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The Peregrine Chick:
Joseph Smith Memorial Building
Salt Lake City, Utah
(photos: building from J Stephen Conn/Flickr; nestbox from the Salt Lake City Peregrines facebook page)
Originally the Hotel Utah, the Joseph Smith Memorial Building was later named in honor of Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. It is located on the corner of Main Street and South Temple in Salt Lake City. The corner of Main Street and South Temple has long been important in Utah history. Prior to construction of the Hotel Utah in 1909-11, the general tithing office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a bishop's storehouse, and the Deseret News printing plant all were located on the site. Work on the Second Renaissance Revival style hotel, designed by the Los Angeles architectural firm of Parkinson and Bergstrom, began in June 1909. Two years later, on June 9, 1911, the Hotel Utah opened for business. While the LDS Church was the primary stockholder, many Mormon and non-Mormon community and business leaders also purchased stock in the effort to provide the city with a first-class hotel. "The largest and finest bar in the West [was built] in the basement of the Hotel" to pay off a $2M construction loan. The financing was secured by Presiding Bishop Charles W. Nibley, from New York financier Charles Baruch. But the scheme obviously required the sales of hard liquor. The ten-story building has a concrete and steel structure and is covered with white glazed terra cotta and brick. Various additions and remodelings have occurred throughout the years, including a substantial expansion to the north and modifications to the roof-top dining facilities. On January 3, 1978, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Hotel Utah. The building ceased operations as a hotel in August 1987. A major remodeling and adaptive reuse project to accommodate both community and church functions was completed in 1993. Church leader Gordon B. Hinckley chose the name when he observed that there were many monuments to pioneer leader and Utah founder Brigham Young, but none to Joseph Smith. 2011 marked the celebration of 100 years since initial construction was completed on the Hotel Utah. The peregrines nest on the roof.
webcam link: http://wildlife.utah.gov/peregrine/ - live streaming video and two cameras
facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SLCPeregrines
Resident Pairs & Offspring:
* coming soon
The Peregrine Chick:
Dairyland Power Cooperative Plant
Genoa, Wisconsin
Genoa Station #3 (G-3), located on the bank of the Mississippi River about 20 miles south of Dairyland Power Cooperative's La Crosse, Wis., headquarters, was completed in 1969 at a cost of $56 million. G-3 was named simply because it was the third generating facility to be built in Genoa, Wis. (Genoa #1, now dismantled, and the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor, shut down in 1987 for economic reasons, were built earlier.) This super efficient, single unit station has a generating capacity of 379 megawatts of electricity.
webcam & website link: http://www.dairynet.com/environment/bird_cam_2014.php
This site is one of 17 Dairyland Cooperative sites that have/have had peregrines nesting on them.
The Peregrine Chick:
Dairyland Cooperative / 12 Mile Bluff
Alma, Wisconsin
This pair alternates between the nestbox at the Dairyland Power Cooperative Plant in Alma and a cliff-ledge on 12 Mile Bluff a short distance away from the Plant.
(photo: plant from Wikipedia & banding chick at 12 Mile Bluff from Dairyland Cooperative)
The Alma Station, located on the bank of the Mississippi River in Alma, Wis., first came online in 1947. The first three units of the Alma Station ceased operations on Dec. 31, 2011. In October 2013, Dairyland announced plans to indefinitely suspend operations at Alma Station units 4 and 5 by early 2015.
more about the Alma site = http://www.dairynet.com/energy_resources/alma.pdf
webcam & website link: http://www.dairynet.com/environment/bird_cam_2014.php
This pair is notorious for not managing to evade identification despite the presence of a webcam. Both are banded however so there is always hope.e a matter of time. 12 Mile Bluff is fortunately close enough that the camera at the nestbox can be positioned to see the birds nesting on the cliff ledge.
The Peregrine Chick:
Red Wing Grain Facility
Red Wing, Minnesota
(photos: elevator by J Stephen Conn/Flickr (cc); nesbox from Red Wing cam)
Red Wing Grain Elevator Dock is a United States port facility located in Red Wing, Minnesota. It went into service on January 1st, 1990. It serves the Mississippi River, Minneapolis, MN to Mouth of Missouri River waterway and specializes in the shipment of grain; and fleeting barges. It has a berthing distance of 800 meters meters, which is 128.6% longer than the average for all Port Facilities, Wharfs and Docks. (source: FindTheBest.com website)
webcam link: www.rwgllc.qwestoffice.net/webcam.html
website link: http://www.agpartners.net
Resident Pairs & Offspring:
* coming soon
The Peregrine Chick:
Rhodes State Office Tower
Columbus, Ohio
(photos: building from Wikipedia; nest ledge from Ohio DNR blog)
The James A. Rhodes State Office Tower is a 41-story, 191.72 m (629.0 ft) skyscraper at 30 East Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio. The Rhodes Tower was completed and occupied in 1974, and is currently the tallest building in Columbus and the fifth tallest in Ohio after Key Tower, Terminal Tower and 200 Public Square in Cleveland and Great American Tower at Queen City Square in Cincinnati. Construction costs totaled approximately $66 million. It is named after Ohio's longest serving governor, James A. Rhodes. The building's odd shape is attributed to a last-minute decision to cap its height; originally, the building was supposed to be nearly 150 ft (46 m) taller.
webcam link: Main Cam Page
Donna Schwab's Blog: Ohio Dept of Wildlife's Columbus Peregrine Falcon Update
(funny little note about the blog - it is on a Canadian (dot ca) domain!)
Resident Pairs & Offspring:
* coming soon
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