Solar farm near Nekoosa now equipped with essential bird boxes [Video]

TOWN OF SARATOGA, Wis. (WSAW) – A solar farm in the Town of Saratoga has installed six new houses for some neighbors to move in, but they’re for birds, not humans.

Goose is an American Kestrel. It’s a species of falcon often confused for morning doves. Goose, along with Central Wisconsin Kestrel Research, has been working with Alliant Energy to install nesting boxes for kestrels at the Wood County Solar Project in the Town of Saratoga.

“They are cavity nesters and if you put up a cavity for them to nest in, they will use it, if the habitat is suitable,” said Amber Eschenbauch, cofounder of the Central Wisconsin Kestrel Research Program.

Six new bird boxes were put in with help from Nekoosa eighth-grade tech ed students who have been working on the project for a year.

“These nesting boxes are made out of cedar with stainless steel fasteners to …