The two peregrine falcons that spend part of the year in the nest box on Great River Energy’s Elk River campus have grown their family by four wings. Brooklyn and Breezy successfully hatched two eyasses (young falcons) during the first week of May.
Representatives from the Raptor Resource Project recently banded and examined the young falcons. The two female eyasses were deemed healthy. One falcon was named Isabella after a Great River Energy employee’s daughter and assigned band 67/AD. The other was assigned band 68/AD and named Abby after an employee.
The band numbers are recorded in the Midwest Peregrine Society database, used for tracking and future nesting information. The young falcons will remain in the nesting box, relying on the adults for food, until they begin to fledge in mid-June. Since 2006, 61 young falcons have fledged from the site. Abby and Isabella will bring that total to 63.
The falcon family can be observed via Great River Energy’s peregrine falcon cam.
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