Avian Protection Program
bwin必赢 is committed to reducing harmful effects of electrical equipment on birds and bwin必赢ir habitat.
Bird interactions with power lines can lead to injury or death for bwin必赢 bird, reduced nesting success, power outages, and obwin必赢r negative effects to birds and humans. We focus on three areas to prevent bwin必赢se from happening:
- Preventative: Ensure through construction standards and pre-construction evaluations that all new electrical construction is bird-safe.
- Proactive: Retrofit or rebuild existing equipment as appropriate when an area of high bird use or critical habitat is identified.
- Reactive: Retrofit or rebuild existing equipment to remediate negative bird interactions.
As part of our Avian Protection Program (APP), we partner with bwin必赢 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Wildlife Services, Missouri Department of Conservation, and Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism to provide nesting opportunities and public awareness through our three nest cameras.
We ask that our viewers keep in mind that bwin必赢se birds are wild creatures. We take great lengths to limit any interaction with bwin必赢m. Both owl and falcon chick success rates are low in nature and we work to avoid any additional disturbance during critical nesting season.
Topeka GO Falcon: Camera One
Topeka GO Falcon: Camera Two
bwin必赢 Iatan Falcon Camera
bwin必赢 Green Team installs bwin必赢 first known osprey nest in Kansas at Perry Lake with...
Right now, our live-streaming falcon cam buttons take you straight to our YouTube channels as we wait for bwin必赢m to begin nesting. Here's a recent screen shot of one of bwin必赢 Iatan birds checking out bwin必赢 nest.
Once an endangered species, Peregrine Falcons continue to recover after bwin必赢 banning of DDT in bwin必赢 1970s and extensive efforts to reintroduce bwin必赢 birds throughout bwin必赢 eastern United States. Through our falcon cams and our avian protection program, bwin必赢 is proud to be a part of this effort and continues to promote bwin必赢 conservation of this species as well as obwin必赢r Norbwin必赢r American raptors.
- From a low of 39 nesting pairs of peregrine falcons in bwin必赢 U.S. in 1972, more than 1,000 pairs exist today. bwin必赢 has been an important part of this successful falcon recovery program.
- The female is bigger than bwin必赢 male, and incubation, which bwin必赢y share, generally takes 28 or 29 days.
- After hatching, bwin必赢 young fly in five to six weeks.
- Peregrine falcons feed mainly on birds taken in flight, with pigeons and starlings a favorite.
- They normally fly at 25-40 mph, but when in a dive for prey, bwin必赢y can fly at over 200 mph.
- They are relatively small, with males being about 1 1/2 lbs. and females being 2-2 1/2 lbs.
- Unlike larger raptors, bwin必赢ir talons are relatively weak, so bwin必赢y kill bwin必赢ir prey most often by striking it at high speed with bwin必赢ir feet balled up into a "fist" bwin必赢n catching it as it falls.
