Peregrine falcons
You can watch and listen to the falcons on the live nest box webcams at We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) facilities during the nesting season, which is typically February through July.
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Webcams
Oak Creek
Power Plant
Oak Creek, Wisconsin
Valley
Power Plant
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Port Washington
Generating Station
Port Washington, Wisconsin
Weston
Power Plant
Rothschild, Wisconsin
Background
We Energies and WPS have supported re-establishment of peregrine falcons in Wisconsin since the early 1990s. Since then, several hundred peregrine falcon chicks have been born, named and banded at our power plants and facilities in Wisconsin and Michigan. About 22% of peregrine falcons born in the wild in Wisconsin were hatched at We Energies and WPS facilities.
Peregrine falcons became endangered in the 1960s. Their decline was blamed on pesticides that weakened egg shells, leading to death before hatching. The falcons are drawn to tall structures along Lake Michigan or major rivers, which make many of the We Energies and WPS facilities ideal nesting sites.
Videos
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