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Black Dog Falcon Cam features the falcon nest at Xcel Energy's Black Dog plant in Burnsville, MN. Local time, Central Standard (CST), is used for these images.
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It's too soon for peregrine falcon nesting, but we expect to see activity when the migrants begin to return this next month. The male falcon living at our Black Dog Plant is an exception, this bird has spent the entire winter at the site. Nora, who has traditionally nested at Black Dog, appears to have gone south for the season.
Peregrine falcons find power plant stacks very attractive nest sites for because:
Using Falcon Cam, you can watch these birds throughout the day as they go about raising their families, from mid-April through June.
Interested in corresponding with other Bird Cam viewers? Join the BirdCam Forum available through the Raptor Resource Project.