U.S. Bank Center (Milwaukee) - Peregrine Falcons

Peregrine Falcons

In July 1987, a hacking box was installed outside the 41st floor to allow Peregrine Falcons to nest as part of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Peregrine Falcon Recovery Plan. The plan was initiated in an effort to reintroduce Peregrines within Wisconsin as their entire population in the state were killed off due to the widespread use of DDT in agriculture following World War II. The location atop the building was chosen as it created an environment where the birds were less susceptible to disease and their natural predators. One year after the project was initiated, a pair of Peregrine chicks were hatched atop the tower. The hatchlings were the first born in the wild within Wisconsin since the 1960s. Since the launch of the program in 1987, 67 Falcons have fledged from the hacking box atop the tower.

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