Our falcons are stretching their wings
Friday, May 10, 2013
Happy Falcon Friday!
Our young peregrine falcon chicks, which hatched just a few short weeks ago at our Mill Creek Station, are beginning to stretch their wings. Check out the video below and visit our falcon cam for a real-time look at the chicks' activity in our nesting box.
Our friends at the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources tell us that even after the young falcons take flight they'll continue to come back to the nesting box as a home base for a few months. Of course, as they get bigger, space inside the box is becoming more limited.
Imagine living in a one-room apartment with three other rowdy roommates...that's sort of like our nesting box at the moment.
Our employees and generating facilities across Kentucky have been helping increase the peregrine falcon population since the early 1990s. Raptors such as peregrine falcons are near and dear to our hearts, and it's an honor to now be able to share with our customers our love for these birds up-close.
Our young peregrine falcon chicks, which hatched just a few short weeks ago at our Mill Creek Station, are beginning to stretch their wings. Check out the video below and visit our falcon cam for a real-time look at the chicks' activity in our nesting box.
Our friends at the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources tell us that even after the young falcons take flight they'll continue to come back to the nesting box as a home base for a few months. Of course, as they get bigger, space inside the box is becoming more limited.
Imagine living in a one-room apartment with three other rowdy roommates...that's sort of like our nesting box at the moment.
Our employees and generating facilities across Kentucky have been helping increase the peregrine falcon population since the early 1990s. Raptors such as peregrine falcons are near and dear to our hearts, and it's an honor to now be able to share with our customers our love for these birds up-close.
