First egg of the 2024 nesting season laid at Valley Power Plant in Milwaukee (Courtesy: We Energies)
MILWAUKEE - We Energies announced the first peregrine falcon egg of the 2024 nesting season has been laid.
Rolo and an unbanded female are watching over the egg at Milwaukee's Valley Power Plant. We Energies said it is the pair's second year nesting together.
Activity at each nesting box is expected to pick up, We Energies said. If all goes well, fluffy falcon chicks should arrive later this spring.
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Cameras will livestream the endangered species’ nest boxes at four We Energies/WPS facilities this year:
- Oak Creek Power Plant
- Port Washington Generating Station
- Valley Power Plant in Milwaukee
- Weston Power Plant in Rothschild
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Peregrine falcon program
We Energies and WPS began installing peregrine falcon nest boxes on power plants in the early 1990s. So far, a news release said 444 peregrine falcons have hatched at We Energies and WPS facilities – that’s 20% of all peregrine falcons born in Wisconsin.
Also coming up this season, the public can help We Energies name this year’s chicks in a naming contest. Details on that contest, and updates on each nest box, will be announced later this season.