2002 - Midwest Peregrine Falcon Restoration Project

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18 35. SP-Froedtert Malt, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Greg Septon reports that ten-year-old Leopold C/D, eight years at this site, paired with seven-year-old female Raynie A/*H, five years here. They produced four eggs by April 8, three hatched around May 11, and one female and two males fledged around June 22. 36. SP-WEPCO Oak Creek Power Plant, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Greg Septon reports that eight-year-old male Griffon 5/*D, here for the sixth year, paired again with six-year-old Atlanta L/*C, here for the fourth year. Four eggs were laid by April 11, according to Rose Dehli, all four hatched, and three females and a male fledged. 37. SP-WEPCO Valley Power Plant, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. This was the second year for this site. A nest box on a smokestack here attracted sixyear-old female Daisy *Y/3, her second year here although she had no regular mate in 2001. This year, she paired with three-year-old male Simba S/U, fledged in 1999 at WEPCO Oak Creek in Milwaukee. They produced four eggs by April 12, all hatched around May 15, and four young males fledged about June 25. [Hoan Bridge, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. This site, discovered in 1999 after the young had just fledged, has not been occupied since.] 38. SP-WEPCO Port Washington Power Plant, Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. Greg Septon reports that four-year-old male Flaps 8/*T paired here with three-year-old female Whitney 6/*E, both here for the third year. They produced four eggs by April 7, hatched three around May 9, and fledged three young, two males and a female, in mid-June. 39. SP-WPL Edgewater Generating Station, Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. The adult female here is six-year-old Liberty E/*D, her fourth year at this site, paired with an unidentified b/r banded male (B/?). Four eggs were laid from April 8 to 14. Three hatched around May 16, and two female young fledged around June 27, according to Greg Septon. 40. SP-Busch Agricultural Resources Complex, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Greg Septon reports that three-year-old female *G/*9, here for the second year, paired with an unbanded male. They produced four eggs by April 16, hatched all four around May 19, and fledged three females and one male at the end of June. 41. SP-WPS Pulliam Power Plant, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin. Greg Septon and Alan Trick report that an unidentified pair of banded adults produced four eggs March 22 to 28, hatched all four April 28 to 30, and fledged four young, three females and a male, around June 8. 42. SP-WEPCO Pleasant Prairie Power Plant, Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha County, Wisconsin. Greg Septon and Bob Reske report that four-year-old Breezer *R/*2, her fourth year at this site, paired with an unidentifed adult male. They produced five eggs by April 10 but fledged only one young, a male, near June 23. Breezer *R/*2 laid two eggs her first year, four the second year, and five in 2001 and 2002. 43. SP-Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant, Kewaunee, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. Greg Septon, Craig Long, and Kim Deda report that four eggs were laid in the nest box on the containment dome. The adult female, new to the site, is two-year-old
19 Sheila 6/*H, fledged at NIPSCO Power Plant, Michigan City, Indiana, in 2000. The male was not identified. Four eggs were laid by April 20, all hatched around May 21, and three males and a female fledged around July 2. The young female was killed on July 7 in a building collision. 44. SP-Racine County Courthouse, Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin. New Site. Greg Septon and Wayne Johnson report that ten years of waiting finally paid off this year when a pair of peregrines nested in the box on the courthouse. The female is one-year-old Lily 56/A, fledged last year at Firstar Bank, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Her banded mate was not identified. Two eggs were laid, April 19 and 21. One young female hatched by May 24 and fledged close to July 5. 45. SP-Dairyland Power Cooperative, Alma, Buffalo County, Wisconsin. John Thiel reports that three-year-old Miranda W/C, fledged in 1999 at NSP Monticello, Minnesota, first year at this site, paired with seven-year-old male Nelson 4/*G, who nested here 1997, 1998, and 1999, then nested two years at Maassen Bluff, four miles upstream. They produced four eggs and hatched all four. On June 25, male Nelson 4/*G was found dead on the shoulder of a nearby highway. On June 26, female Miranda W/C was found injured near the nest site and sent to rehabilitation. Bob Anderson says that both adults had puncture wounds, indicating a fight with another raptor. The four young were moved by Anderson to a hack site at Palo, Iowa (near Cedar Rapids), where they all fledged. On July 15, Mike Obst identified male Zak 78/H in the Alma nest box. This bird was hatched at Landmark on the Lake, Milwaukee, in 2001 and moved to Dairyland Genoa Plant, Genoa, Wisconsin, before fledging. Anderson reports that Zak 78/H was in full adult plumage and still in possession of the Alma nest box on July 22, 2002. His mother is the aggressive Alice U/K, who may have produced a male capable when only one year old of killing an adult male and injuring an adult female that were rearing chicks, although direct proof is lacking. 46. SP-Dairyland Genoa Power Plant, Genoa, Vernon County, Wisconsin. Bob Anderson and John Thiel report that six-year-old female Scooter U/W paired with male Rich 02/H, hacked in 2000 at Dubuque, Iowa. Four eggs were laid and three young fledged, two males and a female. 47. SP-Nelson Dewey Power Plant, Cassville, Grant County, Wisconsin. Bob Anderson, Brett Mandernack, and Dave Kester report that an unidentified female paired with three-year-old male G/V, hacked in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1999. They produced four eggs and fledged four young, three females and a male. 48. SP-Maiden Rock, Buffalo County, Wisconsin. Peregrines nested successfully here in 2001 for the first time in the post-DDT period. This year, three year old male Gunnar D/E paired again with three-year-old female *E/*W, both here for the second time. On June 18, Jack Oar and Dan Berger climbed to the nest and found three small chicks and a hatching egg. All four young, three females and one male, were banded by Bob Anderson on a second visit on July 9. One young female was found by Scott Mehus on July 27, flattened on the road below the cliff, only ten feet from a flattened Great Horned Owl.
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