WI / Milwaukee - Valley Power - 2009-16

[The Peregrine Chick]

Fall out?    Peregrines do not "fall" out of their nests or evolution would have eaten them by now! So what about Taku you ask (2007 chick that died), Taku didn't "fall" from the nestbox on the Radisson, the necrosis of her brain finally was affecting her muscular control (she couldn't hold her head up) and her balance centre and it is believed would have died that day had she not pitched herself over the edge of the nestbox.  Falling is an accident, pitching oneself over the edge due to a terminal cerebral accident, is not falling.

As for the front section of this nestbox, a horse would have difficulty getting over that to accidentally "fall"     And I like the design too Carly!

[carly]

I really like this nestbox.  I like that it's deep enough so the eyases wouldn't fall out or accidently knock each other off and they'd be hidden from predators.

[Alison]

One adult at the nest today:

 

[Alison]

2010 NESTING SEASON

One visit from an adult today:

[Alison]

Amazing how many birds are hanging around at their nestboxes these days ... not sure I remember so many "overwintering" birds last year or the year before.

I have always seen a number of birds staying around all winter, and spending quite a bit of time at their nest boxes. If more of the webcams remained active during the winter, I think we would see more falcons visiting their nests.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Amazing how many birds are hanging around at their nestboxes these days ... not sure I remember so many "overwintering" birds last year or the year before.

Bet s/he is regretting it if Milwaukee is getting hammered by the storm raging through the eastern USA this week!  

[Alison]

Meditating ... surveying their territory ....

 

[Alison]

2009 NESTING SEASON

One on the ledge early this morning, looking half asleep:

 

This year Jean and Swede laid 5 eggs but only 2 hatched in late May.  There was one male (Butch) and one female (Lily).