MILWAUKEE – Egg-citing news: We Energies’ peregrine falcon nest boxes make for an exciting egg hunt.
Four peregrine falcon eggs were laid this week, bringing the total eggs laid so far this season to five. All of the We Energies nest box locations — have eggs, with more expected in the next few days.
The peregrine parents take turns incubating their eggs. We Energies provides additional information about this year’s nesting pairs. If all goes well, the first chicks should hatch in a little over a month.
Live streams for the nesting boxes allow viewers to keep tabs on the peregrine falcon families:
We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) began installing peregrine falcon nest boxes on power plants in the early ’90s. So far, 444 peregrine falcons have hatched at We Energies and WPS facilities — that’s 20% of all peregrine falcons born in Wisconsin.
