Peregrine Falcons Lay 1st Egg Of Season At Oak Creek Power Plant

OAK CREEK, WI — Two peregrine falcons named Michael and Essity have laid their egg in the nesting box at the Oak Creek Power Plant, We Energies announced Tuesday in a news release.

It's the first falcon egg of 2022 nesting season at We Energies' four nesting boxes spread across power plants in Wisconsin, the company said. Peregrine parents Michael and Essity will take turns incubating their egg in the coming weeks, and if everything goes well, the first chicks are expected to be seen in just over a month.

The company began installing peregrine falcon boxes on power plants in the early 1990s, and through the course of the program, We Energies says 421 peregrine falcons have been hatched in them.

On Tuesday, a second egg at the Oak Creek Power Plant nesting box could be seen alongside the first of the season.

Essity and Michael have been nesting together for about three years now. More eggs are expected to be laid at all four nest boxes in the coming days.

The nesting boxes are installed at the Oak Creek Power Plant, the Valley Power Plant in Milwaukee, the Port Washington Generating Station, and the Weston Power Plant in Rothschild.

Live video streams of all four nesting boxes can be found at We Energies' website.