not observed any falcons at Presque Isle. Working on cam.
FEMALE: Maya Angelou (b/g) *P/*S, since 2011, hatched 2008 at Grand Haven L and P, Sims Plant, Grand Haven MI
MALE: Unbanded – likely the same male present since 2011.

Port Washington at Port Washington WI
FEMALE: 91/P [b/r] Since Feb 2016. Produced in 2014 at the Consumers Energy B.C. Cobb Power Plant in Muskegon, Michigan.
Previous: Brinn (b/r) 84/X, since 2014 , hatched 2012 on Gold Hoist cliff at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park on the north shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota, about 315 miles away.
Indy Froona (b/g) *V/*Y, 2011-2013, hatched 2009 at Indianapolis Market Tower
MALE: Ives (b/g) 78/N, since 2007 hatched 2004 at the Edgewater Generating Station site in Sheboygan WI

Valley in Downtown Milwaukee WI
FEMALE: Unbanded – since 2015
Maya (b/g) M/12, since 2009, hatched 2006 at the WPS Weston Power Plant in Rothschild, Wis. Maya nested at Milwaukee’s US Bank site in 2007 and 2008
MALE: Hercules (b/r) 60/R, since 2014. Hatched 2011 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Milwaukee
Previous: Swede (b/g) P/Z, 2006 - 2013, Hatched 1999 WPS Green Bay WI Pulliam. Found dead of head trauma in winter 2014.

Milwaukee County Power Plant at Wauwatosa WI 2016 ~ MCPP has been sold to Milwaukee Regional Medical Center (MRMC). Per Greg Septon: "I do have cam access and monitor things but at this point there is no public access. I’m hoping this will change as things move forward. Every time there is a management change or property sale the wheel needs to be reinvented with respect to all new personnel, policies, IT arrangements, security, etc., etc. This is one of the most difficult and often times frustrating aspects of managing urban nesting peregrines but it’s the world we live in."
FEMALE: (b/r) 33/U, Since 2015. Hatched 2012 at Eastlake Power Plant in Eastlake, Ohio, Returned to the MCPP site after spending time between there and the UW-Milwaukee EMS (UWM) site over the winter. 33/U, who nested at MCPP last year, was likely driven back to MCPP after the unbanded female at UWM returned from migration and drove her away.
Previous: MadameX (b/r) 47/X, since 2013, hatched 2010 at the US Bank site in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. on 2/27/14 MadameX was found shot and she is unreleasable.
MALE: Asa (b/r) 17/M, Hatched 2013 Milwaukee UWM.
Previous 2013-2014 - Polyo (b/g) E/65, since 2013, hatched 2008 at We Energies Port Washington WI. Polyo nested at the nearby Mayfair Mall site in 2010 and 2011.
From Greg's report regarding 2015 males at MCPP ~
"On March 12, female (b/r) 33/U, produced in 2012 at the Eastlake Power Plant nest site in Eastlake, Ohio, returned to the MCPP site after spending time between there and the UW-Milwaukee EMS (UWM) site over the winter. 33/U, who nested at MCPP last year, was likely driven back to MCPP after the unbanded female at UWM returned from migration and drove her away.

On March 20, Herbert (b/g) 80/N, who was produced at our Valley Power Plant in 2004, turned up at the MCPP site and began courting (b/r) 33/U.

During the week of April 1, Herbert defended the MCPP site against another adult male identified as Asa (b/r) 17/M, who was produced in 2013 at Milwaukee’s UWM site. Herbert courted 33/U and defended the MCPP site for over two weeks. But by April 4, it began to look as if Asa had taken control of the MCPP site and Herbert had moved on.

Herbert nested at Milwaukee's Miller Brewery nest site between 2006-2010 and at Milwaukee’s St. Joe's Hospital nest site from 2011-2014. Over the past month, Herbert was identified at the Miller Brewery, MCPP and St. Joe's nest sites, so he’s been making the rounds.

Herbert may now be back at St. Joe’s with his mate DJ (b/r) 54/E, who was produced in 2010 at the Edgewater Generating Station nest site in Sheboygan and currently is incubating four eggs.

As noted in the March 5 blog entry, male Suzuki (b/g) E/06, produced in 2006 at our Pleasant Prairie Power Plant nest site, was identified at the MCPP site on Feb. 8, and he subsequently spent a few weeks there courting 33/U."

I believe I saw Eclipse perched at 8:00 this morning, at her Oak Creek nestbox !

Mrs Pleasant Prarie was home, as usual, but a nice surprise was a visitor at the Port Washington box at 10:00 and 11:00!

Thankyou, Kittenface !!!

So far today there are several views of Eclipse at Oak Creek and a new surprise visitor- (hopefully) the resident female at Valley!

Well, yay- one quick view of Eclipse, a bunch of Pleasant Prairie, and Another look at theValley girl!

Views of the WE falcons was pretty slim today- Pleasant Prairie, as usual, and a couple nice shots of Valley Girl at 10:00 and 11:00.

Hi Kittenface, today's catches included a growing snowdrift at the Presque nestbox, the female at Pleasant Prairie appearing in almost every catch, and Valley girl again making several appearances.... No one seemed to be home at Oak Creek and Port Washington...

After my big post that I would get the pictures, wouldn't you know it. I fell asleep

Ha ha, birthday girl- too much birthday celebration? Wait until you're my age, and get your Medicare card from the government...........(sigh)

Once again its "The Pleasant Prairie and Valley Girl Show" at WE today. All appearances were in the morning - starting with Valley Girl at 6:00

Great job, Kittenface! What a surprise to see Presque Isle there!!