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Just saw a nest duty exchange...Dad off, mom on.... (squeak, squeak). Still 5 beautiful eggs....

Presque

Oak Creek



The egg the chick was leaning on was pipped

Valley~still not a clear look, but definitely at least 2

Oak Creek~

Peregrine falcons to find a new home
PLEASANT PRAIRIE — The peregrine falcon program is taking flight to a new location.

After more than 20 years at the We Energies Pleasant Prairie Power Plant, 8000 95th St., it is winging a mile away to towering grain elevators of Ardent Mills flour plant, 6509 77th Ave., this fall.

Pat Hicks, Ardent’s plant manager, Monday said he is building a falcon nest box and looks forward to providing a new site for the peregrine falcons that are listed on Wisconsin’s endangered list.

The nesting site will reside atop a 100-foot silo.

The new nest will be ready when the falcons return to the area to nest. After it is in place, the power plant nest will be blocked off, forcing the falcons to find their new home.

The power plant has been shuttered; no plans have been announced for the facility.

Hicks got his first look at four, 3-week-old falcon chicks — two males and two females — Monday when the chicks were banded.


Chirping and flapping their wings as they were taken out of a carrier cage, each was given a name — Windsor, Rimfire, Lisa and CJ. Each was fitted with with two bands for further identification.

After the banding, the young falcons posed for pictures before being returned to their nesting place atop the power plant stack.

The plant has played an important role in the state’s peregrine falcon recovery effort. It became one of the first nest box sites in the state in 1991. In the following year, 15 captive-produced peregrines were released there.

Since the program started, 66 falcons have been born at the site, according to We Energies spokeswoman Cathy Schulze. More than 230 peregrines have hatched out of nest boxes at We Energies facilities — about 20 percent of Wisconsin’s total.

Thanks KF!!

Just doing a chick check today...

Port Washington



Valley





Oak Creek



Pleasant Prairie....I do not know what is going on here. 2 very upset parents and only 1 chick in cam view for the past 1 1/2 hours..

This parent wanted to do a feed, but this chick was not interested and nobody else came. Hopefully the other 3 will make an appearance soon.

Valley was banded today
Four falcon chicks banded at WE Energies Milwaukee facility
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) – Four falcon chicks were banded Thursday at WE Energies Valley Power Plant.

The peregrine falcons were banded in front of a group of students from St. Marcus School in Milwaukee.

“They are so cute,” 4th grade student Jazale Hill said.

WE Energies has a nest box on top of the Valley Power Plant where the chicks live. By banding the animals, experts are able to learn more about the species.

“We can track where they go and how well this population continues to grow,” WE Energies spokesperson Cathy Schulze said. “There are very few of these living on cliffs in the wild like they used to.”

The two female and male falcons were named by the students as Peaches, Chris, Shyrea and Marley. The four chicks are expected to start flying soon.