Peregrine falcon chicks from Menasha paper mill get banded with ID tags ahead of release

MENASHA (WLUK) — It won’t be long before a trio of peregrine falcon chicks that hatched in Menasha are released into the wild.

About two weeks ago, three chicks hatched at a Menasha paper mill in the continuation of an 11-year nesting tradition at the site. According to officials, the eyasses emerged after about 30 days of incubation inside a nesting box atop the Essity mill’s 100-foot boiler stack.

On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Peregrine Falcon Recovery Project banded the chicks with identification tags as part of its ongoing conservation work to monitor and protect peregrine falcons across the Midwest and Great Lakes regions…

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