5 falcon chicks hatch at We Energies plants, just in time for Mother's Day

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OAK CREEK, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Some new falcon chicks have hatched, just in time for Mother's Day. 

We Energies says five peregrine falcons have broken out of their shells so far this nesting season, with nine eggs to go. 

One of the moms, Essity, is celebrating her sixth Mother's Day in Oak Creek, watching over four chicks. 

We Energies says an unbanded female falcon is celebrating her 12th season at the Valley Power Plant in Milwaukee with one chick, and two more moms-to-be are still awaiting the arrival of their chicks in Port Washington and Weston. 

The babies will start to receive their names later this month. 

Watch the falcons on live nest box webcams, here.                         

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