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The Peregrine Chick:
Bremer Tower / North Central Life
St Paul, Minnesota
(click on photo to see larger version)
Bremer Bank is the name of the banks owned by the Bremer Financial Corporation, a bank holding company founded by Otto Bremer in 1943. They operate bank branches in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota, with a financial capitalization of about $8 billion. With headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota, the company is completely owned by employees and the Otto Bremer Foundation. (check out this link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremer_Bank - for more information on Otto Bremer, very cool banker, nice if we had more of his kind these days!!)
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' Nongame Wildlife Program is broadcasting a Web streaming video of peregrine falcons nesting on the top of the Bremer Bank Building in downtown St. Paul. With the help of the Town Square merchants as well as the Midwest Peregrine Society, The Nongame Program is able to provide this unique opportunity to watch peregrines raise their young in an urban setting.
webcam & website link: http://webcams.dnr.state.mn.us/falcon/
In 1987, a nesting box was placed on the east side of the building and was first used by a pair of falcons in 1988. Several pairs of falcons have chosen this site as their home, producing 65 chicks through 2012. Meg was the resident female for Last year was the 9th year that the pair "Jill" and "Sota" had occupied the box. Sota hatched in 1994 and had been nesting since 1998. Despite missing two toes on each foot (probably due to frostbite), and being 17 years old, Sota had been able to provide enough food for himself, all of his offspring and his mate during incubation and early brooding of chicks. Unfortunately, Sota didn't return in 2013.
Resident Pairs & Offspring
* 2013 - new male & Jill --> eggs did not hatch
* 2012 - Sota & Jill --> Rugby (m), Onyx (f) & Soren (f)
* 2011 - Sota & Jill --> Storm (f), Lily (f) & Isabella (f) * storm was banded as a male
* 2010 - Sota & Jill --> Oliver (m), Perry (m), Loki (f) & Pepin (f)
* 2009 - Sota & Jill --> Tory (m), HB (m), Ruby (f) & Raspberry (f)
* 2008 - Sota & Jill --> Emily (f) & Anela (f)
* 2007 - Sota & Jill --> Apollo (m), Falconetti (m) & Hope (f)
* 2006 - Sota & Jill - chose another nestsite
* 2005 - Sota & Jill --> 1 hatched but died at 7 days old
* 2004 - Sota & Jill --> Rooftop (m)
* 2003 - Sota & Meg --> 1 egg, did not hatch
* 2002 - Sota & Meg --> 3 eggs but none hatched
* 2001 - Sota & Meg --> Sentinel (m), Carter (m) & Dakotah
* 2000 - Sota & Meg --> Malik (m), Mille (m) & Gem (f)
* 1999 - Sota & Meg --> Whitukay (m), Obi (m) & Jesse the Bird
* 1998 - Sota & Meg --> Kramer (m), Swoop (f) & El Nino (f)
* 1997 - Spanky & Meg --> Cornell (m), Formerly-Known-As (m), Zoom (f) & Sierra (f)
* 1996 - Spanky & Meg --> Otto (m), Talon (m) & Tilly (f)
* 1995 - Spanky & Meg --> Thunder (m), Lightning (f), Ellie (f) & Malachai (f)
* 1994 - Spanky & Meg --> Winky (m) & Tweety (f)
* 1993 - Spanky & Meg --> Lindee (m), Ole (m) & Carla (f)
* 1992 - Spanky & Meg --> Ramsey (m), Fitzgerald (m) & St Pauli Boy (m)
* 1991 - Beaner & Meg --> 3 males
* 1990 - Maverick & Meg --> 2 males & 1 female
* 1989 - Radar & Meg --> Kato (m) & 3 females
* 1988 - Cohan & Meg --> 1 male & 3 females
* 1987 - Meg alone --> no nest
The Peregrine Chick:
IPL Harding Street Station
Indianapolis, Indiana
(photos: plant by Power Engineering Magazine website)
Harding Street Station (also known as E.W. Stout Generating Station) is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by AES in Indianapolis, Indiana.
webcam link: http://apps.iplpower.com/axis/falcon.aspx
IndyFalcons website link: http://www.indyfalcons.com/
Resident Pairs & Offspring:
* coming soon
The Peregrine Chick:
55 Water Street
New York City, New York
(photos: building from Wikipedia; nestbox by Bucky Turko/AnimalNewYork.com)
55 Water Street is a 687-foot (209 m) tall skyscraper in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City, on the East River. It was completed in 1972 and has 53 floors. Emery Roth & Sons designed the building, which is tied with 277 Park Avenue as the 40th tallest building in New York City. When it was completed it was the largest office building in the world, and is still the largest in New York by floor area. In an arrangement with the Office of Lower Manhattan Development, it was built on a superblock created from four adjoining city blocks, suppressing the western part of Front Street. This nest site is located on the 14th floor
webcam link: http://www.55water.com/falcons/
Resident Pairs & Offspring:
* coming soon
The Peregrine Chick:
Lansing Board of Water & Light Eckert Power Plant
Lansing, Michigan
(photos: plant from MLive.com; nestbox from LBWL.com)
LBWL's largest power plant is the Otto E. Eckert Station, and was named after the utility's general manager from 1927 to 1966. The coal-fired generating station is located in downtown Lansing on the Grand River, adjacent to General Motors' Grand River Assembly Plant and the now-demolished Lansing Car Assembly Plant. Begun in 1922 and completed the following year, the power station has undergone numerous expansions and additions since, with the addition of the three chimneys in 1981. The station has a generating capacity of 351 megawatts, produced by burning coal from Wyoming's Powder River Basin. This plant has three 615-foot (187 m) smokestacks, the tallest self-supporting structures in south central Michigan. These stacks are visible from fifteen miles (24 km) on a clear day. The stacks are known locally by the names of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, after the fishermen in a poem of the same name by Eugene Field. It was announced in May 2008 that the plant is scheduled for a phased decommissioning that is scheduled to begin in 2017 and end in 2025.
webcam & website link: http://www.lbwl.com/uploadedImages/MainSite/Content/Community_Impact/Community_Sponsorships/FalconJune13(1).jpg
Resident Pairs & Offspring
* coming soon
The Peregrine Chick:
Xcel Energy's Sherco Power Plant
Becker, Minnesota
(photos: plant from American Public Media; nestbox from the Science Buzz website)
The Sherco Plant is located in Becker on the Mississippi River, 45 miles northwest of the Twin Cities. Sheer size sets the Sherburne County Generating Plant (Sherco) apart from the company’s other generating facilities. Sherco is the largest in terms of square feet, steam production, power generation capability and coal consumption. The Sherco nest box was installed in 1991. It is definitely a room with a view at 450 feet above ground on the Unit 3 stack - this stack stands 650 feet high - as tall as several downtown Minneapolis office towers. Fifty-five peregrines have been banded from the Sherco nest box.
webcam link: http://birdcam.xcelenergy.com/falcon.html
Sherco Plant website: http://www.xcelenergy.com/Sherco
Resident Pairs & Offspring:
* 2013 - ? & ? --> Jet (m), Flame (m), Rocky (m) & Oreo (f)
* 2012 - ? & 30B --> Justin (m) & Avery (f)
* 2011 - ? & 30B --> Ray (m), Ginger (f) & Ruby Begonia (f)
* 2010 - ? & 30B --> DJ (m), Blaster (m), Snowy (f) & Dash (f)
* 2009 - ? & 30B --> Breaker (m), Wander (m) & Sherfire (f)
* 2008 - ? & 30B --> Itasca (m), Joule (f), Kallie (f) & Grace (f)
* 2007 - no record of birds or nesting
* 2006 - ? & Seminoe --> Lecx (m), Freedom (m), Abbigail (f) & Isabelle (f)
* 2005 - ? & Seminoe --> Hotshot (m), Jasmine (f) & Angel (f)
* 2004 - ? & Seminoe --> Slugger (m), Magic (m) & Miracle (f)
* 2003 - Marshall & Seminoe --> Ben (m), Ryu (m) & Crystal (f)
* 2002 - Marshall & Seminoe (female too young)
* 2001 - Marshall & Nicole --> Polly (f) & Penny (f)
* 2000 - no record of birds or nesting
* 1999 - DC & 36R --> Nero (m), Screech (m) & Diana (f)
* 1998 - ? & 36R --> Lightning (m), Vector (f) & Bern (f)
* 1997 - ? & 36R --> Razor (f) & Bomber (f)
* 1996 - ? & 36R --> not named = 2 females
* 1995 - 79Z & 36R --> Nelson (m) + 2 unnamed males
* 1994 - 79Z & 36R --> not named = 2 males, 1 female
* 1993 - 94T & 36R --> not named = 3 males, 1 female
* 1992 - hack-release --> not named = 1 male & 1 female
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