Wisconsin Public Service has some new statistics about peregrine falcons thanks to new technology.
Three of the peregrine falcons born at WPS and We Energies power plants this spring have already traveled thousands of miles since they left the nest in June, giving researchers an unprecedented look at where the endangered birds go after they take flight.
The groundbreaking data comes from tiny location transmitters placed on the falcons when they were chicks.
The technology is providing a first-of-its-kind, detailed look at the movements of young peregrines.
Gino Falcone headed north from his birthplace in Port Washington, making stops in Door County, northern Wisconsin, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
He was most recently pinged in Norway, Michigan.
Brooke Flighton made her first trek from her birthplace in Oak Creek to Winnebago, Illinois, before heading north into Door County, over to Clare, Michigan, and up to Sault Ste. Marie before being pinged most recently in Port Elgin, Ontario.
Lance Talon departed his birthplace in Milwaukee and went south to Illinois with stops in Des Plaines, Joliet, and a day trip to Navy Pier in Chicago.
He has most recently been pinged at the McCook Quarry in McCook, Illinois, where he seems to have made himself a home.
Since then, 476 peregrine falcons have been named and banded at company facilities, representing 20% of all peregrine falcons hatched in the state.
