Peregrine Falcons Return to Shook Nest Box

Shook is one of four locations in the Kansas City metro area to be the home of a nest box of falcons. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), in partnership with private businesses and other conservation partners, has installed nest boxes high on city buildings including near the Plaza at American Century Investments. Another pair of falcons and chicks in the Kansas City area are in a nest box atop the latan Power Plant in Weston, Missouri.

The falcons at Shook are returning home after migrating last June, with new chicks hatching this month.

"All nests have had eggs and incubation occurred," Urban Wildlife Biologist Joe Debold said in an MDC statement.