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The Peregrine Chick:
Xcel Energy's Black Dog Power Plant
Burnsville, Minnesota
(photos: plant by Peterson Aerial Photos; nestbox by Froona)
Black Dog is a coal- and gas-fired generating station, located on the Minnesota River at Burnsville just south of the Twin Cities. Black Dog takes its name from the Black Dog band of Sioux - or Dakotah - and their leader Chief Black Dog, who settled an area on the south bank of the Minnesota River around 1750. The settlement was the oldest Mdewakanton tribe in the area. All four original Black Dog units were built in the 1950s, and by 1960 Black Dog was the second largest base load plant in what was then the Northern States Power system, a predecessor to Xcel Energy. In 2002, with the addition of the new combined cycle unit, the plant regained its status as the second largest fossil fueled plant in Xcel Energy’s North region. Black Dog’s coal units generate power 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The natural gas combined cycle unit is designed to provide intermediate generation during higher load periods.
webcam link: http://birdcam.xcelenergy.com/falcon.html
Black Dog is located in the Minnesota River Valley, also home to variety of waterfowl and other wildlife. A good vantage point to view migrating waterfowl is along Black Dog Road between Interstate Highway 35W and Cedar Avenue. Xcel Energy owns about 1,500 acres around the Black Dog cooling ponds that it leases to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service so it can maintain a preserve. Black Dog Preserve includes rare plant families more than 4,000 years old, along with thousands of waterfowl and songbirds, hawks, squirrels, gophers, chipmunks, foxes, beaver, raccoons, deer and mink.
Resident Pairs & Offspring:
* coming soon
The Peregrine Chick:
Minnesota Power and Light
Cohasset, Minnesota
(photos: plant from Lakesnwoods.com
In 1991, in an effort to help preserve this endangered raptor, Minnesota Power installed a nesting platform on a stack at Boswell. In 1992, a lone male found refuge on the nest, and in 1993, a pair of peregrines raised two chicks, the first ever in Itasca County. Fifty-nine peregrines have hatched at Boswell since 1993 and 48 have been banded.
webcam link: http://www.mnpower.com/Environment/FalconCam
Resident Pairs & Offspring:
* 2013 - ? & ? --> 2 male & 2 female chicks
* 2012 - ? & ? --> 3 chicks, none banded
* 2011 - ? & ? --> 1 male & 3 female chicks
* 2010 - ? & ? --> Jokwyn (m), Ripper (m) & DebraO (f)
* 2009 - ? & ? --> 2 male & 1 female chicks
* 2008 - ? & ? --> no record
* 2007 - ? & ? --> 2 male chicks
* 2006 - ? & ? --> Centuria (m), Falcon (f), Franklin (f) & Spirit (f)
* 2005 - ? & ? --> 3 female chicks
* 2004 - ? & ? --> 4 female chicks
* 2003 - ? & ? --> 1 male & 1 female chicks
* 2002 - ? & ? --> 3 female chicks
* 2001 - ? & ? --> 4 female chicks, none banded
* 2000 - ? & ? --> 4 female chicks, none banded
* 1999 - ? & ? --> 2 male & 1 female chicks
* 1998 - ? & ? --> 2 male & 2 female chicks
* 1997 - ? & ? --> 2 male & 2 female chicks
* 1996 - ? & ? --> 1 male chick
* 1995 - ? & ? --> 3 female chicks
* 1994 - ? & ? --> 3 male chicks
* 1993 - ? & ? --> 1 male & 1 female chicks
* 1992 - ? & ? --> 1 adult male stayed all summer
* 1991 - ? & ? --> nesting box installed
The Peregrine Chick:
Brady Sullivan Tower (aka 1750 Elm)
Manchester, New Hampshire
(photos: building from Panoramio.com; location of nestbox from CMNH; interior nestbox from HMANA)
The Brady Sullivan Tower / 1750 Elm is Manchester's landmark commercial property in the Central Business District of New Hampshire's largest city. Located along the banks of the Merrimack River, the thirteen floor office tower and front building provide premium office space. 1750 Elm Street consists of two contiguous buildings. The original three-story building was constructed in the 1950s. The thirteen-story tower was added during 1969-1970. The building is 55 m (180 feet) high.
webcam link: http://www.spectraaccess.com/falcon2/camera1.html?buffer=2 (stand-alone link)
website link: http://www.nhaudubon.org/birding/peregrine-web-cam
The camera is a partnership between the New Hampshire Audubon, Brady Sullivan Properties and Spectra Access. The webcam live-streams for most of the year.
Resident Pairs & Offspring:
* coming soon
The Peregrine Chick:
Dunn Memorial Bridge
Albany, New York
(photos: brigde & nestbox/lift by Albany Times Union)
The Dunn Memorial Bridge, officially known as the Private Parker F. Dunn Memorial Bridge, carries US 9 and US 20 across the Hudson River between Albany, New York and Rensselaer, New York. Completed in 1967 to replace an earlier span bearing the same name, the highway bridge has a steel girder design. It is the southernmost toll-free road crossing of the Hudson. Parker F. Dunn, an Albany native who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his service in World War I.
webcam link: http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/33249.html
Resident Pairs & Offspring:
* coming soon
The Peregrine Chick:
Mackay Heating Plant, University of Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
(photos: building from Buffalo University; nestbox by UBuffalo Peregrine Place blog)
MacKay is the South Campus heating facility. Its tower is a campus landmark. The plant was renovated in 1973. A longtime industrial plant manager, Gerald F. MacKay (1906-1965) later joined the university staff. He was known as a man motivated to render service to the university's academic mission with great economic efficiency.
webcam link: www.buffalo.edu/falconcam.html
Resident Pairs & Offspring:
* coming soon
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