("Gig 601XL Builder" wrote)
Do they have a lot of birds of prey in the greater Chicago area?


Blah, blah, blah, ...Chicago.

Back to the Twin Cities:

"BirdCam began in 1998, when NSP (now Xcel Energy) became one of the first
companies to place images from a peregrine nest box online. The original
BirdCam allowed visitors to watch Mae, the first falcon to nest at a power
plant, care for and feed her young."

http://www.raptorresource.org/nests.htm
Power plant BirdCams:

"In 1990, Xcel's King plant became the first power plant in the United
States to provide a home for nesting falcons. Its success has led to similar
installations at power plants around the world. In 2004, female baby
Goldstar Zipster became the 300th falcon to hatch from a power plant."

http://www.raptorresource.org/new.htm
Fun raptor BirdCam site - many links

5/01/2007 (YIKES. I never considered this possibility!)
"In sad news, the Xcel Energy Sherco nest box was destroyed by lightning.
Adult W/A was found dead, and bits of shell were also found on the catwalk.
This is the first time anything like this has happened here that I remember.
The incident was reported to USFWS and we'll be replacing the nestbox later
this summer."


Montblack