Louis area each year.Īmeren Missouri’s Senior Vice President of Customer Operations Richard Mark added that Ameren and WBS have worked on wildlife conservation projects for more than 25 years. Our camera will provide a window into the nesting life of the world's fastest creature, and I personally will find it hard to get any desk work done as I watch my favorite of the world's bird species.”Ī WBS reintroduction program has placed more than 80 captive-hatched peregrines back into Missouri's wild, and WBS continues to band chicks produced by up to five pairs of wild peregrine falcon parents in the greater St. “There is always something to learn about any of our world's birds and animals. “What we will see at Ameren’s Sioux Energy Center nest box is the fruit of tens of thousands of hours of labor to make the peregrine falcon a common sight again,” Meshach said. Meshach added that the peregrine falcon has made an incredible comeback from the brink of extinction. The male falcon will bring food to the female and take his turns incubating the eggs so the female can feed and preen her feathers. The eggs are expected to hatch around April 12. She is expected to lay a total clutch of four to five eggs, with an additional egg laid every two to three days. MDC and WBS researchers have been observing the birds’ activities and are posting observations on the websites as updates warrant.Īccording to WBS Director Jeff Meshach, the female peregrine falcon laid her first egg on Monday, March 12. Peregrine falcons have been seen at Sioux Energy center since early 2011, with this year’s nesting activities first spotted in the beginning of February. “The project illustrates the power of partnerships between private and public sector organizations to help conserve native wildlife.”Īmeren staff installed the webcam at the nest site in early January. “This peregrine project will help Missourians discover nature right in the nest of these amazing raptors,” said MDC Director Bob Ziehmer. The camera is live for viewing from 7 a.m.

The nest can be viewed on MDC’s website at mdc.mo.gov/node/16934, on Ameren’s website at /FalconWatch and on the WBS website at. MDC and WBS staff are providing commentary on what’s happening. A camera near the birds’ nest box provides video feeds to each organization’s website.

Through a cooperative effort among the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), Ameren Missouri and the World Bird Sanctuary (WBS), the public can get a bird’s-eye view of peregrine falcons raising chicks in a nest box at Ameren’s Sioux Energy Center in St.

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