Our peregrines have returned!
Spring 2008: Our returning pair of peregrines has just recently laid four eggs! The expected hatch date is May 25 or 26.
In the spring of 2007, Great River Energy hosted two adult falcons and three eyases (baby falcons) in its peregrine falcon nesting box. The eyases hatched on Friday, May 18 and Saturday, May 19. The Raptor Resource Project was onsite to band the young falcons in early June.
In early 2006, Great River Energy installed a peregrine falcon nesting box on its Elk River Station power plant. The organization is a participating utility in the peregrine recovery effort.
Great River Energy’s Elk River Station is a perfect site for a nesting box because it is located in a peregrine falcon migratory flyway. The site, beside the Mississippi River, is also a draw because the birds prefer to nest in high locations near water. In recent history, power plants have had the best peregrine production rates in the Midwest.
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