Manitoba Falcon Cam Forum
Manitoba Peregrines => McKenzie Seeds Peregrines => Topic started by: The Peregrine Chick on February 18, 2012, 17:21
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Thought I might as well start this thread as the birds will be home soon enough ...
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Thought I might as well start this thread as the birds will be home soon enough ...
;D ......and we're glad you did.
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Thought I might as well start this thread as the birds will be home soon enough ...
Is this thread for this year (2012) or is it for last year? ??? ???
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Thought I might as well start this thread as the birds will be home soon enough ...
Is this thread for this year (2012) or is it for last year? ??? ???
For this year RCF - I was cleaning up the board and typed in the wrong year ... all corrected now ... ;)
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You never really know how many pigeons are around until they are flying willy-nilly to get away from the big scary birds. I have seen a couple of Ravens hanging around the McKenzie building for the last few weeks, they have been perching on the top of the clock tower.
These pigeons will soon have to find somewhere else to roost. ;D
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You never really know how many pigeons are around until they are flying willy-nilly to get away from the big scary birds. I have seen a couple of Ravens hanging around the McKenzie building for the last few weeks, they have been perching on the top of the clock tower.
We've had a couple of ravens hanging out at the Radisson nestbox from time to time this winter too ... they've been helping out with the nestbox housekeeping ;)
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We've had a couple of ravens hanging out at the Radisson nestbox from time to time this winter too ... they've been helping out with the nestbox housekeeping ;)
I guess the nestbox here will be not be needing any cleaning out by the Ravens. ;) Nobody has used it yet for nesting, although I have seen pigeons in it off and on all winter. ::)
Tracy, speaking of the nest box, when do you suppose you will be coming to Brandon to put the edging and perch bar on to make it complete? It just looks a bit naked the way it is. ;)
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We will be coming out to install the cameras but I'm not sure of the date yet. Adding a box cam, a "broom stick" perch and perhaps another inch along the north and east edges will mean a trip up the ladder so hopefully the weather will cooperate - if it doesn't, we'll have to see about another trip later this month.
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As of 0930 today only pigeons at Mckenzies and workmen on the tower, they have put enough receivers and/or transmitters on the Communications tower to accomodate a family of a dozen or more Peregrines. ;D
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Excellent!!! Keep us posted Rose!
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Saw what looked like a peregrine by the Brandon General Hospital this afternoon , but it could have been a merlin. :-\ It was definitely one or the other tho!! :)
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Wow! Maybe one is back, rcf! :D
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We have birds at the Radisson and West Winnipeg sites, so if it was a merlin RCF, it will be peregrines very shortly!!!
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For folks that are new to the forum and for folks that have forgotten...this is the link to photos for the Peregrines 2012 season.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/peregrines_2012
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I had a chauffeured ride to Brandon today. I only saw pigeons flying around the McKenzie building, no peregrines yet. I did see two hawks and an immature bald eagle on the way home, so that is promising. :)
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Anytime now, I am sure, rcf & Rose. :)
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They didn't show up until April 5th last year, so I imagine it won't be much different this year. ;)
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They didn't show up until April 5th last year, so I imagine it won't be much different this year. ;)
Is it possible all the rain and flooding last year had any bearing on the date they arrived? So far this year our problem seems to be wind, wind and more wind. ::)
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They didn't show up until April 5th last year, so I imagine it won't be much different this year. ;)
Is it possible all the rain and flooding last year had any bearing on the date they arrived? ::)
Could be who knows. :-\
2009 See reply # 10 http://www.species-at-risk.mb.ca/projects/pfrp/forum/programs/index.php/topic,3017.msg13815.html#msg13815
2010 See Reply #13 http://www.species-at-risk.mb.ca/projects/pfrp/forum/programs/index.php/topic,1651.msg49271.html#msg49271
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2011 was late for Cowboy and Kate who ultimated didn't have a successful nest and Alice & Zeus were held up for a month, not so much because of the flooding, which hadn't happened by this point but rather that there was snow and prey species were slow to move north. Although Alice ended up in Brandon, she had spent the previous year in Winnipeg and Zeus would know where to find food anywhere in this province after 16 years, and Kate and Cowboy aren't residents, so they found food and weren't moving until more food was on the way.
This year, not so much snow, I would think that end of the month is a pretty good guess - particularly since Jules is back pretty much on her regular schedule, particularly with all the prey species turning up very fast in places like Fort Whyte and Oak Hammock Marsh.
But that's just my impression, we'll have to see what you and Rose and others out in Brandon see when the times come .... ;)
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At 0930 this am there was an unidentified Falcon on the roof (north east corner) of the Scotia Bank building.
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Fantastic news, Rose -- I gather this is early for the return to Brandon -- spring fever is apparently affecting all of us!
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Yay ;D ;D
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At 0930 this am there was an unidentified Falcon on the roof (north east corner) of the Scotia Bank building.
That's great news, Rose! ;D
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Wonderful Rose & RCF!!!
Will let the gang in Brandon know ... time to get the cams set up ...
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Another countdown ended! Yahoo!
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Fantastic. I foresee a bunch of parkade lurking. ;D
Maybe a trip out there next week to snap some photos of the birdies?
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Great news Rose & RCF!! :D
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I saw a peregrine today around 4pm. :) I didn't have a very good look since I was in a moving vehicle and it was flying in the other direction. On the way home this evening I checked the McKenzie building and there were pigeons on the roof and in the nest box.........no peregrine. :(
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I saw a peregrine today around 4pm. :) I didn't have a very good look since I was in a moving vehicle and it was flying in the other direction. On the way home this evening I checked the McKenzie building and there were pigeons on the roof and in the nest box.........no peregrine. :(
Patience RCF. If the peregrine is there, the pigeons will not be long for this world. ;D
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I saw a peregrine today around 4pm. :) I didn't have a very good look since I was in a moving vehicle and it was flying in the other direction. On the way home this evening I checked the McKenzie building and there were pigeons on the roof and in the nest box.........no peregrine. :(
Patience RCF. If the peregrine is there, the pigeons will not be long for this world. ;D
That is so very true!! ;D
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No peregrines at the McKenzie building yet, but as soon as they get back these pigeons will have to congregate elsewhere or become lunch.
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Hurrah!! Hurrah!! ;D ;D
I saw falcon on the east light of the McKenzie building at 2pm today. I took some photos and I am sure it is Hurricane. The first pic is her giving me the evil eye. ::)
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Love the way she holds up her foot so the bands can be seen! Great pics, rcf!
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Love the way she holds up her foot so the bands can be seen! Great pics, rcf!
Rcf was so excited that all she had to say was "Hurricane Hold Your Leg Up" and Hurricane did! :)
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Falcon friends coming back everywhere! Such good news, and great shots, rcf.
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Falcon friends coming back everywhere! Such good news, and great shots, rcf.
Love the way she holds up her foot so the bands can be seen! Great pics, rcf!
;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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Yes oh yes, it's falcon time in Brandon.
Love the photos, just keep doin' what you're doin' RCF.
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Yes oh yes, it's falcon time in Brandon.
Love the photos, just keep doin' what you're doin' RCF.
;D Will do that!
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Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ;D :-*
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Just got back from the parking lot south of McK's,spent about 45 mins.there. When I got there didn't see any birdie but 5 mins later our lady flew up to the west light but flew off low to the south and was soon back to the east light, then she flew off again same direction this time yelling and yelling and circling around to the south. I finally could see see what's going on. She was attacking a Raven, the Raven finally flew down to the roof of the building just to the west of where I was. She kept dive bombing it until it finally got down on the fire escape of that building where she coudn't launch a full scale attack, it also was calling but it seemed distressed and every time it would make a move she would dive at it again and yell. She finally flew up to the very top of the communications tower and watched, I guess you could say it was a stand off, she stayed on the tower and the Raven stayed on the fire escape.That,s how I left them.
RCF noticed a week or so ago that there was a large nest of sticks on a small fire escape catwalk on the west side of the Mck Bld about 6 or 7 stories up so I guess that's where the Raven is from and Hurricane want's it gone.
No Boyfriend yet.
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I was in Brandon this afternoon and didn't see the Raven. The Raven's nest is on the west side of the McK bldg up on fire escape and would be about the same level as the lower roof on the east side. I am surprised that nobody has removed it. ???
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Hurricane must have chased the raven away because she was perched on the letter S on the west side of the Scotia bank building which is facing away from the McKenzie building. She was doing a lot of preening. :)
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That's a fair sized nest the ravens have built. Hopefully it will be removed so they won't be tempted to come back. Although I expect Hurricane will be after them if they do. ;)
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Perhaps a call to the Fire Department is in order?
Perhaps obstructing a fire escape is against regulations and would be enough reason to have the nest removed?
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What great photos of Hurricane, rcf! Especially like the ones where she is doing the "Hokey Pokey", so you could see her leg band. 8)
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Oh man, we are going to have to name your camera lens RCF so that the four of you (Dennis and Wowzer, RCF & ??) can start comparing notes on the best way to get photos of peregrine leg bands! That photo of Hurricane's bands is wonderful - knowing what her band looks like, there is absolutely no doubt who is home ;D And I know how hard it can be to get such a clear shot of her on the lights at the distance you were working from. For twenty years I've been going blind at this time of the year spending hours with one eye suctioned to the eyepiece of a spotting scope begging a peregrine to pick up the "right" (correct) foot so that I can get just a glimpse at their leg band. That's hard enough, but I'm not sure that it might not be even harder to take these kinds of photos - more skill with camera equipment than I'm likely ever to achieve. Up close, no worries, those I can do, but I've given up trying to take proper identification photos at a distance, I just can't get enough detail. Not only are your photos perfect for the project's record-keeping but they are also saving my eyesight for which I am very grateful :-*!! And besides, your photos are hands-down the best way to show-off that our birds are among the best looking peregrines out there! ;)
Thanks for taking such good care (and good photos) of the Brandon peregrines RCF!!!
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Thank You and Your Welcome!
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Very nice pictures RCF!
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Great that Hurricane is back..
I remember a few years a go when we had the raven problem at our site,.. Remember they nested Right tin the box.
Now ours nests on a building not too far from nest site and they seem to respect each others space now.
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Great captures RCF ;)
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10:30 This morning Hurricane was sitting on the east light but she is still guarding her territory from all comers a few minutes after I got there she flew off to the west yelling at the top of her voice,she came right back and sat on the peak of the clock tower, I went to see if the Raven was around and it was sitting on the northwest corner of a building on 10th street complaining. I guess Hurricane won't let it get any closer. Sure hope she gets everything sorted out before Brooklyn ( or if he doesn't and if someone else is the lucky boy) gets back so they can get back to business of making a family. :)
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Great pictures RCF!! :D
Welcome home Hurricane!! ;D
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Well done, RCF - great captures!!
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What they all said - x's 5. Your pictures of the Brandon birds and dedication are unparalled, keep it up RCF, we love what you post :-*
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What they all said - x's 5. Your pictures of the Brandon birds and dedication are unparalled, keep it up RCF, we love what you post :-*
Oh man, we are going to have to name your camera lens RCF so that the four of you (Dennis and Wowzer, RCF & ??) can start comparing notes on the best way to get photos of peregrine leg bands! That photo of Hurricane's bands is wonderful - knowing what her band looks like, there is absolutely no doubt who is home ;D And I know how hard it can be to get such a clear shot of her on the lights at the distance you were working from. For twenty years I've been going blind at this time of the year spending hours with one eye suctioned to the eyepiece of a spotting scope begging a peregrine to pick up the "right" (correct) foot so that I can get just a glimpse at their leg band. That's hard enough, but I'm not sure that it might not be even harder to take these kinds of photos - more skill with camera equipment than I'm likely ever to achieve. Up close, no worries, those I can do, but I've given up trying to take proper identification photos at a distance, I just can't get enough detail. Not only are your photos perfect for the project's record-keeping but they are also saving my eyesight for which I am very grateful :-*!! And besides, your photos are hands-down the best way to show-off that our birds are among the best looking peregrines out there! ;)
Thanks for taking such good care (and good photos) of the Brandon peregrines RCF!!!
Hey RCF!!!
Thank you so much for what you do. You're dedication to the awareness of the falcons and their situations, such as nestsite information as well as the pictures you post, is what keeps me dedicated to the survival of the peregrine project.
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What they all said - x's 5. Your pictures of the Brandon birds and dedication are unparalled, keep it up RCF, we love what you post :-*
Oh man, we are going to have to name your camera lens RCF so that the four of you (Dennis and Wowzer, RCF & ??) can start comparing notes on the best way to get photos of peregrine leg bands! That photo of Hurricane's bands is wonderful - knowing what her band looks like, there is absolutely no doubt who is home ;D And I know how hard it can be to get such a clear shot of her on the lights at the distance you were working from. For twenty years I've been going blind at this time of the year spending hours with one eye suctioned to the eyepiece of a spotting scope begging a peregrine to pick up the "right" (correct) foot so that I can get just a glimpse at their leg band. That's hard enough, but I'm not sure that it might not be even harder to take these kinds of photos - more skill with camera equipment than I'm likely ever to achieve. Up close, no worries, those I can do, but I've given up trying to take proper identification photos at a distance, I just can't get enough detail. Not only are your photos perfect for the project's record-keeping but they are also saving my eyesight for which I am very grateful :-*!! And besides, your photos are hands-down the best way to show-off that our birds are among the best looking peregrines out there! ;)
Thanks for taking such good care (and good photos) of the Brandon peregrines RCF!!!
Hey RCF!!!
Thank you so much for what you do. You're dedication to the awareness of the falcons and their situations, such as nestsite information as well as the pictures you post, is what keeps me dedicated to the survival of the peregrine project.
Oh yes, Alli, RCF is the best, thanks for everything rcf, you rock
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Rose called me at 9:15 this morning and told me there were two falcons at the McKenzie building, so I zoomed into Brandon to see for myself. ;D The new bird has a black band on the right leg. I am very sure it is Brooklyn because in one pic I took it looks like a 2? over Y. We watched for a while from parkade and he went into the nest box and was in there for quite a while. I am sure he was making a scrape because we could only see his back and then he would peek over the edge. Both he and Hurricane were chupping to each other and then he flew out and over to Hurricane who was perched on the green mast of communications tower. :-* :-*
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Great info and captures - thanks!
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Great news, RCF. I'm sure you are right....it must be Brooklyn! :o
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Hip hip hooray! I'm sure you are right about your ID, rcf. It likely is Brooklyn. You are very good at IDing our birds! :D And what a great photo of the 2 birds together on the pole!
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Great news, RCF. I'm sure you are right....it must be Brooklyn! :o
Well, it sure looks like him. ;) I would think if it wasn't Brooklyn, Hurricane would probably be standoffish like Jules was to Smiley.
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Was looking back a couple of pages to look at the pictures of Brooklyn and saw the picture of the new next box. Is this box missing a perch?
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Was looking back a couple of pages to look at the pictures of Brooklyn and saw the picture of the new next box. Is this box missing a perch?
Yes to your question Linder. I guess when they installed the box last fall a few pieces were forgotten, but I beleive TPC said they were coming out in the spring to put on the perch bar and some edging at the east and north sides of the box. TPC would know more about it and when this will happen. :)
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Great news, RCF. I'm sure you are right....it must be Brooklyn! :o
Well, it sure looks like him. ;) I would think if it wasn't Brooklyn, Hurricane would probably be standoffish like Jules was to Smiley.
I agree with RCF. I don't think Brooklyn would be so friendly with him. After all her Mother is a Princess and Hurricane is a Lady.
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Well no time wasted here getting down to business! Yay..!
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Such a relief to think all have returned home this year. Great pictures, RCF. The guy peeking out of the box is so cute.
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Oh RCF, you take such great photos that I get mesmerized and then forget to thank you. So thank you for these and all the other times I've missed saying it. We are so lucky to have you "on duty"! ;)
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Nice photos again RCF - I think Dennis is going to want to know where all your best spots are on Rosser!! And I think you are probably right about it being Brooklyn - had a look at his white breast and cheek patches and they are the most pristine (perfect almost-neon white) of all the Manitoba birds so if it wasn't him, it would have be a relative!! But I think it probably is Brooklyn - and I'm sure you will get that band number between your camera's cross-hairs yet!! ;D
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I was down at the McKenzie building this morning to see if I could get a better look at Brooklyn's band. When I got there both Hurricane and Brooklyn were dive bombing the Raven, their nest is on the fire escape on west side of the McKenzie building. Then I watched some peregrine love at the top of the clock tower roof. ::) :-X Brooklyn flew off and out of sight for maybe five minutes, then I spotted him on the southeast corner of the McK roof with prey. After looking through my pics, I could determine he caught a Northern Flicker, ( not posting that pic :-X ). He proceeded to pluck it, feathers were flying all over the place. Then he went to the west side of the roof just above where the Raven is nesting to continue his meal....which he didn't share, ::) and that's where I got his band number. :-* One of the Ravens was on it's nest and the other one was on a low building across the lane and was complaining loudly. When I left, Hurricane was on the west light and Brooklyn was in the nest box.
TPC, I think Brooklyn likes your new nest box!! ;D
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TPC, I think Brooklyn likes your new nest box!! ;D
Always thought Brooklyn had good taste ;) ;D
Ooops, addendum - photo bottom left on your montage RCF is definitely confirmation of Brooklyn's identity :D
Like we really needed it - great taste in real estate, female peregrines and photogenic to boot (or would that be "to band"? ;D)
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Great photos again RCF! :D
Welcome home Brooklyn!!! ;D
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I'd like to thank everyone for the nice comments on my pictures. I very much enjoy watching the falcons and sharing with all who are interested. :)
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My thanks as well, RCF....sure do enjoy all your great photos. Hope to join you on the parkade soon as I am homeward bound next week.
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My thanks as well, RCF....sure do enjoy all your great photos. Hope to join you on the parkade soon as I am homeward bound next week.
I am sure Rose and I will meet you at the parkade.........pm me and let me know when you might be there. 8)
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Welcome home Brooklyn!! :-*
RCF, I join the others in thanking you for keeping us up-to-date on the goings on in Brandon! I love your photos and we're very lucky that you and Rose are giving us so thoroughly informed.
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A very, very windy day Easter Sunday, the wind was blowing from the Northwest and Brooklyn and Hurricane were in places where it was sheltered somewhat. Hurricane was on the east light for awhile and then on the letter S on the Scotia building. Brooklyn likes to perch on the south wall of the McK bldg on a window sill, which is great for taking his picture. ;D About 7:30pm both were on the Scotia building, Brooklyn on a window sill and Hurricane on the letter S.
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Great photo of Brooklyn's backside, rcf! ;D
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Would love to be the tenant in the apartment that has a Peregrine perched on it. ;D
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Would love to be the tenant in the apartment that has a Peregrine perched on it. ;D
I think you can't to see out that window from the inside, has some sort of covering on it from what I can see..........maybe something to keep the sun out. ???
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Their loss. ;)
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Hurricane was having her lunch when I arrived today, and Brooklyn was soaking up the sun on the south window ledge.
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Brooklyn waving to all the Phanatics. ;D
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Greattttttttttttttttt captures RCF ;)
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Greattttttttttttttttt captures RCF ;)
Ditto rcf! I so enjoy your photos!
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RCF, your photos are always good, but I especially liked the ones from today!
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The three-fingered peregrine salute to their favourite fan!! ;D
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Great captures, RCF, thanks!
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Brooklyn waving to all the Phanatics... ;D
Greaaaaaaat photo, rcf! Peregrine "high three"! ;D 8)
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Checked on the falcons today from the parkade. Hurricane was in the nest box and Brooklyn was on the east light. I guess he had some prey up on the light and Hurricane was kakking at him from the box. She then flew over to the communications tower, Brooklyn followed her and gave her the prey. :-*
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Oh RCF, you are our eyes and ears in Brandon.
Even if the cam goes live there, it will never compare to your pictures, your on the spot descriptions and your absolute dedication to the falcons.
Thanks to you and Rose, the two of you rock :-*
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Shouldn't be very long now before we'll be hearing about these 2 incubating eggs! :D
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I forgot to mention yesterday that the Ravens nest on the west side of the McK bldg looks like it's been abandoned. It looks like somebody opened the fire escape door and pushed the nest forward about six inches. I did notice a few branches directly below it in the back lane and I didn't see any Ravens around.
I also noticed there was a Killdeer head and the breast and wings of a Northern Flicker in the back lane..............like you needed to know that! ;D
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This really isn't the right place to post this but why are so many forum people unable to access the Forum and I am still able to? Also the last post was Pam's about 4:30pm yesterday?
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Did any one get wet yesterday or did you all have rain coats? I hope no one slipped on the ladder!! Brooklyn and Hurricane thank you for the new perch bar and fittings (cameras etc) Are there any eggs in the nest box? Hurricane has been spending quite a bit of time there the last few days. :) Brooklyn keeps bringing her presents maybe he wants to speed things up.
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This really isn't the right place to post this but why are so many forum people unable to access the Forum and I am still able to? Also the last post was Pam's about 4:30pm yesterday?
I have had no difficulty in accessing or posting either.
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As Rose posted, Hurricane and Brooklyn have had some renos made to their nestobx. New, longer, sturdier, perching pole (ie rake handle courtesy of Dennis) a kid-proof railing as well as 2 cameras and a microphone (courtesy of Eye-Spy).
We have the same window-cam as last year which is operating wonderfully as we speak. New in-box camera with an even better angle so we can see the box edges and the pole so parental arrivals and departures are visible. The microphone works great but we haven't tried it with the CBC set-up yet to know whether two microphones will work (one at Radisson, one here) but CBC is confident there won't be problems, so we are going to be optimistic as well.
Brooklyn was non-plussed by our visit, he pretty much just parked his butt on the communications tower and watched us the whole time. Hurricane wanted a closer look and tried to give us instructions, but even her interest was dampened by the rain and fog. And yes, it did rain all day and evening yesterday, fortunately we were inside for most of it and the rain deities took pity on us when we actually had to be on the roof and it was more mist/drizzle than the downpours that occurred frequently.
And no, there are no eggs here yet - if there were, I would have started with that little piece of news. But we suspect we should have them this week - these two are frequently last of the three resident pairs to arrive but generally second pair to lay so it shouldn't take long based on experience.
So we got wet but Hurricane and Brooklyn got some upgrades on their condo and everyone gets to enjoy two great camera views. All in all, a great day.
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She likes the NEW PERCH :D
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She likes the NEW PERCH :D
I can attest to that Dennis!! She also likes to be in the box. ;D
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Sure looks like she's getting ready! Great photos rcf!
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Well I'm not even working with my rainy day photos :(...hope next time the sun will be out :-\
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RCF you rock. Too bad you weren't there to take pictures of the modifications. :'(
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Yesterday was a horrible day to try to take photos (poor Dennis :'() and it would have been even worse hanging out in the rain waiting to take photos for the 8-9 hours we were working in town. Actual work on the roof took 1/2 hour, only 20 minutes of which were visible from the ground.
Much better to photograph today in the mostly sunny and getting warmer weather :D
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Yesterday was a horrible day to try to take photos (poor Dennis :'() and it would have been even worse hanging out in the rain waiting to take photos for the 8-9 hours we were working in town. Actual work on the roof took 1/2 hour, only 20 minutes of which were visible from the ground.
Much better to photograph today in the mostly sunny and getting warmer weather :D
Your right! Yesterday was a day that was only good for Rhubarb and Ducks, a day to stay in and read a book. When it wasn't raining it was foggy not nice at all. Now today is just the exact opposite sunny and warm and no wind. :)
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RCF you rock. Too bad you weren't there to take pictures of the modifications. :'(
It was raining and I was in Brandon the day before, good day to stay home and read a book. The birdies would have been trying to stay dry anyway.......not a good day for the camera ;)
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Wonderful photos of Hurricane and the new nestbox as well as the great new pole perch! 8)
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Wonderful photos of Hurricane and the new nestbox as well as the great new pole perch! 8)
Oh the perch is great - very solid wood and longer than the last one - and it has, I guess its a "knob" at the end - you know the kind of thing that's on rakes so it doesn't slide through your hands. I have visions of it stopping chicks from pushing each other off the end since I think that pole can accomodate a family of four on it. I hadn't found anything nearly that good but Dennis did!
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...I hadn't found anything nearly that good but Dennis did!
"You da man", Dennis! :-*
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Wonderful photos of Hurricane and the new nestbox as well as the great new pole perch! 8)
Oh the perch is great - very solid wood and longer than the last one - and it has, I guess its a "knob" at the end - you know the kind of thing that's on rakes so it doesn't slide through your hands. I have visions of it stopping chicks from pushing each other off the end since I think that pole can accomodate a family of four on it. I hadn't found anything nearly that good but Dennis did!
I can tell you about 2009 (4)and 2010(2) that the chicks before they fledged had a wonderful time on the bar, they would wingersize like mad and make the bar bounce up and down till I thought it would break and when they got more daring they would hop,fly,jump from the bar to the top of the nest box it was amazing ;D. Last year we didn't see that because they were on the floor.
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Lots of in and out of the nestbox between 0600 and 0730 this morning, mostly by him though she was parked on the roof first thing. Head bowing session in the box just after 0600 bit gloomy because its overcast and a bit early but I'll down load the video anyway and post it later today.
RCF & Rose - how often did you see the birds sit on the roof in past years?
Will post links to new videos when they are available.
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Which roof? ??? If you mean the McKenzie roof, because you probably can't see the clock tower roof with cam, they eat prey up there and Hurricane likes to sit at the bottom of the clock tower, especially when they have chicks. We never see them perched on the lower roof ledges or parapets, they could but I have never seen them perched there. When Zeus was here, he liked to perch on the black ledge on the east side where the cam can't see.
Hurricane eating on the northwest corner of McKenzie roof
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RCF & Rose - how often did you see the birds sit on the roof in past years?
If you mean the nest box, not often. We have seen them on the nest box roof, but usually only when they are in the canoodle stage and they will also land there when they have chicks.
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Which roof? ???
Sorry, my bad :-[. The nestbox roof.
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Ah, ya beat me to it :D
Thanks
I'm wondering if the new roof will more appealing since its more sturdy than the old one ... and bigger, but the size I don't think is that much of an issue. One of the birds, Hurricane I think, was on the roof first thing this morning and was there for awhile.
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Ah, ya beat me to it :D
Thanks
Sorry ;D
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I'm wondering if the new roof will more appealing since its more sturdy than the old one ... and bigger, but the size I don't think is that much of an issue. One of the birds, Hurricane I think, was on the roof first thing this morning and was there for awhile.
THe chicks will love it,room for more than three at a time.In 2009 three would get up there and the fourth one was just out of luck but it was a pretty tight fit to wingersize but real good for sunning. :)
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Well the box is larger, the roof is larger and the broom handle is longer...I would say all is GOOD ;D
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Well, the parents-to-be are certainly impressed with their new digs and I'm sure the kids wll be happy too. 8)
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Well the box is larger, the roof is larger and the broom handle is longer...I would say all is GOOD ;D
Just a Question Dennis. Is there a reason that you put the perch bar along the bottom edge of the nest box instead of along the top edge like the old one? :)
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Well the box is larger, the roof is larger and the broom handle is longer...I would say all is GOOD ;D
Just a Question Dennis. Is there a reason that you put the perch bar along the bottom edge of the nest box instead of along the top edge like the old one? :)
Dennis will probably forgive me for answering you Rose, I asked him to move the perch to underthe box so that the birds/chicks had a variety of heights to sit on - the perch being the lowest (by about 6inches), the box edge and the roof. I thought the variety of heights would give the chicks more of a work out prior to fledging. After last year watching Rain and Rossser work therei way around and up and down on the roof before fledging, I think the extra vertical and horizontal space was good for them and though I can't give them horizontal space at the nestbox, I can give them a few vertical opportunities.
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Thanks TPC. :)
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1824h
Watching Brooklyn in the nestbox scraping like a demon. Very windy out there but its affecting the birds more than the camera. They have been harrassing the pigeons over the last 1/2 hour, they (the pigeons) have flown by the camera (behind the box) a number of times.
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Watched both videos,and isn't it interesting, the male seemingly does all the work, the female inspects,gives her opinion,they both leave and then he comes back to finish the job. Looks like a pretty good scrape and in a good place too.Lots to see of the surrounding area and that the perch bar comes in handy :)
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Watched the videos as well, I agree with everything you said. Quite interesting :) :)
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I, too, have watched the videos. Thanks for posting them, TPC. They really appear to like landing on the perch pole and the new nestbox railing/ledge. :D
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Both falcons were observed on the 4th, so we are just about two weeks of courting etc, so although "they" say two weeks of copulation before egg-laying I think we are technically a bit early for eggs here yet. However, Hurricane has spent a huge amount of time on the box edges today. Brooklyn goes in and out frequently but she likes to just sit and today she has been sitting on the box edge in the rain for hours. Specifically, she is in the north side of the box, that's the side closest to the camera, the corner with the angled edge to the roof so no protection for her from the rain. Didn't seem to faze her, she just stayed there and napped. Could be that two weeks is all these two need ...
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Both falcons were observed on the 4th, so we are just about two weeks of courting etc, so although "they" say two weeks of copulation before egg-laying I think we are technically a bit early for eggs here yet. However, Hurricane has spent a huge amount of time on the box edges today. Brooklyn goes in and out frequently but she likes to just sit and today she has been sitting on the box edge in the rain for hours. Specifically, she is in the north side of the box, that's the side closest to the camera, the corner with the angled edge to the roof so no protection for her from the rain. Didn't seem to faze her, she just stayed there and napped. Could be that two weeks is all these two need ...
Tomorrow is 2 weeks since Brooklyn showed up and they did get into the courting thing right away (that morning)and they have been seen canoodling frequently ever since, so I'm hoping to see an egg in the next day or two. :)
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Great video. Who knew that building a scrape is a bit like making an angel in the snow.
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Tomorrow is 2 weeks since Brooklyn showed up and they did get into the courting thing right away (that morning)and they have been seen canoodling frequently ever since, so I'm hoping to see an egg in the next day or two. :)
Today is your 14 day mark Rose, but no eggs yet :D ;) Will keep watching ...
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And for our out-of-province phanatics, it's not been "sunny Manitoba" for the last few days and it looks like Hurricane and Brooklyn will have to tolerate cool wet weather for a bit longer :'(
Today - Cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers this morning and early this afternoon. Clearing this afternoon. Fog patches developing early this morning and dissipating late this morning. High plus 5.
Tonight - Clear. Increasing cloudiness after midnight. Low minus 3.
Thursday - Mainly cloudy. Clearing late in the afternoon. High 7.
Friday - Sunny. Low minus 4. High 9.
On that depressing-ish note, looking at the long-term fortune-telling, Brandon does look to have more sunny weather than Winnipeg over the next couple of weeks.
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No eggs in the nestbox yet but Hurricane is parked on the front (east-facing) edge of the nestbox in the pale morning sun - bit overcast in Brandon right now it seems ...
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1130h
Lovely and sunny in Brandon right now - nestbox is getting a nice toasting up.
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Both Brooklyn and Hurricane were perched on the communications tower this afternoon, he was on the girder and Hurricane on one of the posts. After watching for a few minutes they both decided to fly off in different directions, Brooklyn went to the southeast and Hurricane flew over towards the Discovery Centre.
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Better than any photos I got last Friday...GRRRRR >:(
Great captures RCF ;)
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Better than any photos I got last Friday...GRRRRR >:(
Great captures RCF ;)
Thanks Dennis :) It was a very miserable day when you were here.
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Checked the box just before sunset and no eggs yet ... sorry
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0854h - no eggs yet, but Hurricane on the box edge watching the sun come up
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Just before the light got too low to see inside the nestbox, I checked and sorry, no eggs yet.
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Not a very nice day here today,rain off and on all night and now snow. Hurricane better stay in today and lay that first egg :)
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Not a very nice day here today,rain off and on all night and now snow. Hurricane better stay in today and lay that first egg :)
Nothing so far I'm afraid :-\
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Its 1655h, and although both Hurricane and Brooklyn have been in and out of the box for much of the day, no eggs yet.
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Its 1655h, and although both Hurricane and Brooklyn have been in and out of the box for much of the day, no eggs yet.
I was on the parkade today and in the span of 40 minutes they were both in and out of the box like TPC said, but I also got the outside box view. :)
Hurricane in the box and then eating on the MTS tower
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Brooklyn and Hurricane (see bottom left corner) She's yelling at him. ;D
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Brooklyn
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Nice work on your Birds RCF ;)
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Great Pics RCF!!!!!!!
So, that's enough of the, "glad to see you back babe"! Time for eggs you two!!! Get at er!
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Very nice, RCF!
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0729h
No eggs yet, but Hurricane is parked on the front box edge looking very "settled" - that's usually a good sign ...
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1150h - still no eggs I'm afraid ...
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At just after 12:00pm they were on the mts tower canoodling. ;D Then they flew into the nest box, then Brooklyn flew over to the mts tower. Hurricane stayed in the box, maybe she'll lay an egg. ;)
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At just after 12:00pm they were on the mts tower canoodling. ;D Then they flew into the nest box, then Brooklyn flew over to the mts tower. Hurricane stayed in the box, maybe she'll lay an egg. ;)
She's in the box at the moment with an annoyed look on her face so ya never know ... ;)
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I'm guessing the whole process of laying eggs would make anyone look annoyed!
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1554h
Nothing to report yet other than Hurricane hasn't left the box all afternoon - longest she's been at the box, even when it was raining this year. That's a good sign. Both the cameras are trained on the nest scrape - the window-cam is zoomed in and Eye-Spy set up the cam inside the box so you can't miss a thing ... now we just need a "something" to look at and ooooh over. :D
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1602h
Nuts, should have spoken more softly, she's off/out of the box ....
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At just after 12:00pm they were on the MTS tower canoodling. ;D Then they flew into the nest box, then Brooklyn flew over to the MTS tower. Hurricane stayed in the box, maybe she'll lay an egg. ;)
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Awesome pics!
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Rapidcitymbfan, your recent photos are fabulous, and I love the new, fancy box. ;D
Forgive me if this has already been posted, but do you know when the cam will go live to the public?
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Rapidcitymbfan, your recent photos are fabulous, and I love the new, fancy box. ;D
Forgive me if this has already been posted, but do you know when the cam will go live to the public?
Welcome to the forum SusanE! ;D I am sorry but I do not know when the cams for Brandon will be live streaming. TPC may be able to answer your question.
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So one bird was attacking the other bird...what's going on in Brandon ??? :-[
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So one bird was attacking the other bird...what's going on in Brandon ??? :-[
I don't know Dennis, but they keep doing it! ;D
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I don't know Dennis, but they keep doing it! ;D
Then it shouldn't be too long before we will see eggs. ;) LOL!
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love the cams and nest box ;D
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Cams will be going live next week - hope to have the official launch date tomorrow so hang in there folks!! ;D
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Great news! ;D
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Thank you, Rapidcitymbfan and TPC. :)
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Welcome to the Forum, SusanE!
Great news about the cam ;D
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0900h
No egg in the nestbox - sorry Brandon Phanatics
Maybe later today ... ?
Hurricane was back on the 31st, Brooklyn on the 4th, so they really have only been together for less than 21 days. Last year we were able to confirm 4 eggs in Brandon as of May 1st and that is also when hard incubation would have begun based on when the chicks hatched (June 2-4). In 2010, first chick hatched June 4, second we believe on the 5th or 6th. So if they lay this week or next, hatching will be consistent with their previous years' schedules, minus last year's the torrential rain of course;) Now Princess took a week to lay all her eggs this year, will be interesting to see if Hurricane does the same.
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Welcome to the Forum, SusanE!
Thank you!
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1245h
Sorry, box is still empty of eggs and no Hurricane camping out either. Haven't seen her here since this morning. Yesterday she was here for most of the afternoon, so we'll see if she turns up shortly and hangs around.
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1615h
No eggs I'm afraid but Hurricane was in the box doing some scraping and standing around for quite awhile this afternoon.
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1005h
Hurricane was in the nestbox just hanging out so I thought I would hold off posting until she was "finished". Unfortunately, she finished standing around and left the nestbox without depositing an egg, so the wait continues I'm afraid.
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1005h
Hurricane was in the nestbox just hanging out so I thought I would hold off posting until she was "finished". Unfortunately, she finished standing around and left the nestbox without depositing an egg, so the wait continues I'm afraid.
I checked 2011 past observations and on April 28th there were three eggs laid, so they are right on schedule. :)
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I checked 2011 past observations and on April 28th there were three eggs laid, so they are right on schedule. :)
You are quite right RCF, they are. Its just us who are "off" schedule, the early dry weather has thrown all us humans off our spring schedule I'm afraid ... I know I have to keep checking calendars ...
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1353h
Still no eggs, birdies in and out and both working on the scrape. Think they like having pristine gravel in their new condo ...
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Perhaps they think it's to clean to have a family in...told you we should have left some body parts :-\
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Perhaps they think it's to clean to have a family in...told you we should have left some body parts :-\
What body parts? :o Do you mean from last fall or from the last time you where there?
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All the OLD CRAP from the last 25 years...I think they miss it ???
I'm thinking there was body parts from day "1" in that old nest box :-\
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All the OLD CRAP from the last 25 years...I think they miss it ???
I'm thinking there was body parts from day "1" in that old nest box :-\
Yum! :P
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All the OLD CRAP from the last 25 years...I think they miss it ???
I'm thinking there was body parts from day "1" in that old nest box :-\
Yum! :P
It was truly disgusting, Dennis had to use a small "ladies" (as the boys call it) crowbar to help remove it from the box - and I was standing below holding the ladder!!! :P x10
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All the OLD CRAP from the last 25 years...I think they miss it ???
I'm thinking there was body parts from day "1" in that old nest box :-\
Yum! :P
NO!! YUK!! It was all rotten, gak! :P :P
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Great expression, rcf - "gak"!
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Already grossed me out during my first coffee of the day!
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Already grossed me out during my first coffee of the day!
Exactly how I felt at the tim :-X :)
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Should have Bagged it and Sold it on Ebay ;D
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Nothing yet ???...she better get her act together as CBC goes live May 2nd. last year on the 2nd. she had dropped them all.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/image/134517590
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No eggs but Hurricane did look fat (sorry Hurricane) and a bit out of sorts when Brooklyn was bring her snacks today.
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Yay - fat's good!!
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Okay, was just checking the recording for the post-dinner time period and I think that is Hurricane in the nestbox. Haven't seen either bird in there after the sun goes down (so early than now) and there is a bird tucked up in the back corner. Will be interesting to see what tomorrow may be bring ... ;)
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Okay, was just checking the recording for the post-dinner time period and I think that is Hurricane in the nestbox. Haven't seen either bird in there after the sun goes down (so early than now) and there is a bird tucked up in the back corner. Will be interesting to see what tomorrow may be bring ... ;)
An Egg I hope! :-*
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Eggciting :)
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This was the scene this morning when she finally moved away from the box ... (she was there all night)
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And no the cam is not on an angle, Brooklyn and Hurricane have made a huge scrape in the new gravel of the nestbox, those chicks are going to need climbing gear to get out of the scrape when the time comes!
Princess took her time between eggs (a week all told) but she laid them during our "heat wave". Its a little cooler now, but it suppose to start getting warmer again in Brandon - 8C today, 20C by next Thursday with a chance of rain on Sunday and Monday.
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Yay!!! one beautiful egg! :-*
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;D Thanks for the great news, TPC!
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This was the scene this morning when she finally moved away from the box ... (she was there all night)
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And no the cam is not on an angle, Brooklyn and Hurricane have made a huge scrape in the new gravel of the nestbox, those chicks are going to need climbing gear to get out of the scrape when the time comes!
Princess took her time between eggs (a week all told) but she laid them during our "heat wave". Its a little cooler now, but it suppose to start getting warmer again in Brandon - 8C today, 20C by next Thursday with a chance of rain on Sunday and Monday.
This is better than other years for you TPC you actually got to see the first egg with out Dan having to go up and peek out the little window, easier on Brooklyn and Hurricane too because they didn't have yell and scream when they heard him at the window. Now on to the next and the next etc. :)
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Whoo Hoo!!
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Hooray for Hurricane & Brooklyn! ;D
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Yeah Hurricane and Brooklyn! ;D
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And the eggcitement starts! :) Congrats to the expectant parents! Can't wait til I'm coming back through so that I can have look. Most likely will be able to see the top of one of their heads. ;D
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1610h
Its been windy all day in Brandon but now there is rain and Hurricane (windy & rainy name) has decided enough is enough and she's parked her but on her kid-in-waiting. Her feathers are getting fluffed by the wind but she is tucked way into the corner of the box so she is high and dry.
1616h
Nuts, now she's "off" - scrape is dry though ...
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Its a good thing we have two cameras here ... there is a big raindrop in the middle of the box cam's lens and its blocking my view of the egg!!! Window cam view is perfect however (thanks Eye-Spy & Dennis!)
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I was in Brandon this afternoon and before I left around fourish I could see Brooklyn perched on the west light of the clock tower. :)
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Good news!
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2220h
The box is empty of everyone except The Egg. Brooklyn checked on his progeny at 2010h, Hurricane about an hour before that.
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1218h
Still only one egg in the nestbox and mostly the parents are away from the box. They come by periodically to check out the egg and then they hang out for a few minutes then they are off again. The egg is in the shade now as the sun is directly overhead.
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1554h
Hurricane is in the box at the moment. She's standing over the egg (still just one) napping and with that thousand-yard stare that could be a good sign ;)
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1554h
Hurricane is in the box at the moment. She's standing over the egg (still just one) napping and with that thousand-yard stare that could be a good sign ;)
RCF just phoned and Brooklyn is on the north light preening,I guess he wants to look pretty if a second egg might be forthcoming. LOL ;D
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I'm afraid no egg-siblings yet and Hurricane is off doing whatever "pregnant" peregrines do ... :D
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Earlier today at about 2:20pm Brooklyn was napping on the west light.
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Once upon a time, 2 day's ago a black and white falcon spent the night in the nestbox in downtown Brandon...in the morning magic had occurred and a reddish brown egg was left behind
Well at 7:45 pm we have a black and white falcon sitting at the nestbox again looking at the egg that was left behind...perhaps MAGIC will occur this evening ??? ;)
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Once upon a time, 2 day's ago a black and white falcon spent the night in the nestbox in downtown Brandon...in the morning magic had occurred and a reddish brown egg was left behind
Well at 7:45 pm we have a black and white falcon sitting at the nestbox again looking at the egg that was left behind...perhaps MAGIC will occur this evening ??? ;)
Is that the same sort of "MAGIC" as the Tooth Fairy? ??? :D
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Tonight's the night for #2!
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Is that the same sort of "MAGIC" as the Tooth Fairy? ??? :D
The Egg Elf 8)
And yes, I suspect tonight will be the night if it hasn't happened already. Neither Hurricane nor Brooklyn were in the nestbox last night but the night before, Hurricane turned up and spent most of the time (when she was visibile) standing in one place, next morning she was lying on her egg. AT 1956h this evening, Hurricane parked herself in the nestbox, standing, stiff-legged and eyes closed or mostly closed most of the time. She is standing in the scrape, sometimes egg 1 is beside her, sometimes between her feet, but mostly I think she is aware of the scrape and the rest is "labour" so to speak.
At the moment, all that is visible on the cam is a ghostly image of her head and breast - the white is glowing and making the outline of the rest of her head visible in the black inside the nestbox.
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Hurricane in the nestbox at 2030h Saturday
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Thanks for the pic. 8)
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We're rooting for you, Hurricane!
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I lightened your picture. :)
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Hurricane in the nestbox at 2030h Saturday
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Second egg was laid at 0957h this morning ...
Hurricane is crouching over her eggs right now as its a bit drizzly and she's had a long time of it.
She was in the nestbox except for about an hour this morning around 0700 if I recall ...
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Yay!! Egg#2 ;D
Congratulations Hurricane and Brooklyn!!
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Second egg was laid at 0957h this morning ...
Hurricane is crouching over her eggs right now as its a bit drizzly and she's had a long time of it.
She was in the nestbox except for about an hour this morning around 0700 if I recall ...
Happy Happy :-*
Do you have a picture of the blessed event? :-*
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I will have photos and video later tonight or tomorrow ...
1704h
Hurricane is still/back in the nestbox. She was standing over the eggs napping for awhile, now she is sitting on the eggs with her eyes closed ...
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1727h
Brooklyn just came by and Hurricane yelled at him to go away, she's found a comfortable spot with the pre-kids and she's not moving ...
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That's great news, about Brooklyn's 2nd egg! :D
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1727h
Brooklyn just came by and Hurricane yelled at him to go away, she's found a comfortable spot with the pre-kids and she's not moving ...
I like that term - "the pre-kids"! Much more interesting and more full of promise than "the eggs". :)
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2022h
Brooklyn is parked on the box edge watching over his eggs, one of the few times that Hurricane has been away today.
I'm thinking that Hurricane will lay egg 3 late Monday or Tuesday given that egg 1 and egg 2 were 48+ hours apart but that's just a guess. In any case, everyone will get to watch pretty much all of Hurricane's time on her eggs, not something we usually get to do on the cams.
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Winnipeg may be getting rained on but we've had our share here today, occasionally even a few down pours sure hope the nest box here is staying dry. TPC you should be able to tell with your cam. :)
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Winnipeg may be getting rained on but we've had our share here today, occasionally even a few down pours sure hope the nest box here is staying dry. TPC you should be able to tell with your cam. :)
Not so much as one drop of rain got on Hurricane or the eggs today so no problems there!
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Hurricane's second egg - 29 April @ 0957h
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Different colored egg ???
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Different colored egg ???
No,maybe just new?? ;)
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Gorgeous picture of the two eggs here. I like it when they look different, so you can keep track of which one is which. ;)
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Different colored egg ???
No,maybe just new?? ;)
The "darker" egg is still wet - like a pebble in a stream. The two of them look alike now. And yes, as of 0940h this morning there are still just two and despite hanging out with the eggs most of yesterday, neither Hurricane nor Brooklyn have been at the nestsite much so far today. Nice and sunny in Brandon and the eggs are "tanning" in the morning sun.
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1504h
Still just the two eggs but Mom is parked on the front box edge, so who knows what could happen this evening ...
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I was at the parkade this morning at 11am. Brooklyn was perched on the east ledge of the nest box preening and Hurricane was on the green pole of the communications tower , which is one of her favorite spots. I could tell after seeing Brooklyn fly over to Hurricane on the pole that there are going to be more eggs. :-X ;D I checked on them after lunch and Brooklyn was again perched on the nest box and Hurricane was napping on the east light of the clock tower.
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Great captures, RCF!
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Sorry folks, still just two eggs in the nestbox as of 1015h today. Princess took a week to lay all her eggs and Hurricane is still on her regular schedule and hasn't started incubating yet, so it looks like more eggs are on the way ... maybe today ...
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Different colored egg ???
A few weeks ago, I was reading somewhere on one of the Scotland websites, either Huntly or Falls of Clyde, that some of the eggs are different colours because when the female lays several eggs, the pigment becomes increasingly lighter with each new egg that is laid. I had not heard about this before and have been meaning to ask you about this, TPC. Is this really a natural occurence or is it simply just as you have said? ???
...The "darker" egg is still wet - like a pebble in a stream.
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Different colored egg ???
A few weeks ago, I was reading somewhere on one of the Scotland websites, either Huntly or Falls of Clyde, that some of the eggs are different colours because when the female lays several eggs, the pigment becomes increasingly lighter with each new egg that is laid. I had not heard about this before and have been meaning to ask you about this, TPC. Is this really a natural occurence or is it simply just as you have said? ???
...The "darker" egg is still wet - like a pebble in a stream.
Eggs get lighter as they get older, ie, days after being laid. There can/are also differences between the eggs, some are lighter than others, some will have more pronounced markings which can make them look darker overall. If you are asking if the last eggs laid are always lighter than the first eggs, nope, each clutch of eggs is different and every year is different. Its like a painter painting the same picture over and over again, they don't all look the same :)
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Woo hoo! 2 eggs are looking good and so is Hurricane! ;D
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Am I dreaming or do we now have sound on the Brandon site too?
Hopeful in the peg.
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I took a quick peek this morning, and thought I saw 3 eggs, but it is still pretty dark.
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I took a quick peek this morning, and thought I saw 3 eggs, but it is still pretty dark.
I think your right. :)
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Quote from: MayShowers on Today at 05:52:22 AM I took a quick peek this morning, and thought I saw 3 eggs, but it is still pretty dark.
Yes, I am pretty sure she laid the third egg around 9:40pm last night. It was also too dark to see at that time............but definitely three.
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;D Triplets! Great news for Hurricane and Brooklyn. Now, will they go for quadruplets? Anticipation building. :) ;)
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Quote from: MayShowers on Today at 05:52:22 AM I took a quick peek this morning, and thought I saw 3 eggs, but it is still pretty dark.
Yes, I am pretty sure she laid the third egg around 9:40pm last night. It was also too dark to see at that time............but definitely three.
From the recording, looks like RCF is correct on the time of egg 3
Good catch!
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Have changed the view at the Brandon box a bit so folks can watch the adults as they arrive but yet still see the eggs. We'll see what views are best to catch all the action as we go through the day.
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It's nice to be able to see Brooklyn and Hurricane coming and going into the nest box. :)
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Seems pretty breezy in that nest :-\- TPC I wonder why the 'roof' of that nest wasn't extended over the whole box area, it just seems to cover a corner of it?
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Seems pretty breezy in that nest :-\- TPC I wonder why the 'roof' of that nest wasn't extended over the whole box area, it just seems to cover a corner of it?
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The roof is close to double the size of the old roof and the angled corner is to allow the adults to sit facing in or out without having the roof right over their head and to enable the chicks to jump from the box onto the rooftop around fledging time - unlike the Radisson with its long ledge for the chicks to run up and down, this nestbox has edges, rooftop and the perch for the chicks come fledging time. Four growing chicks all flapping their wings take up alot of room.
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Aha!! - Lots of good reasons, none of which entered my mind of course, :-[ - I was just thinking about weather related stuff! ;)
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I don't know if it is my computer, but I am only seeing part of the bird in the box. :-\
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The timer/play/pause bar does get a bit in the way of the bottom part of the box, is that what you mean rcf?
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The timer/play/pause bar does get a bit in the way of the bottom part of the box, is that what you mean rcf?
Sort of :)
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3 eggs now! That's great! :D
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The timer/play/pause bar does get a bit in the way of the bottom part of the box, is that what you mean rcf?
Sort of :)
I'll zoom out a bit ...
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The timer/play/pause bar does get a bit in the way of the bottom part of the box, is that what you mean rcf?
Sort of :)
I'll zoom out a bit ...
Thank you :)
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0825h
Still three eggs in Brandon ... and two damp parents ... probably going to see alot of damp parents both in Brandon and Winnipeg if the weather reports for the weekend are correct .
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There is an article about the Brandon Peregrines in The Brandon Sun online edition today :), but you have to have a subscription to view it.
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There is an article about the Brandon Peregrines in The Brandon Sun online edition today :), but you have to have a subscription to view it.
:'(
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There is an article about the Brandon Peregrines in The Brandon Sun online edition today :), but you have to have a subscription to view it.
:'(
That's only for local news, any other news you are able to access. ::)
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Eggs have been without cover for the 5 min that I've been watching, not sure how long before that - it's cold today, hope somebody comes back soon to warm them up!! :-\
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Eggs have been without cover for the 5 min that I've been watching, not sure how long before that - it's cold today, hope somebody comes back soon to warm them up!! :-\
They only just begun incubating yesteerday and we are still thinking there will be one more egg, so don't be too concerned ... yet
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Ok good - thanks TPC - as much as we like to poke our noses into their business, I'm sure these birds know what they're doing....lol..... ;D (Still waiting for somebody to come back though, then I'll feel better!) :-X
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Finally!!! ....That was a half hour break! Time to stay put for a while now. :D
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Ok good - thanks TPC - as much as we like to poke our noses into their business, I'm sure these birds know what they're doing....lol..... ;D (Still waiting for somebody to come back though, then I'll feel better!) :-X
Had a little putter through the recording for this morning and its mostly been Brooklyn on the nest, Hurricane seems not be settling for more than an hour before she's off again. Not sure, but he might have been on the night shift as well. Could be that she's got at least one more egg to lay and that's what's got her unsettled. Or it could be the new neighbours. There didn't seem to be any problems last year, but its early in the season and every one is hopped up on hormones (sounds like an exercise program) and so the twitch factor is a bit higher than usual. At this point, the eggs should be okay. Later on, if its sunny/warm, the adults can leave the eggs for extended periods and from our experiences with Madame, they don't come to any harm - Trey turned out pretty well :).
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always a question of timing ... ::)
And its Brooklyn back on duty ...
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1312h
Brooklyn is off again ...
New camera angle for a few minutes ... have switched to CBC viewer to "see" if I can hear if anything is going on ... so far, all quite, just background sound, no peregrine noise ...
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1315h
Brooklyn's back and no scary noises, he might have been checking on Hurricane ... she tended not to return to the nestbox much in the hours before laying an egg - when she was ready, she returned, hung out for as long as needed, then napped a bit (not surprisngly) then was off again.
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And he's off again ...
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Hurricane is back on her eggs. No yelling or screaming or fuss, she just came back, sat on the box edge for a minute, maybe a minute and a half and then came over and settled herself on the eggs. She's looking around a bit but can't hear any disturbance outside the box and haven't see anyone flying about outside the nest box, but granted, our view is limited ...
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So would these 2 be into what's referred to as "hard incubation" now, TPC, with perhaps 1 more egg to come? And if so, I have been meaning to ask, why does "hard incubation" only begin after the 2nd last egg is laid? Why don't the eggs need to be incubated as they are laid? ???
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So would these 2 be into what's referred to as "hard incubation" now, TPC, with perhaps 1 more egg to come?
Generally penultimate (2nd last) egg is when incubation begins and when they are velcroed to the eggs, say by the weekend, that is hard incubation. Princess & Ivy get down to hard incubation right at egg 3, no messing about. Brooklyn and Hurricane have been a little less quick to start, but hard to know if that is their style or just this year.
And if so, I have been meaning to ask, why does "hard incubation" only begin after the 2nd last egg is laid? Why don't the eggs need to be incubated as they are laid? ???
If you start incubating with the first egg, then the first egg will be that many more days developed than the other eggs. The goal is to have all the chicks hatch close together so they are all developing at the same time/rate. At the Radisson, the age difference between chick 1 and chick 4 would be a week, that's a huge amount of time in a chick's life and development. At the moment we are at 4 days between egg 1 and egg 2 at McKenzie Seeds, egg 4 if it appears will be 6+ days younger than egg 1.
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Could hear someone talking but it wasn't Hurricane. I think perhaps Brooklyn was up on the roof (not the nestbox roof, I zoomed out and he wasn't/isn't there) or light talking to herself in the box. She didn't respond and "he" stopped. No birds flying by or on the perch pole either. Given how clearly we can hear the trains go by, it wouldn't surprise me that we can hear himself 30 feet (approx) above the nestbox on the lights.
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Could hear someone talking but it wasn't Hurricane. I think perhaps Brooklyn was up on the roof (not the nestbox roof, I zoomed out and he wasn't/isn't there) or light talking to herself in the box. She didn't respond and "he" stopped. No birds flying by or on the perch pole either. Given how clearly we can hear the trains go by, it wouldn't surprise me that we can hear himself 30 feet (approx) above the nestbox on the lights.
Brooklyn just brought a snack that's when someone talked loudly she grabbed the snack and took off. Now he is on the eggs.
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Hurricane is back now from her afternoon break. :)
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Taken around 10:30 this morning... (not sure who it is).
"I'm sooooo sleepy"...
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Taken around 10:30 this morning... (not sure who it is).
That is himself I believe ... Hurricane still isn't staying long in the mornings ...
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I thought that was Brooklyn too - its nice to think I'm finally able to identify the adults :)
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Brooklyn is at it again this year with biting the back board, not sure what the purpose is............maybe sharpening his beak or bored but he hasn't been on the eggs very long to be bored. ::)
Here is a little video of him trying to be a carpenter. http://youtu.be/pbPxrUPzl-k (http://youtu.be/pbPxrUPzl-k)
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I'm thinking that Hurricane isn't going to lay a fourth egg. It's been four days since the third egg and three is a good number!! ;D
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Three is a fine number indeed! Especially if all three hatched and there were three hearty and healthy chicks! 8)
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I find it restful to glance over and watch them while working on my computer. They are such pretty birds. :)
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Brooklyn is at it again this year with biting the back board, not sure what the purpose is............maybe sharpening his beak or bored but he hasn't been on the eggs very long to be bored. ::)
Here is a little video of him trying to be a carpenter.
For some reason the link wasn't working.
http://youtu.be/pbPxrUPzl-k
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Great video, RCF !!!
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Eggs are alone again - it's been at least 10 minutes I think?.... :(
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Nobody on eggs for over a half hour now? ???
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Ok somebody is back - they sure take long breaks! :-X
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The sun's pretty warm today I think, Bally. At least it is in Winnipeg, so maybe being velcroed to the eggs isn't so important if the heat of the sun is on them for awhile... ???
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No sun on them for the whole time and now 5 minutes later, they're alone again, I wonder if there's something going on around there that is making the parents leave the eggs so much..... :-\
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No sun on them for the whole time and now 5 minutes later, they're alone again, I wonder if there's something going on around there that is making the parents leave the eggs so much..... :-\
This early in incubation and warm and they should be fine. Hurricane isn't spending much time on the eggs yet, which for her is unusual. I'm still thinking that there might be one more egg to come though it needs to come soon. As for other things going on, there hasn't been any noises nearby and both birds appear uninjured and although not velcroed to the eggs, neither (when I've seen them) seems wildly disturbed. Last year was very wet and cold and the cam came on past the start of incubation in Brandon, so we don't really know what this pair's style is like in a normal year. They have been on the eggs when its been wet/foggy/damp and off the eggs when its warm and dry - that's normal behaviour generally speaking. If there were disturbances, they would both be off the eggs more ...
Its just a wait and watch here folks ...
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Ok sounds good, I will stop all this fretting then! ;D :P
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I'm thinking that Hurricane isn't going to lay a fourth egg. It's been four days since the third egg and three is a good number!! ;D
You may be right about that, rcf. And as you say, 3 is great! :D
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From my laptop downtown Brandon......They are fine, one is perched on the south light and I just saw one perched on the nest box ledge. All is quite here at the McKenzie building. ;)
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Just talked to Rose and she said Hurricane is on the eggs now. ;D
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She's traded off to Brooklyn ... both the adults look okay from the video I've buzzed through so far ...
Hurricane being unsettled is unusual for female peregrines I have watched ... but it might just be her and RCF may be right, this year may just be three in Brandon, but that's not a bad thing - Hurricane is a bit small for a female and three chicks is easier to keep wet/dry/cool than four if you are small ...
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From earlier this evening
Brooklyn eating
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Returning to the south light
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Hurricane just got up from the eggs. I can see her tail feathers on the edge of the left side. Wonder if she's waiting for Brooklyn to come and relieve her ???
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Last egg can be up to 72 hours after the previous egg but that pertains more to the start of incubation rather than the actual laying of the egg since incubation usually starts with the penultimate egg. What that means is that Hurricane and Brooklyn are probably just going to have three eggs this year as the 72 hour window is closing. Now is this window hard and fast, no, stranger things have happened, but on average this is the pattern and our birds are 9 times out of 10, pretty average birds when it comes to laying and incubating eggs. So bit longer and we'll know for sure.
So far this morning, Hurricane was "on" overnight, Brooklyn was on for a couple of hours at first change, then they started spelling off after relatively short periods, then the morning sun really warmed up the nestbox and Brooklyn was able to take a bit of time on the box edge preening in the sun and the eggs got to watch the outside world for a bit.
I've changed the camera angle while the sun is out so folks can see the box from a different angle and get a sense of the amount of cover the new roof provides as the sun swings around. There is a a fish-eye on this lens so there is a bit of distortion with size at distance but you can see that the birds have more room than is immediately apparent with the windowcam.
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Something seems to have got Brooklyn's attention
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From 7:30 am this morning, Hurricane doing some house cleaning.
http://youtu.be/mzwFzGjKaEk
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From 7:30 am this morning, Hurricane doing some house cleaning.
http://youtu.be/mzwFzGjKaEk
I believe Trey used to do that as he sat on the eggs.
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really neat video, thanks rcf.
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Last egg can be up to 72 hours after the previous egg but that pertains more to the start of incubation rather than the actual laying of the egg since incubation usually starts with the penultimate egg. What that means is that Hurricane and Brooklyn are probably just going to have three eggs this year as the 72 hour window is closing. Now is this window hard and fast, no, stranger things have happened, but on average this is the pattern and our birds are 9 times out of 10, pretty average birds when it comes to laying and incubating eggs. So bit longer and we'll know for sure.
Well, I guess Hurricane knew what the timeline was because she laid her fourth egg about 8:35 pm this evening. ;D :-* :-* :-* :-*
Video of Hurricane laying her fourth egg. - http://youtu.be/ziug76tBw4I
You can see three eggs in front and one in behind her.
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Wonderful news and thank you RCF for this video. :-*
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Shift change just now, Brooklyn off and Hurricane on, had a quick look at the four eggs. ;D
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At the Cleveland Terminal Tower nest this year, the female (SW) laid 2 eggs, waited 5 days, then laid 2 more. :o
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9 days between eggs, that's a long time to be egg-bound. No wonder Hurricane was so unwilling to get down to incubation. Will probably mean that we are looking at a hatch about June 5th to 7th - so a one month gap between our first two nests (West Winnipeg will be about a week before Brandon I suspect)
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Amazing to watch her, thanks rcf.
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:) Well after much shuffling around and plumping and egg scootin here and there, looks like the little mama is all settled for the night. Rest easy Hurricane because once your chickees are here, there is no rest for you!!! Good night.
Just as a way of interest, my greatgrandfather helped to build the McKenzie Seed building. I wonder what he would think of these happenings on the roof!! :)
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Looks like Brooklyn on the eggs this morning at 7 am.
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Shift change at 7:25am.
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Our boy is lying flat in the nestbox to get out of the wind ... haven't seen a peregrine that flat since Trey was trying to keep out of the wind in 2008 on the nestledge at the Radisson (the tuppernest walls helped in 2009).
Nice few days for Brooklyn & Hurricane - and the wind is suppose to die down some this afternoon ...
Today - Clearing this morning. Wind northeast 20 km/h becoming light late this afternoon. High 15. UV index 6 or high. Tonight - Clear. Low plus 3.
Wednesday - Sunny. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h in the morning then light late in the evening. High 21.
Thursday - A mix of sun and cloud. Low 10. High 23.
Friday - A mix of sun and cloud. Low zero. High 12.
Saturday - Sunny. Low plus 3. High 16.
Sunday - Sunny. Low plus 5. High 22.
Monday - Sunny. Low 7. High 23.
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Another egg!! - Wow, Hurricane knew exactly what she was doing, staying off those eggs so much - hopefully there's not too much time between first & last chick when they hatch - and a nice space between Brandon & Radisson this year, we'll be able to watch the different growth phases twice! :D
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Oh yes, I agree with you, Ballywing. We will be very entertained. But poor Hurricane, she must be bushed, being so little and keeping that last egg for so long :P
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Any news about Rosser and Rain? How are the little fellows doing?
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Any news about Rosser and Rain? How are the little fellows doing?
See reply #4 March 6th 2012 in Ask the Peregrine Chick Re: Rain and Rosser. One transmitter cut out about a week or so into migration October 2011 (In Arkansas). The other cut out sometime in February 2012 (In southern Texas).
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Nap time for Brooklyn
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Aw, they look so innocent when they are sleeping. ;D
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This is about the Brandon Peregrines at the McKenzie building, from a local publication "Westman Journal".
http://www.westmanjournal.com/news/local-news/brandon-falcons-nesting-again-1.1406853 (http://www.westmanjournal.com/news/local-news/brandon-falcons-nesting-again-1.1406853)
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Thumbs up for this, rapidcity! Great article! Thanks for sharing the link with us. :)
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Very interseting read.
Thank you for posting it RCF. :D
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This is about the Brandon Peregrines at the McKenzie building, from a local publication "Westman Journal".
http://www.westmanjournal.com/news/local-news/brandon-falcons-nesting-again-1.1406853
Reading through the article I see some of the information is not correct. It says Zeus is Brooklyn's father when in fact he is his uncle. Keener-Screech was Brooklyn's father.
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This is about the Brandon Peregrines at the McKenzie building, from a local publication "Westman Journal".
http://www.westmanjournal.com/article/20120507/BRANDON0101/120509994/-1/brandon/brandon-falcons-nesting-again
Reading through the article I see some of the information is not correct. It says Zeus is Brooklyn's father when in fact he is his uncle. Keener-Screech was Brooklyn's father.
You are correct RCF but the reporter talked to me for a very long time and had lots (and lots) of questions and given the family trees in this province :o, uncle, father, not such a huge faux-pas! The rest of the article looks great and it's nice to have more coverage for Hurricane and Brooklyn!! ;D
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This is about the Brandon Peregrines at the McKenzie building, from a local publication "Westman Journal".
http://www.westmanjournal.com/article/20120507/BRANDON0101/120509994/-1/brandon/brandon-falcons-nesting-again
Very good Article and photos, best one that I've seen this year. :)
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This is about the Brandon Peregrines at the McKenzie building, from a local publication "Westman Journal".
http://www.westmanjournal.com/article/20120507/BRANDON0101/120509994/-1/brandon/brandon-falcons-nesting-again
Very good Article and photos, best one that I've seen this year. :)
We submitted both the photos - the webcam capture doesn't look half bad and of course Dennis' photos never look "bad" ;D
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This is about the Brandon Peregrines at the McKenzie building, from a local publication "Westman Journal".
http://www.westmanjournal.com/article/20120507/BRANDON0101/120509994/-1/brandon/brandon-falcons-nesting-again
Reading through the article I see some of the information is not correct. It says Zeus is Brooklyn's father when in fact he is his uncle. Keener-Screech was Brooklyn's father.
You are correct RCF but the reporter talked to me for a very long time and had lots (and lots) of questions and given the family trees in this province :o, uncle, father, not such a huge faux-pas! The rest of the article looks great and it's nice to have more coverage for Hurricane and Brooklyn!! ;D
Very True!!
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Wonderful article about Hurricane & Brooklyn and the history of the Brandon peregrine falcons. Thanks for posting the link, rcf! :)
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Hurricane and Brooklyn were cute to watch at shift change at 0525h today. She was on as she usually is overnight, then she took off, he turned up and looked around, parked himself on the eggs for a couple of minutes then she came back, initially not to get on the eggs, then he left, she moved in. After about a minute she was off again and he turned up a few minutes later and parked himself on the eggs again. Then he got off to check something (her I think) and then back on the eggs again.
Its 0837h now and Hurricane has taken over from Brooklyn again ...
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Bccs was here on business this morning so Rose and I went for breakfast with her, it was nice seeing her. :) We went to the parkade and didn't see any falcons. :( When we drove down 10th street we saw a falcon perched and eating on the west side of the McKenzie roof, so we stopped to look. ;D 8) After bccs left, we went around to the east side and Hurricane was having brunch, then she flew over to the communications tower and perched.
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After taking Rose home I drove by the McKenzie building again because I can't help myself. ::) :D Hurricane and Brooklyn were flying around yelling at the workmen on the communications tower. I noticed that when they had no eggs they were not at all interested in people being on the communications tower. They sort of settled down before I left, but the men were still on the tower.
Brooklyn
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Hurricane
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Great photo's again RCF. Thanks for the update :D
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Not only breakfast, which was grand, look who we saw..... none other than Hurricane herself. ;D
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You lucky ducks! What a grand time. Thanks for sharing! :)
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Great shots, you two!
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It's raining in Brandon, but the birdie in the box is dry. ;D
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Those are magnificent photos of Hurricane in front of the red brick wall, rcf! :D
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RCF, your photos are spectacular as always. I love the ones where they are suspended in air. Glad you were treated to a display today. :)
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http://youtu.be/z4FXICIH7ws
Hurricane trying to get comfy, but something just doesn't feel right....... we've missed an egg and you can only back up so far against the wall. She finally gets comfy with all the eggs covered. ;D
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Hurricane trying to get comfy, but something just doesn't feel right....... we've missed an egg and you can only back up so far against the wall. She finally gets comfy with all the eggs covered. ;D
I don't know what it is about this bird and her need to stand on her head when she's incubating!! It's like Princess deciding the scrape she wants to use means that either her head or her tail feathers get when when it rains (Ivy stays dry however).
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So that brings me to a question which may sound rather simpleton, but do peregrine falcons make more than one scrape in an individual nestbox and then the female chooses which one she favours? Or do they make scrapes in a variety of different locations and the female chooses the location and scrape she prefers?
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Not only breakfast, which was grand, look who we saw..... none other than Hurricane herself. ;D
Looks like a pigeon bccs ???
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Nice work on the birds RCF... ;)
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So that brings me to a question which may sound rather simpleton, but do peregrine falcons make more than one scrape in an individual nestbox and then the female chooses which one she favours? Or do they make scrapes in a variety of different locations and the female chooses the location and scrape she prefers?
Both. There were two scrapes in the Radisson nestbox this year - one where they are and one right below the inside-box cam. In years when the Radisson birds nested on the ledge, we would have scrapes in the nestbox as well. With the West Winnipeg birds, Beau would make scrapes in the nice nestboxes and twice Jules has ignored his creations. Now whether its purely a case of the female saying I like this spot and its a good thing there's a scrape here or whether the male takes clues from her and concentrates his efforts more where she has indicated a preference or whether he indicates his preference by making a better scrape in one location than another, I'm afraid I can't say.
I should also mention that while the males do most of the scraping the females do participate, though it seems they do more of the latter renovations and they tend to spend more time at it as time goes along - and sorry for this cliche, but the males hop into the box, scrape for a couple of minutes then they are off again - the females will continue to work at it for 10 or 15 minutes by comparison.
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Not only breakfast, which was grand, look who we saw..... none other than Hurricane herself. ;D
Looks like a pigeon bccs ???
I was standing beside her, it was no pigeon! ;) Maybe the pigeon you saw was the one being eaten. ;D
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I really love watching these two on the window cam, the lighting works so well sun and shade and they are so darn photogenic. Its going to be great watching these two with their chicks come June ...
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I was checking out the red sunset in the ledgecam at the Radisson and decided to take a last peak at the Brandon birds - and there is no way it looks like 2058h there right now ... bright light, blue sky with white clouds in the eastern sky - looks like mid-afternoon!! Cool 8)
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Looks like it's a little warm in the nest this morning for Hurricane, she was panting.
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Not only breakfast, which was grand, look who we saw..... none other than Hurricane herself. ;D
Looks like a pigeon bccs ???
I do believe you are teasing bccs...right Dennis, because it does look like a Falcon to me.
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Just cleaned the glasses...yep, I think it's a Peregrine :-\
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Ha ha, what a tease!
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??? Anyone know where Rain and Rosser are??
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??? Anyone know where Rain and Rosser are??
We do not I'm afraid. Both of their transmitters stopped functionning suddenly which is usually a sign of transmitter failure. One stopped last fall on the way down near Arkansas, one stopped abruptly in earlier this spring in Texas. I have posted a note among the peregrine project folks south of the border to keep their eyes open for male, black-banded birds with transmitters on them and hopefully we will hear something - but heck it could be that our next contact will be when one of the boys turns up defending a nestsite somewhere - that's how we usually "find" our kids again. However, the mortality rate is 5 out of every 10 chicks in the first year, so of our 10 chicks last year, we lost 3 in the nest and 2 at fledging so our boys are not out of the woods necessary ....
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Thanks TPC for the info update! :)
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This morning when Terry & Marcy (CBC Radio One morning program) were talking about the Falcon cams, Terry mentioned what a good looking bird Hurricane is. From his comments, it sounded like she must have been playing up to the camera when he tuned in. Or at least I'm assuming it was Hurricane - I think he referred to her as the 'Brandon bird'.
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Yes, I did hear that too, Jo. But I really think it is because the webcam view appears to be a better view, perhaps because it is a closer view and also perhaps because the lighting is better. :-\ I think they are both absolutely beauuuuutiful! ;D
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Sure does look windy in the Brandon nestbox this evening.
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The long weekend forecast ...
- Tonight - A few clouds. Wind southeast 40 km/h gusting to 60 diminishing to 20 late this evening then becoming light before morning. Low 12.
- Thursday - Sunny. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud late in the afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm late in the afternoon. High 31. UV index 7 or high. Partly cloudy. Becoming clear in the evening. Risk of a thunderstorm early in the evening. Wind west 20 km/h becoming northeast 20 after midnight. Low 12.
- Friday - Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. High 30.
- Saturday - Cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Low 13. High 20.
- Sunday - Sunny. Low 7. High 17.
- Monday - Sunny. Low 6. High 22.
- Tuesday - A mix of sun and cloud. Low 8. High 22.
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Sure does look windy in the Brandon nestbox this evening.
Now the wind is from the southeast at 22km's it was much worse this afternoon. The camera was shaking like we were having a major Earthquake but both Brooklyn and Hurricane spent their time sleeping while they took turns on the eggs. :)
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Such devoted mom and dad. (insert heart smiley)
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From this morning
Brooklyn
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Hurricane this evening.
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Rcf... did you get yourself a Wowser this year??? You are taking some amazing pictures!!! ;D
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Rcf... did you get yourself a Wowser this year??? You are taking some amazing pictures!!! ;D
I did get a new lens, but it is definitely not a Wowser!! :)
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I did get a new lens, but it is definitely not a Wowser!! :)
Oh... so you just got a MINI Wowser!!! ;D
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"Mini Wowzer" takes mighty fine photos too! 8)
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RCF definitely has a gift! 8) Thanks for the great pics, C. I sure to miss my spot on the parkade. I'm having Peregrine withdrawals. The closest nest to me now is about an hour away. :(
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Looks as if it's raining in Brandon right now. At least Hurricane is not getting too wet, under the cover of the new nestbox. :)
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2100h
Hurricane is sound asleep, head-planted into the gravel with a perfectly dry corner. Only a little ruffle of her feathers in the wind nipping around the box and absolutely no water dripping, drizzling or running onto her like it is for Princess. The light is still good here but I'm not sure which way the Winnipeg storm is travelling ...
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2106- Hardly any rain in Brandon so far today, no thunder storms and at this time of the evening the sky is partly clear so birdie in the box shouldn't be too wet if any also only showers predicted for tonight with very little wind. :)
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2106- Hardly any rain in Brandon so far today, no thunder storms and at this time of the evening the sky is partly clear so birdie in the box shouldn't be too wet if any. :)
The Environment Canada website shows you will probably have rain later tonight but there are no watches or warnings or anything for your area. Looks like this year, Hurricane and Brooklyn might the ones staying dry :)
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2100h
Hurricane is sound asleep, head-planted into the gravel with a perfectly dry corner. Only a little ruffle of her feathers in the wind nipping around the box and absolutely no water dripping, drizzling or running onto her like it is for Princess. The light is still good here but I'm not sure which way the Winnipeg storm is travelling ...
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What a great shot for TPC's caption/previous post, RCF.
Nice to see Hurricane relaxed and dry.
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Guess we're lucky. :) No rain over night and only one ml fell yesterday but maybe a shower or two this am and then clear. :) Have to plant potatoes this am so it better not. :)
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Brooklyn is very careful not to step on the eggs when Hurricane comes to relieve him from incubating. :)
http://youtu.be/avy8er8ChMk
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Brooklyn is very careful not to step on the eggs when Hurricane comes to relieve him from incubating. :) http://youtu.be/avy8er8ChMk
That's a great clip RCF - he certainly did tip toe over the eggs. Also amazing to watch the care and precision by Hurricane when she was getting all settled.
The camera angle and sound is wonderful - you can even hear the pebbles move as she was getting all cozy.
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Brooklyn is very careful not to step on the eggs when Hurricane comes to relieve him from incubating. :)
http://youtu.be/avy8er8ChMk
I love this video that you've posted, rcf! :-* It's so good to see Hurricane gather her eggs up so carefully and that they are all under the roof cover. :)
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Hurricane was calling or yelling, must of been to get Brooklyn to relieve her because she left and he showed up PDQ I guess she wears the pants in this family. ;D
She's loud so you may want to turn down the sound.
http://youtu.be/yBWggz9B6uI
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Hurricane was calling or yelling, must of been to get Brooklyn to relieve her because she left and he showed up PDQ I guess she wears the pants in this family. ;D...
LOL! Like mother, like daughter! Takes after Princess, I guess! Hurricane squawks "Jump" and Brooklyn squawks "How high?!" ;)
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All hunkered down with quite the wind blowing! Must keep the eggies warm and this is what is happening!! :)
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Is it always this windy in Brandon?
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....PRAIRIES, BABY!!!! ;D ;D
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Is it always this windy in Brandon?
It's windy most of the time here. Today wind is from the East at 35kms per hour and blowing right into the nest box, Brooklyn and Hurricane are used to it. A few minutes ago when we were downtown Brooklyn was on the south light parked as close to the building as he could get. :)
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It's windy most of the time here. Today wind is from the East at 35kms per hour and blowing right into the nest box, Brooklyn and Hurricane are used to it. A few minutes ago when we were downtown Brooklyn was on the south light parked as close to the building as he could get. :)
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I checked a little later and he was perched on a window sill on the west side.
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Great pics which really bring home the expression «ruffled feathers» tee hee :)
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Looks like Brooklyn is getting a bit wet this morning. The wind is supposed to change to the west this afternoon, so it will be dry for whoever is in the box then.
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Just to add to RCF's note on the weather today ... not going to be much better over the next couple of days either according to Environment Canada
Today - Drizzle ending this afternoon then cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind northeast 30 km/h. High 10. / Tonight - Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light late this evening. Low plus 3.
Friday - Cloudy. 60 percent chance of rain in the morning. Clearing early in the evening. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h early in the evening. High 12.
Saturday - A mix of sun and cloud. Low plus 1. High 11.
Sunday - Periods of rain. Low plus 5. High 11.
Monday - Cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Low 6. High 13.
Tuesday - Sunny. Low plus 4. High 17.
Wednesday - Sunny. Low plus 5. High 18.
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1147 hrs
No measurable amount of rain so far today just drizzle, right now the sun is trying to shine and the wind is northwest. This week they seem change the forcast hourly, I sure hope we don't get frost and snow they are forcasting for a few miles further north. :'(
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1147 hrs
No measurable amount of rain so far today just drizzle, right now the sun is trying to shine and the wind is northwest. This week they seem change the forcast hourly, I sure hope we don't get frost and snow they are forcasting for a few miles further north. :'(
Here's hoping everything goes well. It's hard to imagine how any of them survive on the tops of mountains with no protection whatever. :(
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1147 hrs
No measurable amount of rain so far today just drizzle, right now the sun is trying to shine and the wind is northwest. This week they seem change the forcast hourly, I sure hope we don't get frost and snow they are forcasting for a few miles further north. :'(
Here's hoping everything goes well. It's hard to imagine how any of them survive on the tops of mountains with no protection whatever. :(
No "tops of mountains" ;) because there is not enough food for them. Now cliffs, yes so long as there is food nearby, so cliffs near water. As for heights, they just need to be high enough - in NWT there have been reports of peregrines nesting on the cliffs that are formed below ground in diamond (I believe) mines - they are deep strip-like mines as I understand.
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1147 hrs
No measurable amount of rain so far today just drizzle, right now the sun is trying to shine and the wind is northwest. This week they seem change the forcast hourly, I sure hope we don't get frost and snow they are forcasting for a few miles further north. :'(
Here's hoping everything goes well. It's hard to imagine how any of them survive on the tops of mountains with no protection whatever. :(
No "tops of mountains" ;) because there is not enough food for them. Now cliffs, yes so long as there is food nearby, so cliffs near water. As for heights, they just need to be high enough - in NWT there have been reports of peregrines nesting on the cliffs that are formed below ground in diamond (I believe) mines - they are deep strip-like mines as I understand.
How interesting, great info as usual, thanks tpc. :)
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0615:Not a nice day at all,it's been raining off and on for the last hour and maybe all night, not raining hard. The wind is 32kms an hour so the rain will be blowing into the nest box but Brooklyn still seems dry and is sleeping soundly.Doesn't sound like a particularly nice day ahead for the birds or the humans. :(
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0726: Change of shift, Hurricane came in looking dry but it is still raining so she must have a dry place to perch. She was pretty noisy,woke Brooklyn up. Shift change took all of about 10 seconds no shuffling around on the eggs this morning. :)
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Hurricane came in looking dry but it is still raining so she must have a dry place to perch. She was pretty noisy,woke Brooklyn up.
Hurricane noisy? Princess can sit back and say "my work is done". ;)
So glad that Hurricane & Brooklyn have more shelter from the rain this year.
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Hurricane may be like her Mum in volume but she sure likes having Brooklyn share baby duties!! Much more so than her mother or her sibling Radisson in Edmonton!!
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Hurricane may be like her Mum in volume but she sure likes having Brooklyn share baby duties!! Much more so than her mother or her sibling Radisson in Edmonton!!
Brooklyn certainly can be seen on the eggs almost as much as Hurricane and at times maybe more? He usually is right there when she calls. A modern day Dad maybe? ;)
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Hurricane may be like her Mum in volume but she sure likes having Brooklyn share baby duties!! Much more so than her mother or her sibling Radisson in Edmonton!!
Brooklyn certainly can be seen on the eggs almost as much as Hurricane and at times maybe more? He usually is right there when she calls. A modern day Dad maybe? ;)
And a Mom who's willing to share more than equally - that may be the more uncommon part. Perhaps it is because they are of an age or because she learned from Zeus who was an old hand, so she's always had a mate who's a bit of a stay-at-home dad - with Zeus it was because she had no idea what to do and he was a good teacher, Brooklyn because he's a very attentive mate. Nice combination for them since she's as big as other females, they get to share the physical stress of raising young a bit more.
It will be interesting to see once the chicks hatch if this share continues in the same way. Last year was just so tough for these two, this year will (hopefully the weather cooperates) be a more normal year and we'll get a better sense of how they operate more normally as a team.
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Its blowing quite a bit in Brandon right now and although Hurricane is out of the rain, there is rain getting blown in on her. She's refusing to open her eyes and protest however. Looking at the local Brandon weather report from the Airport, wind is ENE 39km/h gusting up to 50km/h. That would put the wind blowing rain and everything else right into the nestbox. Light rain continues tonight and tomorrow and then lets up and the wind will be clocking away to the south. Looks like it may be sunny/cloudy through the week but little chance of rain until next Sunday. Bit long in the forecast, but who knows, might work out. Chicks aren't due until the end of the first week in June at the earliest so we'll have to wait a bit longer to see whether what kind of weather they will hatch into ...
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Two views
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Hurricane sure has taken a pounding this evening, with all this nasty rain.
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Nice and dry at the Brandon nestbox right now, no wet spots on the outside rail at all and the Hurricane is tucked down in the corner (where they always are) pretty as a picture.
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1201h
There is sunlight and blue skies in Brandon!!!!
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There is sunlight and blue skies in Brandon!!!!
Didn't last very long, back to clouds and wind and frost tonight when it clears. :( but we really haven't had a lot of rain in the last two or three days (1/2 inch) just a lot of strong wind that makes the rain seem like a lot more. Better days ahead for hatch time. :)
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Looks like a nice sunny day for incubating in Brandon.
Great pictures RCF - gives us an idea of how enclosed and sheltered the nest area really is.
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Hurricane was on the louvered ledge on the back of the Scotia building around 2:30 this afternoon.
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From all the reports, it does sound like this couple really works well together. I can't believe Brandon is still having frost. OMG. A few more days, and then the fun begins. ;D
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...somebody working hard to get all the eggs under cover... :D
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...somebody working hard to get all the eggs under cover... :D
That would be Brooklyn! :)
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Can't wait for lil ones here!!! So cute!!!
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I don't know what it is about Hurricane - but she is such a striking bird! Every time I look at the pics of her that are posted I am amazed at how beautiful she is! Not that they aren't all gorgeous and I love their pics (Dennis's calendar is amazing!), but even on camera there is something about Hurricane! Birdie love... :D
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Isn't Hurricane's dad the rock star, Trey?
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Isn't Hurricane's dad the rock star, Trey?
Yes, Hurricane is the daughter of Princess and Trey year 2007. She was banded as a male because she was small. I believe she was the first to fledge that year. Then Chinook fledged and landed on the ground and then Mistral aka Missy fledged and also landed on the ground. That was my first year watching them. Missy was the sweetest little falcon ever. She was alone in the nest box for quite awhile before she fledged. She was amazing to watch and everyone loved her.
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Isn't Hurricane's dad the rock star, Trey?
Yes, Hurricane is the daughter of Princess and Trey year 2007. She was banded as a male because she was small. I believe she was the first to fledge that year. Then Chinook fledged and landed on the ground and then Mistral aka Missy fledged and also landed on the ground. That was my first year watching them. Missy was the sweetest little falcon ever. She was alone in the nest box for quite awhile before she fledged. She was amazing to watch and everyone loved her.
Trey was a gorgeous peregrine and Hurricane looks a lot like him. That's why she's so pretty. ;)
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Hurricane on the communications tower today.
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;D
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Hurricane on the communications tower today
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Great capture RCF! It looks like she's giving us a "thumbs up!" with her one talon. ;D
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Great capture RCF! It looks like she's giving us a "thumbs up!" with her one talon. ;D
That's for sure! 8)
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Great photos RCF.
Newchick - it sure does look like "thumbs up".
All systems are a go in anticipation of the events of the upcoming week. ;)
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Heya RCF, any chicks out of the shells yet?? ;D
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It sure looks hot this morning, birdie is acting like a mumbrella and panting. :P :P :P
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Heya RCF, any chicks out of the shells yet?? ;D
Not that I can see. ;)
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I believe there is going to be a hatch soon, there must be a pip in one of those eggs. Hurricane is shuffling around and I can hear peeping. 8) :-*
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And the excitement builds !!!
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She is just so busy "shuggling" those eggs the wee ones are going to be dizzy!
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Tweaked the camera angle/zoom to maybe help out with "seeing" the hatches ...
Checked the count (again), eggs were laid April 27, 29 and May 1 and 6. Hard incubation didn't start right after Egg 3 despite Brooklyn's efforts. So, while Eggs 1-3 are old enough to hatch based on lay dates and usual start of incubation, Egg 4 is not. But since hard incubation didn't really appear to start until the 4th at the earliest, I'm inclined to say that I don't think anything will hatch today. Could be that Egg 4 is not viable or that Chick-from-Egg-4 will be delayed, but I think the kids may need another day or two of baking before they are ready.
Having said that, if Egg 4 isn't viable and because Hurricane and Brooklyn have been velcroed to those eggs (seems to be "their way"), I may happily be proved wrong - we have had eggs hatch out at 28-30 days but not by any of the current pairs or their parents.
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Well we are all crossing our fingers for 4 healthy chicks!! We will be falcon cam watching for the hatchlings!! :D
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One egg has a big pip in it and you can hear the chick inside peeping. :)
http://youtu.be/fVpf3k1-cRk
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Chirping coming from under Hurricane ;D
http://youtu.be/wH2LUQQg1jY
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When Hurricane shuggles the eggs like that and so often, does that actually help the egg with the pip to break open and give the chick a wee bit of help?
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Chirping coming from under Hurricane ;D
http://youtu.be/wH2LUQQg1jY
That's a great clip RCF! Thanks for taking the time to post it :)
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What a great video :) Have heard of this but never was tuned in when it actually happened. Thanks for much for posting this. 8)
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very cool RCF, thanks.
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So do we have a hatch yet here? I can't tell. :-\
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Oooo... just saw Hurricane stand up and it looks very close. 2nd egg from the right is full of pips and cracks, I think. 8)
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So do we have a hatch yet here? I can't tell. :-\
Nope, not yet. I am sure we will have to wait until tomorrow. :)
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Mom adjusted herself a few minutes ago... I'm pretty sure I saw a large dent in one of the shells! I predict it will be tonight! :)
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Yep! That's the dent! Thanks RCF!
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Looks like a chick has hatched here. I could see white fluff under Hurricane. Looked like pips in one of the other eggs.
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Yup! Definitely a hatch! Just saw the little one under Hurricane's chest! ;D
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First hatch :-*
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A second hatch half out of it's shell. :-*
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First chick and second hatch for Hurricane and Brooklyn :-*
http://youtu.be/CPHJMQ2rtGQ
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Three have hatched, probably one last night and two this morning. :-* :-* :-* You should be able to see the three on the video. Brooklyn was on them for about 3 minutes before Hurricane kicked him out. I didn't catch the part where Hurricane returned where you got a real good look at the three little ones.
http://youtu.be/sZ9wsRo943o
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YEAH!!!!!! Doing a happy dance!!
Amazing to compare the size to the Radisson chicks, and realize that they were that size only a short time ago.
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Just had a quick look at the web-cam. It was fun to see the little fluffies poking out, and Mom trying to stuff them back under. In a couple of weeks, they won't "stuff" quite so easily!!
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Welcome to the world little flufflings!! :D
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Looks like number four may have hatched just now - the eggshell she is playing with looks "clean" - but we'll have to wait until she wants to show us ...
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So happy to hear that these chicks have arrived!!
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When I posted the video of the three hatches I think the third was only half out of it's shell. :)
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Welcome to the Brandon family!! Congratulations Hurricane and Brooklyn!
(And of course Rose and RCF!)
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Welcome to the Brandon family!! Congratulations Hurricane and Brooklyn!
(And of course Rose and RCF!)
Totally agree :)
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Wow...all four chicks hatched in the same 24 hr period...maybe even 12 hr period.
They will be busy now feeding the four little ones. Wish I could see at work. I can't even see the photos until I get home. Just a white box where they are supposed to be.
Thanks RCF for all the updates. I look forward to getting home so I can watch the videos and see the pictures.
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...just watched a feeding, and I only saw 3 chicks, including one that hasn't quite figured out how to get off of its back - my screen has been kind of jumpy, though, so it's a little hard to really tell... ???
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THat is what I was watching as well. Is there confirmation that the fourth chock has indeed hatched??
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Looks like a big crack in the fourth egg. :)
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Ooops - meant that to read chick... :)
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I believe this is the three chicks first feed. :-* In Part 2 when Hurricane returns she turns the one chick right side up about 2:10 in the video. 8)
Part 1 - http://youtu.be/OCrh9YoPItU
Part 2 - http://youtu.be/ozRboe8GkA0
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So nice to hear that all of the chicks are hatching in unison! My Kinderchicklets saw 3 of them this morning at school! :D
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...the last one is in the process of hatching - Hurricane (I believe) is living up to her name - the way she's spinning and shuggling, the chicks that have already arrived must feel they've hatched into the middle of a hurricane... :D
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There certainly is a huge crack/dent in the fourth egg. ;D
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...the last one is in the process of hatching - Hurricane (I believe) is living up to her name - the way she's spinning and shuggling, the chicks that have already arrived must feel they've hatched into the middle of a hurricane... :D
That's for sure, jadoo! Lots and lots of spinning and shuggling. 4th is chick is definitely on it's way. As RCF has mentioned, there's a huge dent in one side of the egg and cracking. It even seemed as if I could see the little chick peeking out a tiny hole in the egg. 8)
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I believe this is the three chicks first feed. :-* In Part 2 when Hurricane returns she turns the one chick right side up about 2:10 in the video. 8)
Part 1 - http://youtu.be/OCrh9YoPItU
Part 2 - http://youtu.be/ozRboe8GkA0
Hard to believe the Radisson Chicks were this tiny not so long ago. :o 8) ;D
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Congratulations Hurricane and Brooklyn!!
Thankfully there will be a lot of sunshine in the forecast and not rain. :D
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Mmmmm... meal time! Yum, yum! :)
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Dinner time!
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Very briefly uncovered chickpile!
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So gentle with the chicks.
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Three little chicks all in a row. :-*
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Congratulations!
RCF - those are great videos and captures. The three in a row is priceless
I tuned in and all the chicks were tucked away under a parent. Looks very windy in Brandon this afternoon.
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Hurricane left some birdie parts when she left and when Brooklyn showed up he tried to feed the kids, but they weren't all that interested. Hurricane had stuffed them pretty good. ;D
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They look like the leaning tower of fluffies, lol.
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...just watched a feeding, and I only saw 3 chicks, including one that hasn't quite figured out how to get off of its back - my screen has been kind of jumpy, though, so it's a little hard to really tell... ???
Hurricane did flip him back over the right side up! It is one of the videos, the link is posted above. Soon they will be squawking for feeds too! :D
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I've been downloading video and I have to say, as much as I like Hurricane (and I do) that girl has not yet learned to be particularly gentle with her just hatched chicks. Jules is much the same and they are about the same age in terms of chick-raising experience. Princess and the boys (Beau, Ivy and Brooklyn) are much more careful getting on/off the chicks when they first hatch. The boys maybe because they don't get to do it often and Princess because of all her experience.
Now don't get me wrong folks, the chicks are fine. Hurricane hasn't hurt them any and they are so pliable/flexible at this age that a little rolling around under Mom won't hurt them any. As she gets settled into her brooding routine this year, she should get more adept, but it will be interesting to see, last year was not a good year for observing normal behaviour because of the weather. And Hurricane only need to stuff her kids under her for another 10 days before they won't need her constant attention - less than that if the weather cooperates and the parents can take a break from brooding like at the Radisson this year.
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Wow...all four chicks hatched in the same 24 hr period...maybe even 12 hr period.
They will be busy now feeding the four little ones. Wish I could see at work. I can't even see the photos until I get home. Just a white box where they are supposed to be.
I think there has only been the three hatches so far. Hurricane hasn't been very accomodating in the last little while. At 5:30pm there were three chicks and one egg as far as I could tell.
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First meal was at 1000h this morning and it wasn't a particularly complete one. One chick hatched at least 8 hours earlier and no doubt that was the one doing the most begging - the second and third chicks are only a couple of hours only so that may have prompted the timing for this meal. I'm hoping that these two increase the frequency and amounts though, particularly in the first few days. Fortunately the weather looks warm (hot tomorrow) and dry until the weekend so Hurricane and Brooklyn shouldn't have any impediments to feeding the kids frequently.
Here's a difference between Princess & Ivy, Princess & Trey and Jules & Beau. When Brooklyn arrived with food this morning (twice before 1000h), Hurricane has taken the food and left the box to eat leaving Brooklyn to take over with the chicks. Much like they share incubation, it looks like while Hurricane is doing most of the incubating on Day 1 (and probably for at least a couple more days), Brooklyn is getting much more access to his very young offspring than any of our other males.
The differences between birds and pairs is always a fascinating learning experience!
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This was the 530pm feed today. It is a long video but the kids looked like they had lots to eat. If you go to where the description of the video is you can click on where it says 6:10 and it will take you to that point in the video where one chick falls over.........probably from overeating . ;D
http://youtu.be/rJnMHUGjGBU
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Thank you for the video RCF. The Brandon cam keeps freezing up for me after about a second so it's great to see the chicks from your videos and photos :D
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Wow...all four chicks hatched in the same 24 hr period...maybe even 12 hr period.
They will be busy now feeding the four little ones. Wish I could see at work. I can't even see the photos until I get home. Just a white box where they are supposed to be.
I think there has only been the three hatches so far. Hurricane hasn't been very accomodating in the last little while. At 5:30pm there were three chicks and one egg as far as I could tell.
I thought there were 4 because TPC said she thought the 4th had hatched. I can't see anything at work except what is written.
Thanks RCF for all the posts, videos and pictures. I got to see them all when I got home from work.
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Three little chicks all in a row. :-*
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3 chicks lined up in a row is a perfect picture.
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...still only 3 chicks, one egg...the refurbished nest box isn't going to last very long the way hurricane is tearing at it (I wonder if she's hungry?) :)...oh, now she's on to the gravel, might just be boredom...oh, back at the wood... ::)
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...now, with a better view of the egg, I see no pips or cracks...but it is in the line-up for a feeding... :D
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Just saw a quick feeding. Love to hear their demanding little voices. ;D
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All little flufflings ate their breakfast/snack. The last egg is still waiting for its little fluffling to appear. :D
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...now, with a better view of the egg, I see no pips or cracks...but it is in the line-up for a feeding... :D
I think perhaps egg 4 is just facing the wrong way to see, but I do in fact think there is a depression in the egg on one side - or at least that is what I recall seeing at some point after the other three chicks had hatched. When I finish downloading video for the gallery, I'll see if I can't find that screen capture and post it ....
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...now, with a better view of the egg, I see no pips or cracks...but it is in the line-up for a feeding... :D
I think perhaps egg 4 is just facing the wrong way to see, but I do in fact think there is a depression in the egg on one side - or at least that is what I recall seeing at some point after the other three chicks had hatched. When I finish downloading video for the gallery, I'll see if I can't find that screen capture and post it ....
I posted the screen cap of the cracked/dented egg on reply # 51 :)
http://www.species-at-risk.mb.ca/pefa/forum/index.php/topic,3231.msg86353.html#msg86353
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...now, with a better view of the egg, I see no pips or cracks...but it is in the line-up for a feeding... :D
I think perhaps egg 4 is just facing the wrong way to see, but I do in fact think there is a depression in the egg on one side - or at least that is what I recall seeing at some point after the other three chicks had hatched. When I finish downloading video for the gallery, I'll see if I can't find that screen capture and post it ....
I posted the screen cap of the cracked/dented egg on reply # 51 :)
http://www.species-at-risk.mb.ca/projects/pfrp/forum/programs/index.php/topic,3231.msg86353.html#msg86353
Yup, that's the one - thanks RCF!
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Is that normal to have that kind of indentation, TPC? Could that indicate that something's wrong with that egg? Like, maybe chick isn't viable?
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That's what I was wondering, Susha. :-\
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Is that normal to have that kind of indentation, TPC? Could that indicate that something's wrong with that egg? Like, maybe chick isn't viable?
???
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...yes, that's what I saw yesterday as well, and I thought for sure when I checked in this morning that there would be a fourth chick, but then I thought, well, what do I know? At least I'm not the only one puzzled this time... :-*
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Yes, I thought it would have hatched by now too! But like you jaddo, what do I know? ???
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Doesn't appear as if the chick will hatch then. :-\ :(
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Wasn't able to get to this sight yesterday, so did not know about the hatchings. All it took today was one glance at Hurricane.... they (the moms) look so "streamlined" when they are incubating, then as soon as a chick hatches they puff up like a ball. The feathers on the lower back above the tail stick up.
Very cute!!
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;D ;D Thanks RCF for this incredibly adorable photo. Hurricane and chick bunking together. I just made it my computer background. :-*
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I am having trouble with the Brandon camera. It keeps freezing. I get one or two seconds to tantilize me and then whoops, there it goes, freezing again. ??? But I have never had any problems with the osund.
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Ditto! For a few days now. ???
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Just saw the little ones being fed. They are so cute! Feeding was done very quickly.
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Is that normal to have that kind of indentation, TPC? Could that indicate that something's wrong with that egg? Like, maybe chick isn't viable?
Yes, I was wandering the same thing. Will Hurricane eventually discard the 4th egg, as it still hasn't hatched, and I wander too if it is a dud.
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Just watched a feeding with my Grade 4/5 class - so many oooh's and aaaah's! Does the fact that Hurricane shuggled the egg in with the chicks mean that perhaps the egg is still viable? Fingers crossed...
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RCF, you can definitely see the dark brown "crack" on your photo, but this "crack" has been evident for a couple of days now. I am not sure if it is a real crack. Time will tell. Thanks for posting this picture!! ;)
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...well now, there's a pretty good view of the egg - it looks pretty beat up...I'd be surprised if anything came of it now. However, 3 (apparently) healthy young chicks are certainly nothing to be ashamed of... :-*
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I was in Brandon this morning and Rose and I went to the parkade to check on our lttle family. Hurricane circled around the McKenzie building a few times and then flew to her cache under the decorative black/green ledge. She flew up to the green post on the communications tower and ate while Brooklyn stayed with the kids. It wasn't very long until she went back to the nest box and Brooklyn flew over to the communications tower, from there he can see directly into the nest box. :)
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Well it's that time of year, the first Peregrine chicks have been banded and we have 2 more nest site to band...which means that you will be receiving a number of Peregrine photos over the summer mixed with Osprey just for a change...along with anything else that fly's.
Each location provides a different set-up for photographing...and each pair react differently when you enter their nesting area. As all birds appear to look the same until you have a close look...each bird has identifying marks and call.
This is now the fun part of the year...hope you enjoy.
Anyone wishing to be added to my photo list can email me...it's just that simple.
Cheers !
Dennis
ps. it's also fun prepping frozen nest boxes and removing meal remains from the season before in March...
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Oh, how I miss going to the parkade or the bus stop and watching the birds. :'( Thank you so much for the beautiful shots, RCF.
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Just so everyone knows Manitoba's Summer Fair in Brandon is here and you will be hearing some people on loud speakers and music on the Brandon Cam. I think it all depends on the wind direction for how much you hear. :)
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Pre-weekend weather report for Brandon
Severe thunderstorm watch for Brandon - Carberry - Treherne continued
5:19 PM CDT Thursday 07 June 2012
Severe thunderstorms possible this afternoon and evening. This is an alert to the potential development of severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements. If threatening weather approaches take immediate safety precautions.
A disturbance tracking slowly across Western Manitoba will produce scattered thunderstorms across the area this afternoon and evening. Some of these thunderstorms may become severe with the main threats being heavy rainfall, large hail and strong gusty winds. As the system crosses the region these storms are expected to become organized into a widespread area of rain tonight with heavy rainfall is likely on the back side to this complex. At this time the most likely area to see the heavy rain will lie along and near the eastern slopes of the Manitoba escarpment. In these areas 40 to 70 mm of rain are possible by late Saturday.
Environment Canada Forecast for the next week ...
- Thursday night - Cloudy. Showers at times heavy beginning early this evening and ending before morning. Risk of a severe thunderstorm this evening and overnight. Amount 30 to 40 mm. Low 14.
- Friday - Cloudy. Wind west 30 km/h becoming light late in the afternoon. High 19. UV index 5 or moderate. Friday night - Mainly cloudy. Low 13.
- Saturday - Cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. High 20.
- Sunday - Showers. Low 16. High 22.
- Monday - Periods of rain. Windy. Low 10. High 15.
- Tuesday - Sunny. Low 7. High 20.
- Wednesday - A mix of sun and cloud. Low 7. High 21.
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It always rains or storms when the summer fair is here.........never fails. ::)
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Appears that the egg is no longer being incubated...since the last feeding.
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Appears that the egg is no longer being incubated...since the last feeding.
I just logged on and noticed that. :(
At least we have 3 chicks.
Thanks RCF for all the photos...you too Dennis.
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Awwww :-\ - Well I guess Hurricane knows it's not going to hatch - and it would have been really far behind the others - 3 is a good number :-*
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Awwww :-\ - Well I guess Hurricane knows it's not going to hatch - and it would have been really far behind the others - 3 is a good number :-*
Very true, Ballywing. Also, she more than gave it a good try. She didn't give up for the longest time.
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...one of the parents over at the Utah site was shading their unhatched egg today after herding all the kids into the shady corner... :D
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Oh, it looks like she just realized the egg wasn't under her and pulled it in.
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...it really is a bizarre-looking egg... :P
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Hm - well maybe there's hope for it after all..... :)
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...i really doubt it, but as long as it's there, their instinct to shelter & incubate it will go on for a while, I guess - look at Pa at DeMortel site... ;)
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Someone on the CBC comments has posted that he saw the fourth egg hatch ??? Has anyone here seen anything? I can only see fluffies at this point - no egg.
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It's very dark in Brandon with the storm that is passing through, the cam has gone into the black and white night mode.
8am
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Someone on the CBC comments has posted that he saw the fourth egg hatch ??? Has anyone here seen anything? I can only see fluffies at this point - no egg.
It's still an egg this morning.
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Frantic feeding this morning at 8:28...egg is still there.
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Someone on the CBC comments has posted that he saw the fourth egg hatch ??? Has anyone here seen anything? I can only see fluffies at this point - no egg.
I just checked the Brandon camera. It looks like the egg is still there looking the way it has always looked...rough shape.
I guess I could be wrong but to me it looked whole.
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Not sure what happened...I was watching a frantic feeding ( 8:29 ) on the CBC site witch looked like speeded up video...but that wasn't what was going on in real time There was no feeding ???
Perhaps TPC will explain.
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Not sure what happened...I was watching a frantic feeding ( 8:29 ) on the CBC site witch looked like speeded up video...but that wasn't what was going on in real time There was no feeding ???
Perhaps TPC will explain.
Hurricane just finished feeding the kids and I also get the speeded up video, it doesn't last long just a few seconds. ??? ::)
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...it really is a bizarre-looking egg... :P
I also thought the egg looked a little strange. It does look cracked, but to me it looks like a half shell from a previous hatch has somehow stuck to one end of the unhatched egg. I say this because the color between the two halves is very abrupt. I would think if this has happened it would be almost impossible for the chick to hatch. Just natures way I guess. :( Apparently this same thing happened in 2008 at James River Bridge in Newport News Virginia.
I tried to put a link in this post but it doesn't work for some reason. But here are some pics from James River in 2008. The pics of the egg look very similar to Hurricane and Brooklyn's egg and the James River egg never hatched.
James River from BCAW
This was posted by Froona
Just take a very good look at the pics above. It seems like the hatching egg has manouvred itself into a half eggshell of one of the other hatchlings. And Elizabeth helped with her ellbows to push it into the half eggshell.
I feel sick in the stomach. If that is true the little one will die in the egg. It will never be able to hatch. It seems like it can get a little air but it will never be able to pip its way through two eggshell's
I hope I'm wrong, please I hope I'm wrong. But I am worried.
Take a look at this pic from earlier, you can see that it is an eggshell that covers one side of the egg.
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Hurricane's egg
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A lovely day in Brandon ... :'(
Today - Thunderstorms. Risk of a severe thunderstorm this afternoon. Fog dissipating this morning. Wind southeast 30 km/h gusting to 50. High 24. UV index 3 or moderate.
Tonight - Thunderstorms ending this evening then mainly cloudy. 40 percent chance of showers overnight. Risk of a severe thunderstorm early this evening. Wind southeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming west 20 late this evening. Low 10.
Rain isn't waiting for this afternoon, it is chucking down now on the cam and it looks like Hurricane weathering the storm with the kids totally out of sight .... she's soaked though, not surprising ...
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Wow is it ever raining in Brandon right now. Poor Hurricane is soaked.
It sounds windy there unless that is thunder. I guess that is headed this way.
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Raining and windy! It's good to know the chicks are safe and the parent more protected than on a cliff top.
Not to say that she is having a pleasant time of it :-\
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Not sure what happened...I was watching a frantic feeding ( 8:29 ) on the CBC site witch looked like speeded up video...but that wasn't what was going on in real time There was no feeding ???
Perhaps TPC will explain.
You weren't seeing things Dennis. Hurricane fed the chicks at 830am. ;D
http://youtu.be/iGKvT7ZEDWc
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Hurricane is looking around, she can hear the bagpipes and is wondering What the heck ???
There's also a train in the background. The sound is quite amazing.
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Hurricane is looking around, she can hear the bagpipes and is wondering What the heck ???
There's also a train in the background. The sound is quite amazing.
That would be Brooklyn in the nest right now. There is a parade going on and he obviously doesn't like the bagpipe noise. ;D
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...or the sirens, or the barking dog!
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...it really is a bizarre-looking egg... :P
I also thought the egg looked a little strange. It does look cracked, but to me it looks like a half shell from a previous hatch has somehow stuck to one end of the unhatched egg. I say this because the color between the two halves is very abrupt. I would think if this has happened it would be almost impossible for the chick to hatch...
Yes, that appears to be what it looks like and unfortunately, perhaps that is why it could not hatch. :(
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Hurricane is back!
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She doesn't like the noise either, these are unusual noises from the normal downtown noises they hear. Plus there could be people on roofs and fire escapes close by, which won't make them happy. :)
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Still windy, but noise factor has abated. A bit of shut eye now possible.
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...it really is a bizarre-looking egg... :P
I also thought the egg looked a little strange. It does look cracked, but to me it looks like a half shell from a previous hatch has somehow stuck to one end of the unhatched egg. I say this because the color between the two halves is very abrupt. I would think if this has happened it would be almost impossible for the chick to hatch...
Yes, that appears to be what it looks like and unfortunately, perhaps that is why it could not hatch. :(
Hurricane doesn't seem to be incubating it. Currently cast off the side, but still near. Just wander what will happen.
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Hurricane is looking around, she can hear the bagpipes and is wondering What the heck ???
There's also a train in the background. The sound is quite amazing.
That would be Brooklyn in the nest right now. There is a parade going on and he obviously doesn't like the bagpipe noise. ;D
How can he not like bagpipes!! He was hatched on the McKenzie Seeds Building!! He's Brooklyn of McKenzie, son of Keener-Screech of McKenzie, grandson of Mufasa who is an adopted McKenzie. ;) ;D
(revised: Brooklyn is Screech's kid, not Zeus' ... was volunteering today, long day, need a nap)
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Looked like the Brandon kids had duck for supper or something with webbed feet! ;D
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Hurricane is very vocal about the fly that is in the nest box. ;D
http://youtu.be/O3uL_9PqAE4?t=56s
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2156h
Brandon's birds are nice and dry in their box, no rain and everyone looks content and ready to settle for the evening.
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Brandon's birds are nice and dry in their box, no rain and everyone looks content and ready to settle for the evening.
Now we know the egg has truly been rejected, will someone from the project pick it up and anylyze it to see what went wrong?
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Perhaps with the way bagpipes sound there are sometimes notes or screech-like sounds that are a bit like their warning sounds? And for the record, I love the sound of bagpipes - no slur intended.
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Perhaps with the way bagpipes sound there are sometimes notes or screech-like sounds that are a bit like their warning sounds? And for the record, I love the sound of bagpipes - no slur intended.
I agree, des. I find the bagpipes soul stirring. I also love the screechs of our chicks pleasant. :)
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Its a trio huddle-cuddle!!! Very cute to see such bonding! :) Thanks RCF for this photo capturing a tender sibling phanatic moment in time!!
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Now we know the egg has truly been rejected, will someone from the project pick it up and anylyze it to see what went wrong?
This can't be done while the chicks are in the nest box, newchick. Perhaps the egg will be removed by TPC or Dan at the time of the banding in a few weeks, if the parents haven't removed it prior to that. TPC will be better able to speak to this, however.
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Report from down town. One parent on the green pole of the tower and other parent is on the east light and the chicks are by themselves and complaining loudly in spite of being fed twice in the last hour. Note the Poop Art on the southwall of the nest box, some of it getting pretty far up the wall :).
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Great shot of the triplets doing the tripod. ;D
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How can he not like bagpipes!! He was hatched on the McKenzie Seeds Building!! He's Brooklyn of McKenzie, son of Keener-Screech of McKenzie, grandson of Mufasa who is an adopted McKenzie. ;) ;D
LOL TPC!!!! ;D ;D
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These chicks seem to spend alot of time uncovered considering it's only 13 degrees out right now... ??? - or maybe I'm just being a worry wart! :P Hurricane is back on them now, but she seemed to take her time about it! :-\
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Hurricane and Brooklyn were both preening and stretching on the communications tower this evening (peregrine yoga). When I left Brooklyn had gone into the nest box and Hurricane continued to preen.
Brooklyn
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Hurricane
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If anyone was wondering where the last egg is, you will see in the video where it goes and how it got there.
http://youtu.be/7jNjogDFRC4
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Nice video, RCF. :) But I can't really tell - did Hurricane just move the unhatched egg over to the corner of the nestbox, out of the camera's view or did she drop it over the side, out of the nestbox? :-\
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Nice video, RCF. :) But I can't really tell - did Hurricane just move the unhatched egg over to the corner of the nestbox, out of the camera's view or did she drop it over the side, out of the nestbox? :-\
I am pretty sure the egg is still in the box, she never picked it up. When she stepped on it unintentionally, it rolled from under her foot to the side of the box where you can't see it.
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Nice video, RCF. :) But I can't really tell - did Hurricane just move the unhatched egg over to the corner of the nestbox, out of the camera's view or did she drop it over the side, out of the nestbox? :-\
I am pretty sure the egg is still in the box, she never picked it up. When she stepped on it unintentionally, it rolled from under her foot to the side of the box where you can't see it.
I thought she deliberately kicked it out of the way, did you see the force she used as evident by how far away the egg went? Eggcellant soccer player!!
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Nice video, RCF. :) But I can't really tell - did Hurricane just move the unhatched egg over to the corner of the nestbox, out of the camera's view or did she drop it over the side, out of the nestbox? :-\
I am pretty sure the egg is still in the box, she never picked it up. When she stepped on it unintentionally, it rolled from under her foot to the side of the box where you can't see it.
I thought she deliberately kicked it out of the way, did you see the force she used as evident by how far away the egg went? Eggcellant soccer player!!
Ha Ha You crack me up!! I am sure it was not intentional. :D
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Hm - watched it a few times and it looked intentional to me - I guess we'll never know, but it sure is a weird looking egg. Glad the 3 are doing so well in their super new condo!! 8) - great video RCF!!! :-*
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Hm - watched it a few times and it looked intentional to me - I guess we'll never know, but it sure is a weird looking egg. Glad the 3 are doing so well in their super new condo!! 8) - great video RCF!!! :-*
I guess it could look that way. ???
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Had a look at the video and interestingly, its Brooklyn not Hurricane that made the final call. We don't have that many lost eggs or chicks and those we do are usually dealt with by the female. The chicks probably because she is the one "on" more the last few days before hatching and for the first week after hatching when chicks are most likely to die young. As for intention, the first knock with the meal was unintentional, but I'm pretty sure the second was - the nestbox is large enough for him to enter/exit without ever touching that egg but he didn't, he came in, stopped and almost scuffled with it and rolled it way out of range (relatively speaking) of the chicks and the nestscrape (almost on a diagonal from the nest corner). It is forlornly sitting about an inch from the wall facing the window-cam that is why you can't see it but it is still there and there has been no attempt to retrieve it from what I have seen so far from either parent.
So intentional or unintentional? My two cents, first knock was unintentional, second was given the adults' subsequent behaviour since it happened on the 9th.
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So intentional or unintentional? My two cents, first knock was unintentional, second was given the adults' subsequent behaviour since it happened on the 9th.
Does it really matter how it got to where it's position now is? What really matters is how it got to be in the condition it appears to be in (an egg of two colors, light and dark). Did a half shell from a previous hatch get pushed onto the light colored egg or visa versa(the three hatches were close together lots of shells around),as happened at James River Bridge site in 2008. Under these circumstances the chick can't peck through the two shells and sufficates.Also how can we tell what egg in the clutch it is, Number 1, 2, 3 or 4?
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The video you watched had been shortened and it was Hurricane that returned and kicked the egg to the wall. Also the same day I took the video and after the egg had been kicked to the side I saw one of the parents roll the egg towards the inside where you could see it again. So that's why I don't think it was intentional. :)
This is my original video. The egg gets kicked at about 8:10 in the video.
http://youtu.be/p2g1-I603MM
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So intentional or unintentional? My two cents, first knock was unintentional, second was given the adults' subsequent behaviour since it happened on the 9th.
Does it really matter how it got to where it's position now is? What really matters is how it got to be in the condition it appears to be in (an egg of two colors, light and dark). Did a half shell from a previous hatch get pushed onto the light colored egg or visa versa(the three hatches were close together lots of shells around),as happened at James River Bridge site in 2008. Under these circumstances the chick can't peck through the two shells and sufficates.Also how can we tell what egg in the clutch it is, Number 1, 2, 3 or 4?
The why is interesting and important from my perspective - it tells me how Hurricane and Brooklyn are developing and evolving as parents. Last year because it was so wet, wasn't a good year to get a sense of how these birds individually and as a pair behave. Determining how they deal with eggs will let us know for future years what they are going to do or what it means when they have done something. Think of Pa in the Netherlands, poor bird just won't give up. If Hurricane and Brooklyn were the same way, we would intervene so they weren't wasting their reserves/resources on a lost cause. Knowing that within a week they will cut their losses means that in the future we can be pretty sure they are going to handle it appropriately.
Your scenario about the chick suffocating because there were two egg shells wouldn't appear to apply here because the depression in the eggshell, presumably the expansion of the "pip" is free and clear as seen on numerous photos and video clips. It is just as likely that the eggshell was thinner, perhaps because of the delay in laying since her first three eggs hatched out fine, so the depression was caused by one of the parents in which case the chick was probably in trouble long before hatching.
And there is no way to tell the eggs apart by lay date, just that in this case because of the very long lag between when egg 3 and egg 4 was laid, it would be highly unlikely that egg 4 would hatch out at the same time as its sibs - it was between 4 and 6 days younger, which is a very long time in incubation. The egg itself was pretty dark as well, the colour tends to wear off the longer it is from laying and from being "polished" by feathers and pebbles during incubation.
So what happens is important because it will let us better understand what is going on in future years. It could also help us in the future to identify if there is reproductively a problem with this pair - like Hurricane's small size or incubation/brooding behaviours, which is different for every pair. Hurricane can produce four chicks - she did with Zeus but he was exceedingly experienced. With Brooklyn she hasn't managed to do the same - last year the weather was horrendous so its out of the mix for now. This year more normal for both of these birds so if half of a sib's shell is on the fourth egg, was it just an accident/luck or is it that Hurricane and Brooklyn don't pull out eggshells once they hatch? Princess for example pulls/spins them out from under her almost before the chick is free, but she's bigger and maybe the shells bug her more when she's on the chicks/eggs. Hurricane and Brooklyn don't have egg shells around much, either eaten, carried away or stomped into little pieces. Will that change as they get more experienced? Or will that just be their "way". There's nothing wrong with any of this, it's all just what peregrines do naturally, so working out how the birds respond will help us when new situations arise.
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So intentional or unintentional? My two cents, first knock was unintentional, second was given the adults' subsequent behaviour since it happened on the 9th.
Does it really matter how it got to where it's position now is? What really matters is how it got to be in the condition it appears to be in (an egg of two colors, light and dark). Did a half shell from a previous hatch get pushed onto the light colored egg or visa versa(the three hatches were close together lots of shells around),as happened at James River Bridge site in 2008. Under these circumstances the chick can't peck through the two shells and sufficates.Also how can we tell what egg in the clutch it is, Number 1, 2, 3 or 4?
The why is interesting and important from my perspective - it tells me how Hurricane and Brooklyn are developing and evolving as parents. Last year because it was so wet, wasn't a good year to get a sense of how these birds individually and as a pair behave. Determining how they deal with eggs will let us know for future years what they are going to do or what it means when they have done something. Think of Pa in the Netherlands, poor bird just won't give up. If Hurricane and Brooklyn were the same way, we would intervene so they weren't wasting their reserves/resources on a lost cause. Knowing that within a week they will cut their losses means that in the future we can be pretty sure they are going to handle it appropriately.
Your scenario about the chick suffocating because there were two egg shells wouldn't appear to apply here because the depression in the eggshell, presumably the expansion of the "pip" is free and clear as seen on numerous photos and video clips. It is just as likely that the eggshell was thinner, perhaps because of the delay in laying since her first three eggs hatched out fine, so the depression was caused by one of the parents in which case the chick was probably in trouble long before hatching.
And there is no way to tell the eggs apart by lay date, just that in this case because of the very long lag between when egg 3 and egg 4 was laid, it would be highly unlikely that egg 4 would hatch out at the same time as its sibs - it was between 4 and 6 days younger, which is a very long time in incubation. The egg itself was pretty dark as well, the colour tends to wear off the longer it is from laying and from being "polished" by feathers and pebbles during incubation.
So what happens is important because it will let us better understand what is going on in future years. It could also help us in the future to identify if there is reproductively a problem with this pair - like Hurricane's small size or incubation/brooding behaviours, which is different for every pair. Hurricane can produce four chicks - she did with Zeus but he was exceedingly experienced. With Brooklyn she hasn't managed to do the same - last year the weather was horrendous so its out of the mix for now. This year more normal for both of these birds so if half of a sib's shell is on the fourth egg, was it just an accident/luck or is it that Hurricane and Brooklyn don't pull out eggshells once they hatch? Princess for example pulls/spins them out from under her almost before the chick is free, but she's bigger and maybe the shells bug her more when she's on the chicks/eggs. Hurricane and Brooklyn don't have egg shells around much, either eaten, carried away or stomped into little pieces. Will that change as they get more experienced? Or will that just be their "way". There's nothing wrong with any of this, it's all just what peregrines do naturally, so working out how the birds respond will help us when new situations arise.
Thank you for the long and thoughtful answer but how does that account for the light/dark coloured demarcation of the discarded egg and I'm sure that everyone noted the very definite depression on an egg in the clutch because there were comments on the thread. I'm sure everyone will be interested in your explanations. :)
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Going to be a chilly night for Hurricane & kids - Wind keeps blowing Mom's feathers up - Crazy weather - I think the low is only +3 tonight ::)
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Thank you for the long and thoughtful answer but how does that account for the light/dark coloured demarcation of the discarded egg and I'm sure that everyone noted the very definite depression on an egg in the clutch because there were comments on the thread. I'm sure everyone will be interested in your explanations. :)
Until I can get a better look at the egg (i.e., it is in my hand), I can't say for sure what is going on with the egg. Best theory at the moment is that the light dark demarcation is half an eggshell stuck over the end of the egg. And looking at it on the webcam, that's what it seems like to me as well. Is it a major issue? 'Fraid not. If there was a chick, its not going to hatch now so retrieving it would be for interest sake only. Add to that the Brandon chicks are less than 10 days old, so can't thermoregulate, and the weather is cool and wet, chances are, there won't be any attempt to retrive the egg right now. In the meantime, Hurricane and Brooklyn might ignore it or remove it themselves at any time.
Hope that helps with an answer :)
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Cuties!!! :-* :-* :-*
http://youtu.be/mhszQt1Es5c
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That's an ADORABLE video RCF!! ;D - What a contrast to the Radisson chicks who are Big Lumbering Lugs now! ;).....It's nice to be able to switch back & forth and watch them all in such different stages! The Cams sure have come a long way since 2008! - We're so lucky to have such a closeup view and ear to their worlds for these few months. :-* :-*
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The Cams sure have come a long way since 2008! - We're so lucky to have such a closeup view and ear to their worlds for these few months. :-* :-*
That is for sure!! :)
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We're so lucky to have such a closeup view and ear to their worlds for these few months. :-* :-*
I agree, and especially with the ear. I love the sound of the nest boxes! Even bagpipes.
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Not sure what happened...I was watching a frantic feeding ( 8:29 ) on the CBC site witch looked like speeded up video...but that wasn't what was going on in real time There was no feeding ???
Perhaps TPC will explain.
So every so often, when I first go onto the cam view, it is speeded up...sometimes a feeding, sometimes just parent and chicks, but definitely speeded up for just a few seconds - it's quite comical and oh-so peaceful when it goes back to normal speed 8)
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Hi. I'm new to the Forum although I have been following along as a guest the last two years. So firstly I just want to thank everyone for their comments and questions. I've learned so much about the falcons just by reading everything that's been posted by everyone.
I have a question now about the discarded last egg. Do we know how the parent falcons know or decide that an egg is no longer viable?
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Welcome to the forum, Pense. :D I have also wondered the same thing and do not know the answer. I am sure TPC or one of the phanatics can answer your question.
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I recognize your name from reading thru the Forum. Thanks for the warm welcome Jazzerkins!
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Hi. I'm new to the Forum although I have been following along as a guest the last two years. So firstly I just want to thank everyone for their comments and questions. I've learned so much about the falcons just by reading everything that's been posted by everyone.
I have a question now about the discarded last egg. Do we know how the parent falcons know or decide that an egg is no longer viable?
Welcome to the forum, Pense! It's a wonderful community. I believe that TPC has talked somewhere about how a parent can determine the viability of an egg, but I forget details :-X I'm sure that she'll answer your question... :)
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Hi Pense,
What a good question!
I noticed you were our newest member. Welcome.
PS Check out the Social Section for members only.
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Cuties!!! :-* :-* :-*
http://youtu.be/mhszQt1Es5c
Thanks for the adorable video RCF. Every time I check the Brandon cam I find Mom or Dad glued to the chicks so I don't get to see them often, plus the Brandon cam freezes for me constantly, both at home and at work, so it's frustrating to watch. So I really appreciate your little videos! :-*
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I have a question now about the discarded last egg. Do we know how the parent falcons know or decide that an egg is no longer viable?
Have you ever spun a hard-boiled egg and a raw egg? If you have, in a simplified form, it's like that :) As the chicks develop, they go from raw eggs to "hard-boiled". At hatching stage, it may be that if the chick dies in the egg, the adults can't "hear" it anymore. To provide a possible human equivalent (reverse anthropomorphism ;)) if a close companion, spouse, child, pet, is quieter than usual, isn't our impulse to think that something is "wrong"? If the response (excluding the pets of course) is "nothing" do we necessarily believe it? Or do we wait and watch until we are sure it is "nothing" or that it is "something"? Simplified answer but hopefully it gives you the sense of how it works.
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Yes that explains it. Thanks for the reply TPC!
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That is a very interesting analogy, TPC. Makes me wonder, then, why "Pa" in the Netherlands is still incubating his eggs. :-\
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That is a very interesting analogy, TPC. Makes me wonder, then, why "Pa" in the Netherlands is still incubating his eggs. :-\
That may be his response to the "new" female. But he's done this before so it may just be his "thing" when faced with eggs. Could be like Doorly the former resident male in Topeka, Kansas who kept destroying the eggs in his nest. No one could say if he was doing it because he knew the eggs weren't viable or because it was his thing. When one egg did hatch, he immediately switched to "daddy" mode and didn't break eggs after that.
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I was in Brandon today and I took some video of Brooklyn coming and going out of the nest box. I am just an amateur so it's not perfect. :P I tweaked the video so you would also see Brooklyn feeding the kids on the webcam.
http://youtu.be/zPCwBw4D6tk
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Nice video, RCF. That white bib of Brooklyn's is very striking.
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Hi Pense,
What a good question!
I noticed you were our newest member. Welcome.
PS Check out the Social Section for members only.
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome.
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Nice video, RCF. That white bib of Brooklyn's is very striking.
I agree....very nice video RCF. I watch the birds here and at the Radisson and
am constantly struck by what beautiful birds they are.
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Dad, Dad, I'm talkin to you!!
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Dad, Dad, I'm talkin to you!!
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Cute! A propos, as we approach Father's Day. 8)
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RCF, I am waiting for a slide show like you made last year! Remember? With Rosser and Rain "talking" as they watched Mom and Dad fly by? That was SOOO cute... ;D
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Was just checking on the cam and see one flat pancake of white fluff.! Must be hot in the nest.
What a difference between these little ones and their counterparts in Wpg. So neat to be able to compare the two nests.
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Today is the first day I have noticed that the cam freezes off and on. Makes for jerky viewing!
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Today is the first day I have noticed that the cam freezes off and on. Makes for jerky viewing!
HI: Ellie. Ive been watching the Brandon Cam for the last hour( two major feedings in the hour) and no freezing, I'm using google chrome but when I used internet explorer I would get a little bit of freezing. It seems kind of sporadic and doesn't seem to affect everyone the same. :-\
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I have google chrome also, like Rose I only get a little freezing sometimes too.
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Video of Hurricane doing a bit of preening on the northeast corner of the McKenzie building. :)
http://youtu.be/iWtdJ1tGjCE
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I have google chrome also, like Rose I only get a little freezing sometimes too.
I never have any problem with freezing and I'm also using Google Chrome. Only that interesting but not really problematic issue where the picture speeds up for a few seconds :o
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Three fluffies resting. The front one, however put his chin on the rim full of poop shots, then slide his head down slowly and is resting, face first, into the decorated wall. :-X
Nature is tough and not at all fussy... ;D
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Well, I guess I jinxed my viewing of the Brandon cam. This evening, for the first time, the cam is freezing >:(
The view speeds up...then freezes...speeds up again...then freezes. Rats! :P
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Well, I guess I jinxed my viewing of the Brandon cam. This evening, for the first time, the cam is freezing >:(
The view speeds up...then freezes...speeds up again...then freezes. Rats! :P
Think of it like a football game when they show a reply, then freeze the action to explain what just happened, then continue on with the rest of the play...just my thoughts ???
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I use Google Chrome as well. Today is the first time I have had any problems and they are continuing as I am typing. Oh well I will do like Dennis says and pretend they will be replays! lol
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Well, I guess I jinxed my viewing of the Brandon cam. This evening, for the first time, the cam is freezing >:(
The view speeds up...then freezes...speeds up again...then freezes. Rats! :P
Think of it like a football game when they show a reply, then freeze the action to explain what just happened, then continue on with the rest of the play...just my thoughts ???
Thanks for trying to re-frame (pun unintended) in a positive light, Dennis. Clearly, I was spoiled with flawless viewing before now and am cranky that it's no longer perfect ::) Still hope it's temporary ;D
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Thanks for the great laugh moka. Love the description. :)
Three fluffies resting. The front one, however put his chin on the rim full of poop shots, then slide his head down slowly and is resting, face first, into the decorated wall. :-X
Nature is tough and not at all fussy... ;D
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Thanks for the great laugh moka. Love the description. :)
Three fluffies resting. The front one, however put his chin on the rim full of poop shots, then slide his head down slowly and is resting, face first, into the decorated wall. :-X
Nature is tough and not at all fussy... ;D
Do you mean this pic? ;D
(https://s26.postimg.cc/r9ni153bd/mckenzie011_NAP.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/5n8hk44qt/)
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Kissy McKenzie Kids
http://youtu.be/7cYmRGM8xqs
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LOL they are so gangly and geeky at that age. So cute though.
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Kissy McKenzie Kids
http://youtu.be/7cYmRGM8xqs
Terrific capture...and thank you for them all.
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Kissy McKenzie Kids
http://youtu.be/7cYmRGM8xqs
Terrific capture...and thank you for them all.
Yes, it sure is. I was listening in at about 3 a.m., as you can't see anything, but, could hear the chicks chirping away.
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Chicks all huddled together in the corner under the roof of the nest box. Can just see the tail feathers of an adult, sitting on the other side of the nest box - probably waiting for food! :)
Okay, my typing wasn't fast enough - parent now keeping chicks warm. LOL!
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It was nice and sunny and the chicks were happily "huddle-cuddlingly" and fussing with each other and their feathers. No adult in sight but they will be across the way, or on the roof of the box or on the light standards overhead. Hurricane and Brooklyn are normally close to their kids at this stage.
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Adult parked on the front box edge now - can't tell who for sure, but I suspect its Brooklyn by size - bird is preening and the sun is directly behind him/her so can't get a clear look at head or breast plumage.
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It would be nice if the window cam was zoomed out a little so we could see more of the east and north side of of the nest box, then we could still see the chicks and also the parent coming and going :)
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It would be nice if the window cam was zoomed out a little so we could see more of the east and north side of of the nest box, then we could still see the chicks and also the parent coming and going :)
I can certainly do that if that is what folks would like right now - will mean that you will not be able to see the chicks "up close and personal". If y'all want me to try it for awhile, let's see a show of hands ... :)
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Have switched to a wider view as the adults are leaving the chicks uncovered more now. Tomorrow (15th) will be ten days so they are starting to thermoregulate now and we could/should be seeing them uncovered more and more from now on. If a storm blows through or if there is alot of rain or cooler temps, Hurricane or Brooklyn will still be there for them but other than that, the chicks should be visible most of the time. With a wider view everyone can watch not only the adults but the chicks as well. We'll see how the new view works out and go from there ...
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1300h
Wind has picked up in Brandon and its getting darker there. Hurricane has parked herself on the kids just to be sure.
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I see Hurricane is all snuggled up with the kids and the kids have been colouring on the south wall. ;D
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Do you mean this pic? ;D
(https://s26.postimg.cc/r9ni153bd/mckenzie011_NAP.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/5n8hk44qt/)
I was watching it live but it was similar to this result except his face was down on the pebbles kissing the wall ;D
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Love the new cam view. Very cool to see the parent sitting on the edge of the box watching over their chicklets.
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Love the new cam view. Very cool to see the parent sitting on the edge of the box watching over their chicklets.
I like the new cam view also! :)
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Brooklyn hanging out with the kids.
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Me too, 'Thumbs Up' to the new cam view - it gives a good perspective of nest size, chick sizes & where the parents are too :-*
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I think I'll like the new view once the cam stops freezing :P. Seems to be happening early in the evening...prime time I guess.
(I did like seeing the chicks close up, but can't have it both ways ::))
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Really like the new camera view here. Nice to see it all. :)
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Do you mean this pic? ;D
(https://s26.postimg.org/ytl6gxlvt/mckenzie011_NAP.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/63yakahvp/)
RCF, that is just right off the cute meter!
I like the new view also.
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This is a great new view!
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Okay, any chick, any view, the best of whatverer, we know we love them all.... ;D
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Out and about today with RCF about 2 hours and saw three adult Falcons. On the way home saw Brooklyn perched on the east light and Hurricane perched at the bottom of the clock tower (favorite spots) about 1215. We assumed the chicks were still in the nest box, ;D when we got home they were. :)
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Hurricane
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Happy Father's Day Brooklyn! your three kiddies depend on you! :D
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Just peeked in and saw the three pancakes resting. They seem so quiet but that is in comparaison to the huge chicks at the Radisson. ;)
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Do you mean this pic? ;D
(https://s26.postimg.org/ytl6gxlvt/mckenzie011NAP.jpg) (https://postimage.org)
RCF, that is just right off the cute meter!
I like the new view also.
Oh that is just too cute. This shot reminds me of when my son was about 4 and he fell asleep with a plate of cake on his lap and a fork sticking out of his mouth. Little ones are too precious!
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Raining in Brandon and parent with trio of cuties huddled under the roof.
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Raining in Brandon and parent with trio of cuties huddled under the roof.
That is Hurricane and she just fed them a big dinner and I am pretty sure it was a gull. ;D
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Raining in Brandon and parent with trio of cuties huddled under the roof.
That is Hurricane and she just fed them a big dinner and I am pretty sure it was a gull. ;D
I haven't seen the Brandon parents by all last evening nor early this morning. Anyone else?
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Dont worry both were just at the box and breakfast is being served and before that Brooklyn was on the box edge,left and Hurricane arrived. :)
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Dont worry both were just at the box and breakfast is being served and before that Brooklyn was on the box edge,left and Hurricane arrived. :)
Thanks Rose, (just the worried Mother in me)
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I haven't seen the Brandon parents by all last evening nor early this morning. Anyone else?
The chicks are past their ten day milestone, we will see the parents "on" them much less now and even see the parents less now on camera. This is normal and Hurricane and/or Brooklyn won't ever be very far away.
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Hurricane usually perches on the east light above the nest or at the bottom of the clock tower above the camera. Last evening Brooklyn was sitting on the west side of the McKenzie roof, he likes to eat in that spot and where I was able to ID his band number. :)
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All three chicks try to swallow a leg, looks like it comes from some sort of shore bird. One manages to get it down finally. :o ;D
http://youtu.be/J8Kjh1slrt8
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I haven't seen the Brandon parents by all last evening nor early this morning. Anyone else?
The chicks are past their ten day milestone, we will see the parents "on" them much less now and even see the parents less now on camera. This is normal and Hurricane and/or Brooklyn won't ever be very far away.
I know Tracey, just was concerned as it was a cooler night and morning, even if they can thermoregulate, it must' ve been chilly for them.
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Brooklyn came by for a quick visit, he was only there for a minute and left.
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LOL, rcf, everyone seems to be in the same position and it's 4 hours later. ;)
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6:51pm... dinner time. One chick's crop is so full he can barely stand up! I think it's on the verge of bursting! :o And the other chick I can see doesn't have a full crop at all. Methinks we have a piggy in this bunch!!!
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There they are, beautiful, fluffy white chicks sitting in the sun.
They have grown fast, they seem so alert... maybe food is coming in soon because they are squawking.
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There they are, beautiful, fluffy white chicks sitting in the sun.
They have grown fast, they seem so alert... maybe food is coming in soon because they are squawking.
yup, one of their breakfasts for today arrived at 0812h in the form of a killdeer ...
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My screen was freezing but I'm sure I caught one of these guys playing soccer with the unhatched egg earlier... :-X
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The egg is in the southeast corner of the nest box now and the kids look like they just had a recent feed. :)
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I LOVE this photo, RCF! "Winkin", "Blinkin" & "Nod" all lined up, ready to go to school! LOL! ;)
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I agree KC! Such a great picture...as usual! Thanks for all these great captures RCF :-*
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I agree KC! Such a great picture...as usual! Thanks for all these great captures RCF :-*
Ditto! Great picture RCF!
Wow! Seems like these chicks doubled in size in the last couple of days!
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Hurricane has been hanging out with the kids for quite a while this evening.
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Chicks look flat out exhausted right now.
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These little chubs just got fed again (10pm). I haven't seen an empty crop once today! :)
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All chicks are frolicking in the sun this morning. :)
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Hurrcane was yelling at Brooklyn on the communications tower this morning. You could see her but not him and he had prey. I think she was telling him to hurry up. ::) She finally got the food and took it to the chicks to feed, he then went and perched where we could see him.
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Those are absolutely lovely captures RCF!
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These little chubs just got fed again (10pm). I haven't seen an empty crop once today! :)
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Awesome pics! They sure have grown a lot since hatching.
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Oh my gosh RCF, I just LOVE the photo of chick peeking out of the nestbox. That is just precious! :-* :-*
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Brooklyn has been in the nest box with the kids for quite a while this morning. :)
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It's so much quieter and peaceful over here ... why do they have to grow up and learn how to fledge? :-\
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It's so much quieter and peaceful over here ... why do they have to grow up and learn how to fledge? :-\
I think it's the small buildings,country air, very little angst and not too many worries or cares and a few nice people to boot. :)
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It's so much quieter and peaceful over here ... why do they have to grow up and learn how to fledge? :-\
So says every mother of a teenager :-\
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It's so much quieter and peaceful over here ... why do they have to grow up and learn how to fledge? :-\
I think it's the small buildings,country air, very little angst and not too many worries or cares and a few nice people to boot. :)
I wish it were, however when your kids fledge its the same nerve-wracking experience!!! :'(
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It's so much quieter and peaceful over here ... why do they have to grow up and learn how to fledge? :-\
I think it's the small buildings,country air, very little angst and not too many worries or cares and a few nice people to boot. :)
I wish it were, however when your kids fledge its the same nerve-wracking experience!!! :'(
Yes, and I think I am a big worry wart over these guys. ::) :D
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1308h CDT
Three not-so-little bundles of white comatose in the back of the nestbox ...
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1308h CDT
Three not-so-little bundles of white comatose in the back of the nestbox ...
Yes and they should be because Hurricane fed them and 50 seconds after she left Brooklyn came in and fed them again.........they were quite willing to eat more. ::) ;D
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Brooklyn trying to stay cool. :)
(https://s26.postimg.cc/qtbh66ubt/brooklynontop.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/6ly1dvwud/)
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Brooklyn trying to stay cool. :)
(https://s26.postimg.cc/qtbh66ubt/brooklynontop.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/6ly1dvwud/)
Does she hang out on top of the nest box often? She doesn't look very comfortable - not that I have any clue as to what a Peregrine finds comfortable ;)
Right now there is one pancake chick and his/her siblings are just hanging out watching the world.
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Brooklyn is the Dad, Jo ;) and I very rarely see the parents on top of the nest box.
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Does she hang out on top of the nest box often? She doesn't look very comfortable - not that I have any clue as to what a Peregrine finds comfortable ;)
It's comfortable more for young birds than for older ones, or rather the older birds do it less often. Brooklyn is doing it because he is hot and by lying down he is able to get his breast on something cooler and he is able to spread his wings out to catch the wind so that it flows under him which again is cooling.
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Brooklyn is the Dad, Jo ;)
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Brooklyn is the Dad, Jo ;)
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Brooklyn is considered more of a girls name, so no worries Jo. :-*
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Brooklyn in to feed the kids again. ;D He bites off and gives them such little pieces and I think the kids would like bigger bites. :D
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The three chicks watch dad leave after being fed. ;D
(https://s26.postimg.cc/awcp9h1xl/brooklynontop005.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/tookd1ybp/)
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Don't you mean 3 little chubs RCF? :D
That's an amazing screenshot of Brooklyn on the roof of the nest. Very strange sight indeed. I would think sitting in the shade somewhere would be a lot cooler than that!
I love that they are more awake now, and trying awkwardly to move around the nest. Entertaining to watch... so long as the cam doesn't freeze :-\
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Big fluffy chick pile in the corner.
TPC, thanks for the explanation about Brooklyn's interesting posture on top of the nest box.
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Look at the size of those kids !
RCF, what fun you're going to have in the next little while keeping track of them.
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The three chicks watch dad leave after being fed. ;D
(https://s26.postimg.org/awcp9h1xl/brooklynontop005.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/tookd1ybp/)
These chicks. as well as the Radisson chicks, have great providers. I don't remember so many chicks with such FULL crops. They are growing by leaps and bounds.
Lovely to see nature at work with a bit of luck.
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??? Has a date been set for the banding of the Brandon chicks?
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??? Has a date been set for the banding of the Brandon chicks?
Yes - we will be banding on Thursday. Haven't finalized the time yet as we have other work to set-up and do in the Brandon area. And yes, the banding will be streamed live. Monday I hope to have all the timing details set and will post here and on the main page of the Forum in the "news" section.
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Brandon chicks are smart. They are keeping tucked in under the roof, in the shade right now. 8)
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Good luck with the banding, the weather forcast looks promising. Hope all goes well! :)
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??? Has a date been set for the banding of the Brandon chicks?
Yes - we will be banding on Thursday. Haven't finalized the time yet as we have other work to set-up and do in the Brandon area. And yes, the banding will be streamed live. Monday I hope to have all the timing details set and will post here and on the main page of the Forum in the "news" section.
I hope everything goes well for you guys on Thursday so you can do the banding.
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Brandon chicks are smart. They are keeping tucked in under the roof, in the shade right now. 8)
KC, they look so very calm and cool, unlike our Radisson Royals. :( :(
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I was hoping to get some pics of the kids, but they never ventured to the front of the nest box like they have been recently, it's Murphy's Law y'know. ::) I did however get a couple of Brooklyn and Hurricane.. :)
Brooklyn on communications tower
(https://s26.postimg.cc/rzfh4zimh/IMG_8069BRO.jpg) (https://postimage.cc)
Hurricane on the louvered ledge on the Scotia bldg
(https://s26.postimg.cc/goheud155/IMG_8084HUR.jpg) (https://postimage.cc)
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Just figures, one of the little rascals is at the front of the box. ::)
(https://s26.postimg.cc/719b6wirt/rascal.jpg) (https://postimage.cc)
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Does she hang out on top of the nest box often? She doesn't look very comfortable - not that I have any clue as to what a Peregrine finds comfortable ;)
It's comfortable more for young birds than for older ones, or rather the older birds do it less often. Brooklyn is doing it because he is hot and by lying down he is able to get his breast on something cooler and he is able to spread his wings out to catch the wind so that it flows under him which again is cooling.
Thanks TPC. One wouldn't think by looking at it that the top of the nestbox would be cooler.
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These three are getting fed right now and sounds like they have never been fed before. ;D
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I just had a look too RCF because I've the cam on and the sound is turned right up as high as it can be....I had to turn it down! :o
It's tough watching as the cam freezes every few seconds...get a tad dizzy watching. LOL!
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Wow, they sure are getting big, no starving going on there.
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These three are getting fed right now and sounds like they have never been fed before. ;D
The sound of loud chicks eating. ;D
http://snd.sc/MnKlDu
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They are getting more food now! :o ;D
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These three are getting fed right now and sounds like they have never been fed before. ;D
The sound of loud chicks eating. ;D
http://snd.sc/MnKlDu
RCF, I am not able to access the video you posted. Have you changed your video locations? I have internet explorer 9 so that is not a problem.
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These three are getting fed right now and sounds like they have never been fed before. ;D
The sound of loud chicks eating. ;D
http://snd.sc/MnKlDu
RCF, I am not able to access the video you posted. Have you changed your video locations? I have internet explorer 9 so that is not a problem.
It's not video it's audio, click the white arrow in the orange circle. ;)
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Three somewhat pancakes at McKenzie Seeds this afternoon. It must be a warm day down there.
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Lunch time in Brandon, I never get tired of watching how they feed. ;D
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...they're amazingly respectful at the moment; that'll change... ::)
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Lunch time in Brandon, I never get tired of watching how they feed. ;D
Just finished watching, and it was cute. Just as Mom/Dad was leaving one of the chicks gave them a nip on their tail feathers. lol! ;D ::) 8)
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...they're amazingly respectful at the moment; that'll change... ::)
very true
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Just saw somebody wingersizing....boy does the underside of their wings look different to the white fluffy "fur" that they have!!!
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Do you have a time when our Brandon chicks will be banded Thursday? I look forward to watching this event live. ;D
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Just saw somebody wingersizing....boy does the underside of their wings look different to the white fluffy "fur" that they have!!!
I noticed that also SuzieQmb
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Do you have a time when our Brandon chicks will be banded Thursday? I look forward to watching this event live. ;D
Because we have things to do before the banding, we are planning to start the actual banding (for online viewing) at 1130h CDT. We should be finished by/before 12noon. I will be posting the formal notice this evening on the CBC site and in the News Section on the Forum.
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Just saw somebody wingersizing....boy does the underside of their wings look different to the white fluffy "fur" that they have!!!
These ones sure look like they've doubled in size almost overnight! Becoming more independant. :o
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Looks like they are enjoying the breeze.........very warm here today 29c Now it says it's 30c and feels like 40c :o
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The chicks feathers are getting more and more visible every day.
VIDEO - http://youtu.be/u2YVmo_TSn8
(https://s26.postimg.org/x0rgk3fgp/Fethers002.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/el6zmp1c5/)
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The chicks feathers are getting more and more visible every day.
VIDEO - http://youtu.be/u2YVmo_TSn8
(https://s26.postimg.org/x0rgk3fgp/Fethers002.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/el6zmp1c5/)
Thank you RCF for posting that. It was funny and put a smile on my face. I can see who is going to be leaving the nest first if it's not a girl.
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Hurricane feeds the chicks and when the food is gone one of the chicks bites mom's toes. ;D
http://youtu.be/-eDFLxh2FpQ
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Hurricane feeds the chicks and when the food is gone one of the chicks bites mom's toes. ;D
http://youtu.be/-eDFLxh2FpQ
Love this RCF! At first the chicks bites her toes while she's in the box so she hops up on the edge, then he/she keeps nipping at them and Hurricane says "I'm outta here!". Then the best part... the kids watching Mom fly off! SO CUTE!!! Thanks for sharing. :-*
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Hurricane feeds the chicks and when the food is gone one of the chicks bites mom's toes. ;D
http://youtu.be/-eDFLxh2FpQ
Love this RCF! At first the chicks bites her toes while she's in the box so she hops up on the edge, then he/she keeps nipping at them and Hurricane says "I'm outta here!". Then the best part... the kids watching Mom fly off! SO CUTE!!! Thanks for sharing. :-*
When Hurricane flys away he/she is looking like my food flew away lol.
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Hurricane feeds the chicks and when the food is gone one of the chicks bites mom's toes. ;D
http://youtu.be/-eDFLxh2FpQ
These guys are starting to look a little more fierce and lot less cuddly!
Must be close to banding time. Watch out for your fingers, TPC.
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Hurricane feeds the chicks and when the food is gone one of the chicks bites mom's toes. ;D
http://youtu.be/-eDFLxh2FpQ
Very cute . . . . well maybe Hurricane didn't find it all that cute ;)
They are getting so big so quickly.
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These three are getting fed right now and sounds like they have never been fed before. ;D
The sound of loud chicks eating. ;D
http://snd.sc/MnKlDu
RCF, I am not able to access the video you posted. Have you changed your video locations? I have internet explorer 9 so that is not a problem.
It's not video it's audio, click the white arrow in the orange circle. ;)
Thanks and you are right about the noise! such a song being sung for their supper!! haha, soon they will be catching their own supper and, in the whole scheme of things, that is what we want! ;D
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Hurricane feeds the chicks and when the food is gone one of the chicks bites mom's toes. ;D
http://youtu.be/-eDFLxh2FpQ
Yesterday, I caught one nipping the tail feathers of one of the parents after a snack and then they decided to leave. Wonder if it was the same one. ???
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Hurricane feeds the chicks and when the food is gone one of the chicks bites mom's toes. ;D
http://youtu.be/-eDFLxh2FpQ
Yesterday, I caught one nipping the tail feathers of one of the parents after a snack and then they decided to leave. Wonder if it was the same one. ???
I watched the video of this and it is comical but with one important item. And that is that the "toe-talon" fluffling was pecking at was the bloody one that held the phood! It knows what to go after! haha, they are peregrines and acting like them too! :D :D
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To Anyone that has been watching the McKenzie cam this afternoon and wonders why Brooklyn and Hurricane have been alarm calling all afternoon, they are protesting the workmen on the communications tower who are fixing that buiding's roof. Neither Parent seems to be getting too excited just protesting from the east light and roof below the clock tower. I guess they maybe practicing for tomorrow's Banding.
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Thanks for the explanation, Rose. wish I could be out there tomorrow to watch, but too much on my plate right now. Hope all goes well.
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RCF reminded me that I should post details again here about the banding at McKenzie Seeds tomorrow.
We have a couple of things to clean up on the roof so we like to do that before we retrieve the chicks for banding, so there will probably be a fair bit of noise from after 11am, that will be because of us. Then we will be retrieving the chicks, taking them inside to band so it reduces stress on both the adults and chicks. We'll band them the same way we band at the Radisson and they we'll be putting them back in the box. By doing the work first, once the chicks do go back, Hurricane and Brooklyn will be able to go back to them as soon as they are sure they have "scared" us away.
So, we are planning to start streaming the banding online at 1130h CDT. Might be a few minutes later if it takes us a bit longer to retrieve the chicks safely, but we are pretty sure we should be ready to go at/about 1130h CDT. If there is a major delay, we will contact CBC so they can post a note on the Falcon Cam page. And if I can access the Forum, I will post a delay notice here as well, but that's just a possibility - rely on the Falcon Cam page for updates if there is a delay of some sort.
Tomorrow's weather looks good - sunny with a high of 26C. We'll need to wear sunblock as the UV index will be 7 or high, but that's okay. Winds will be west 30km/h, so Dennis might be getting some amazing flight shots. Since the wind will be from the west, it should be quite calm on the rooftop because the box is on the east side of the building. Winds will be lighter in the evening so it looks to be a nice night for both chicks and adults post-banding.
That's it ...
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The chicks were just fed by Brooklyn and my isn't he a nice looking tiercel ( I am a little biased ). ;D
(https://s26.postimg.org/guv3xgaa1/DAD.jpg) (https://postimage.org)
Two of them looking up and can probably see Hurricane perched at bottom of clock tower.
(https://s26.postimg.cc/c6f429l3d/DAD002.jpg) (https://postimage.cc)
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The chicks were just fed by Brooklyn and my isn't he a nice looking tiercel ( I am a little biased ). ;D
You are biased ;) :-*
But he is a very beautiful bird - both in appearance and in temperment (for a peregrine)
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And he has a fine looking bunch of kids!
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He is very handsome indeed RCF. :)
Question: I notice you use the term "tiercel" quite frequently. I'm not much of a bird person (aside from this) so I'm not sure what that means. Is it just another term for falcon?
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:) TPC, Dennis, Eye Spy, Doc, Rose and RCF, hope that the banding in Brandon goes well . Will be glued to my computer at 11:30A.M tomorrow. Remember, keep your thumbs tucked in. :D :D :-* :-*
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He is very handsome indeed RCF. :)
Question: I notice you use the term "tiercel" quite frequently. I'm not much of a bird person (aside from this) so I'm not sure what that means. Is it just another term for falcon?
Tiercel is the proper name for a male falcon. :)
tiercel, tercel, tercelet(noun)
male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon
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The last feed for these three was I believe to be a Wilson's Phalarope. It had very long black legs and the chicks were left the head to play with. ;D
(https://s26.postimg.cc/pr5w1e0w9/wilsonphalarope002.jpg) (https://postimage.cc)
(https://s26.postimg.cc/t87y4czyh/HEAD003.jpg) (https://postimage.cc)
(https://s26.postimg.cc/tv6utvwuh/wilsonphalarope.jpg) (https://postimage.cc)
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Oh my... such a pretty bird to be... dinner :(
And that head shot? Ewwwww :P
Thanks for the explanation about the meaning of tiercel. I had looked it up but thought maybe there was more to it than just "a male falcon". Is there a special name for a female falcon?
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Looking forward to watching the banding via the webcam tomorrow. :D
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Oh my... such a pretty bird to be... dinner :(
And that head shot? Ewwwww :P
Thanks for the explanation about the meaning of tiercel. I had looked it up but thought maybe there was more to it than just "a male falcon". Is there a special name for a female falcon?
This is what I found
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Perfalconprintout.shtml (http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Perfalconprintout.shtml)
The female falcon is called the falcon; the male is called the tiercel (from the German word terzel, which means one-third, since the male is roughly one-third the size of the female).
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These chicks are forever getting fed. Hurricane brought what was left of the phalarope and two kids shared a long stingy piece. Almost like a dummy string we had as kids to keep our mitts together. ;D
http://youtu.be/XOAMjezvV9g
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Not always a big fan of Wikipedia for accuracy, however this is interesting.
"The traditional term for a male falcon is tercel (British spelling) or tiercel (American spelling), from Latin tertius = third because of the belief that only one in three eggs hatched a male bird.[2][3] Some sources give the etymology as deriving from the fact that a male falcon is approximately one third smaller than the female[4] (Old French tiercelet)."
Thanks for finding the picture of the Wilson's Phalarope, RCF. I've never heard of this bird, so it's nice to have a face to the name.
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The Wilson's Phalarope reminds me of Sandpipers that I've seen on the Pacific coast.
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Not always a big fan of Wikipedia for accuracy, however this is interesting.
"The traditional term for a male falcon is tercel (British spelling) or tiercel (American spelling), from Latin tertius = third because of the belief that only one in three eggs hatched a male bird.[2][3] Some sources give the etymology as deriving from the fact that a male falcon is approximately one third smaller than the female[4] (Old French tiercelet)."
Thanks for finding the picture of the Wilson's Phalarope, RCF. I've never heard of this bird, so it's nice to have a face to the name.
Interesting, we have more males than females hatched in our project ... more females reappear to nest but we hatch out more males than females ... I wonder what the continental ratio is ... I feel some research coming on ... :)
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To Anyone that has been watching the McKenzie cam this afternoon and wonders why Brooklyn and Hurricane have been alarm calling all afternoon, they are protesting the workmen on the communications tower who are fixing that buiding's roof. Neither Parent seems to be getting too excited just protesting from the east light and roof below the clock tower. I guess they maybe practicing for tomorrow's Banding.
Hurricane and Brooklyn on the roof below the clock tower glaring at the men across the street on the roof. :)
(https://s26.postimg.cc/rmsocjpqh/IMG_8143_BH.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/4lc36sq2t/)
(https://s26.postimg.cc/4vjlq54p5/IMG_8143B.jpg) (https://postimage.cc)(https://s26.postimg.cc/pgydi1ma1/IMG_8143H.jpg) (https://postimage.cc)
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Thanks for all the definitions - the 1/3rd the size seems to make a lot of sense. For sure the 1 male in 3 eggs doesn't work for Manitoba does it? So now I can say I've learned a new word today... now to use it in a sentence...
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RCF reminded me that I should post details again here about the banding at McKenzie Seeds tomorrow.
We have a couple of things to clean up on the roof so we like to do that before we retrieve the chicks for banding, so there will probably be a fair bit of noise from after 11am, that will be because of us. Then we will be retrieving the chicks, taking them inside to band so it reduces stress on both the adults and chicks. We'll band them the same way we band at the Radisson and they we'll be putting them back in the box. By doing the work first, once the chicks do go back, Hurricane and Brooklyn will be able to go back to them as soon as they are sure they have "scared" us away.
So, we are planning to start streaming the banding online at 1130h CDT. Might be a few minutes later if it takes us a bit longer to retrieve the chicks safely, but we are pretty sure we should be ready to go at/about 1130h CDT. If there is a major delay, we will contact CBC so they can post a note on the Falcon Cam page. And if I can access the Forum, I will post a delay notice here as well, but that's just a possibility - rely on the Falcon Cam page for updates if there is a delay of some sort.
Tomorrow's weather looks good - sunny with a high of 26C. We'll need to wear sunblock as the UV index will be 7 or high, but that's okay. Winds will be west 30km/h, so Dennis might be getting some amazing flight shots. Since the wind will be from the west, it should be quite calm on the rooftop because the box is on the east side of the building. Winds will be lighter in the evening so it looks to be a nice night for both chicks and adults post-banding.
That's it ...
Tracey. when you and the crew are up there, if that weird unhatched egg is still in the nest are you allowed to remove for analyzation? Watch out for those sharp beaks. Can't wait on the news of sex(s), and if there will be a naming contest for these ones too!
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Most times when I have a look at the chicks, one is awake and doing its thing while the other two are asleep. Not sure if it's always the same one who is awake. It was funny yesterday because after being awake for at least 20 minutes (the time I had been watching) he/she nipped his sibling and woke him up. It was as if he was saying "enough now. . . it's time to get up!!"
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Too funny, Craqers! ;D
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Have they held anything up to let us know what the first little one was?
This little guy is definitely squawking away - you can see the beak moving!!!
I can't believe it - just as they were about to hold up the sign to tell us what they were, the camera changed angles!! Or did I just miss something? Do we know?
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Have they held anything up to let us know what the first little one was?
This little guy is definitely squawking away - you can see the beak moving!!! Nope, but judging by the size, we may have 1 girl, (1st one); and 2 boys. I wonder if they had to climb up the ladder again this year, and who would've been brave enough to do it?
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Two boys and one girl!
Middle chick sure looked fiesty! Probably the one who bites Hurricane's toes!
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Two boys and one girl!
Middle chick sure looked fiesty! Probably the one who bites Hurricane's toes!
Just what I thought, and yes I noticed the "biter!"
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Two boys and one girl!
Middle chick sure looked fiesty! Probably the one who bites Hurricane's toes!
Thank you Leana. That is the feeling that I was going that there was going to be 1 girl and 2 boys just by the I was looking at them. Plus also by learning what I did well look at the Raddison chicks taught me alot of the sizes of the chicks well they are growing up.
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I am wondering if they are going to put them back in the nestbox or back in the box on the roof like they did last year. The roof was a great place for them to learn how to move and test their wings but they were often out of camera range. Hard to tell with the fuzzy view right now, but I think it might be the roof box...
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The 2 boys and 1 girl are now back in the nestbox. I can still hear the parents squawking away! :o Chicks are looking pretty stunned right now.
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:o :o Middle chick was sure having a heated conversation with TPC. TPC said, "Right back at you"! Female? ???
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Looks like they're still blocked from access to the outside world.....? ???
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:-* Quiet has been restored. Two appear to be asleep, one sitting in the corner asking, "What just happened"? Thanks to all for this incredible experience. Enjoy a wonderful lunch before heading back to Winnipeg. TPC, your female assistant, was this Rose or RCF? If so, so very happy to "meet" the person behind the posts and /or the photos and videos. :-*
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Do we know for sure that it is two boys and one girl, or is this just an oppinion that someone posted and everyone else ran with?
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:o :o Middle chick was sure having a heated conversation with TPC. TPC said, "Right back at you"! Female? ???
Darn, missed the whole banding :(. Hopefully it is on film and I can watch the "rerun". Sounds quite interesting. :)
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Do we know for sure that it is two boys and one girl, or is this just an oppinion that someone posted and everyone else ran with?
Yes, dupre, we do know this for sure, because although there was no audio, TPC held up 2 fingers and pointed to a man (Dr. Bob or Dan, I think) and then she held up 1 finger and pointed to a woman (female conservation officer, I think.)
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...TPC, your female assistant, was this Rose or RCF? If so, so very happy to "meet" the person behind the posts and /or the photos and videos. :-*
No, gemcity, the woman was neither Rose nor RCF. Not sure who it was, but I'm thinking it might have been a female conservation officer. :-\
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Yes, dupre, we do know this for sure, because although there was no audio, TPC held up 2 fingers and pointed to a man (Dr. Bob or Dan, I think) and then she held up 1 finger and pointed to a woman (female conservation officer, I think.)
Oh, so that's what she was doing!!! I couldn't figure out why she was waving her arms around.... kept expecting someone to hold up a piece of paper with the notes on it like they've often done in the past!
LOL - you're so wise!!!!!
whoops - that quote didn't work quite right - not sure why......
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Next question....does anyone know where the chicks are? It doesn't look like they're back in the nestbox - or perhaps the camera angle is just different.....but I'm wondering if they were placed back somewhere else (like the roof, like last year).
They still look a little shell-shocked, don't they?
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Thanks everyone, I was watching the banding at work and was interupted toward the end--so I didn't get a good look at all the "handwaving". I had been trying to keep one eye on the video to catch a glimpse of a handwritten note as others were.
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Dang, I missed it too! I hope TPC will post it on the net. ???
I do believe they are now in the box on the roof. Different box roof and light. They will be exploring in no time. :)
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Looks like there is a ramp on this box ;D ;D
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If they are on the roof then that means they will be fitted with transmitters. :-\ :(
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Looks like there is a ramp on this box ;D ;D
It does look like that, doesn't it. :)
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Looks like there is a ramp on this box ;D ;D
It does look like that, doesn't it. :)
It does for sure. I would like to see one of the chicks use the ramp if that is what it is when they are ready to walk around and explore there area.
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Looks like there is a ramp on this box ;D ;D
It does look like that, doesn't it. :)
Hmmm, it appears everyone is pooping on the ramp. I don't think they are too impressed with it just yet. ::)
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...TPC, your female assistant, was this Rose or RCF? If so, so very happy to "meet" the person behind the posts and /or the photos and videos. :-*
No, gemcity, the woman was neither Rose nor RCF. Not sure who it was, but I'm thinking it might have been a female conservation officer. :-\
Yes, she is from conservation and her name is Alison. And Leana is correct it is two boys and one girl. :)
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I am new, so could you please tell me who was holding the little ones at banding time. I don`t get to see the birds flying from this prov.
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Rose and I were early and the three chicks were fed just before everyone else showed up for the banding. Brooklyn fed them and Hurricane perched under the decorative ledge on the north side.
(https://s26.postimg.cc/jwqhl5csp/IMG_8152BKIDS.jpg) (https://postimage.cc)(https://s26.postimg.cc/x25zr96o9/IMG_8153BKIDS.jpg) (https://postimage.cc)
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(https://s26.postimg.cc/eb42h3c3t/IMG_8172HUR.jpg) (https://postimage.cc)(https://s26.postimg.cc/gi8b50he1/IMG_8176HUR.jpg) (https://postimage.cc)
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Rose and I were early and the three chicks were fed just before everyone else showed up for the banding. Brooklyn fed them and Hurricane perched under the decorative ledge on the north side.
That is awesome pics RCF. I like the one that you got of Brooklyn taking off from the nesting box in mid-air.
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Wonderful captures & photos! Thank you for the updates of the banding.
Did they have the ramp last year? Looking forward to watching the chicks when they go exploring.
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Just a couple of pics when Brooklyn and Hurricane were dive bombing the threatening people on the roof...........especially Dennis. ;D
Brooklyn
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Hurricane
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Just a couple of pics when Brooklyn and Hurricane were dive bombing the threatening people on the roof...........especially Dennis. ;D
Those are awesome pics. Hopefully Dennis is ok, and didn't get hurt well you guys were on the roof. Well I was watching this morning I could hear Hurricane more then Brooklyn, but I could see them dive bombing you guys well you were trying to get the chicks.
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Rose and I were on the street, we weren't in the building with everyone else. ;)
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Great photo's RCF!
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Rose and I were on the street, we weren't in the building with everyone else. ;)
That sucks, you 2 were probably hoping that you guys could be in the building with the others. It is also understandable if you guys had another job to do well you guys were on the street down below. I know that if I was there I would probably want to be in the building to see the chicks up close and personal.
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Have Hurricane & Brooklyn returned to the chicks yet, have they been fed? ???
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Have Hurricane & Brooklyn returned to the chicks yet, have they been fed? ???
Yes, Hurricane fed them a kildeer about 7:20pm that I saw, but I think they were fed earlier than that because it looked like some sort of birdie parts in the box. :-\
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Have Hurricane & Brooklyn returned to the chicks yet, have they been fed? ???
Yes, Hurricane fed them a kildeer about 7:20pm that I saw, but I think they were fed earlier than that because it looked like some sort of birdie parts in the box. :-\
They just got fed again around 9pm.
http://youtu.be/VgDr5WSngnE
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transplanted maple wrote:
I am new, so could you please tell me who was holding the little ones at banding time. I don`t get to see the birds flying from this prov.
That was TPC (aka The Peregrine Chick, aka Tracy)
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For those who are new to this forum:
http://www.mckenzieseeds.com/newsroom.aspx?nid=1 (http://www.mckenzieseeds.com/newsroom.aspx?nid=1)
This will take you to the McKenzie Seeds website, they have a nice shot of the historic building they used for over 95 years (where the nestbox is).
You can actually make out where the nestbox is in this picture (which is from the url above)
(http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh538/dupre501/mck-downtown-building.jpg)
Those banding the chicks access the lower roof (seven floors) and used a ladder to reach the nest box. When they returned the chicks, they put them in a different nestbox on the roof they accessed them from. So the chicks are only a ladder's length below where they were before (plus some roof space).
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Ahhh - Excellent photo, gives us better perspective of where the nest is! Thanks Dupre501! ;D
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Have Hurricane & Brooklyn returned to the chicks yet, have they been fed? ???
Yes, Hurricane fed them a kildeer about 7:20pm that I saw, but I think they were fed earlier than that because it looked like some sort of birdie parts in the box. :-\
Thanks RCF! ;D I hadn't seen anybody but the chicks all afternoon so was wondering! 8)
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Since nobody else has asked, I will... Do these beautiful blinged birds have names yet?
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Here's video of Alison (hope the spelling is right) from conservation retrieving the chicks from the nest box. She had to climb 30 feet up the ladder to get them. :-X :D
http://youtu.be/5tLW9F7VVco
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Brooklyn and Hurricane are very vocal, dive bomb and swoop at the people on the roof when they take their chicks for banding. :)
http://youtu.be/bDYVrYxXfGg
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Whoa!!!! - They are really NOT amused!!!!!!! :o
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Yikes!!! One of the chicks has jumped out of the nest box!!! OMGosh!!!!
Oh please go back in where you are safe.
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Yikes!!! One of the chicks has jumped out of the nest box!!! OMGosh!!!!
Oh please go back in where you are safe.
The chick is back in the nest box. Oh man, that terrified me. Maybe mom or dad gave them a nudge back in. I couldn't look. . . but then I had to look to see if all was okay.
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Just like almost every other time I check on the little chicks, two are sprawled out trying to snooze while the third is awake. . . and by it's open mouth obviously calling for breakfast. There is one in every family!
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Brooklyn and Hurricane are very vocal, dive bomb and swoop at the people on the roof when they take their chicks for banding. :)
http://youtu.be/bDYVrYxXfGg
Awesome video RCF. I would be excited to be up there, but kinda scared because you never know where the parents are coming from if you don't pay close attention to them.
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Here's video of Alison (hope the spelling is right) from conservation retrieving the chicks from the nest box. She had to climb 30 feet up the ladder to get them. :-X :D
http://youtu.be/5tLW9F7VVco
She's lucky that the parents didn't get close to her, but good thing she had a belt on in case she fell or the parents got close to her.
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Have Hurricane & Brooklyn returned to the chicks yet, have they been fed? ???
Yes, Hurricane fed them a kildeer about 7:20pm that I saw, but I think they were fed earlier than that because it looked like some sort of birdie parts in the box. :-\
They just got fed again around 9pm.
http://youtu.be/VgDr5WSngnE
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I seen at the beginning of the video that they were still trying to get the legs or the bones down that they couldn't when they got fed shortly after 7pm.
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RCF thanks for the videos.
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Since nobody else has asked, I will... Do these beautiful blinged birds have names yet?
They don't have any names yet. They are basically known by their colors like the Winnipeg chicks where known after getting banded. I hope they have a contest for the names like they did with Winnipeg's chicks though.
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Great videos RCF
We are not very good at this yet. Maybe next year
I finally remembered my password. I have been following but had a lot of senior moments ;D and so could not reply
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We are not very good at this yet. Maybe next year
Me either bev.........it's just a different perspective from what we all see on the web cam. :D
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There must be people across the street on the roof again, Hurricane and Brooklyn have been alarm calling for about an hour now. :-\
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This is from our local paper "The Brandon Sun"
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The kids just got fed, but parent left abruptly and was alarm calling again. It was quiet for about 20 minutes, so it must have been coffee time for the workers across the street. ::) Looks like the bigger one has red tape and one has white tape on their leg........can't see the other one . :)
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The parents are stil alarm calling, poor birdies they have been disturbed three days in a row now. ::) Tomorrow is Saturday and nobody should be working over there and it's the long weekend, so hopefully they get a break.
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Wow, that's really stressful on them :(- hopefully all those interlopers go away for the weekend!!! 8) (And stay away!)
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Wonderful videos RCF. That was a great angle and really gives us a good idea of the location of the nest box.
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Here's video of Alison (hope the spelling is right) from conservation retrieving the chicks from the nest box. She had to climb 30 feet up the ladder to get them. :-X :D
http://youtu.be/5tLW9F7VVco
She's lucky that the parents didn't get close to her, but good thing she had a belt on in case she fell or the parents got close to her.
Awesome video. Safety harness is the new regulations for WCB, and insurance purposes.
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Green boy exploring the ledge. :)
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I'm sure it won't be long before they figure out it's not very far to the roof below. ;D
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I can't believe one guy is up on the ledge already! It's too soon!!!!
Hey Tracy, which of the chicks (band-colour wise) was the middle one you banded - the one who appeared to give you so much attitude?
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I can't believe one guy is up on the ledge already! It's too soon!!!!
Hey Tracy, which of the chicks (band-colour wise) was the middle one you banded - the one who appeared to give you so much attitude?
Would it surprise you too much if I said the lone female? Not I think. She has the red tape.
Our little box-topper, is green - he was the easiest so to speak.
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I can't believe one guy is up on the ledge already! It's too soon!!!!
Hey Tracy, which of the chicks (band-colour wise) was the middle one you banded - the one who appeared to give you so much attitude?
Would it surprise you too much if I said the lone female? Not I think. She has the red tape.
Our little box-topper, is green - he was the easiest so to speak.
That actually doesn't surprise me. I am thinking that the lone female in Winnipeg was the one that gave you trouble to when you banded them. It is funny when they go on to the ledge of the new nest box that they are in and trying to get down into the nest box again. I have seen a few of them do a face plant when they go back in. It is awesome to see that they have a little ramp for them to try out if they want to.
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I can't believe one guy is up on the ledge already! It's too soon!!!!
Hey Tracy, which of the chicks (band-colour wise) was the middle one you banded - the one who appeared to give you so much attitude?
Would it surprise you too much if I said the lone female? Not I think. She has the red tape.
Our little box-topper, is green - he was the easiest so to speak.
Haha, no that doesn't surprise me. The females always seem to have the most attitude, don't they?
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:o :o Middle chick was sure having a heated conversation with TPC. TPC said, "Right back at you"! Female? ???
;) Tpc comfirmed chick as female. Hmmm, not surprised, She sure does have attidude, Leana ::) ::)
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Fearsome, feisty, female falcon...
What's not to love about that!!
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Fearsome, fiesty, female falcon...
What's not to love about that!!
So true lol.
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:) As , I sit at my desk at work, really miss the noise of the fledlings.....but without the sound of Brandon, I get more work done...But, everyone still wants to know how big they are...they grow so fast... And, I love the photos of the event, Thanks everyone...... ;D
Just watched 2 Winnipegs have a bit of lunch.
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Brooklyn fed the chicks around 1:30 pm and I don't think he likes to go in the box, he fed the kids from the ledge. Green boy and Red girl got up on the ledge with Dad and white boy didn't seem interested.
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All three flufflings are out up on the ledge of their nest box. Looking about and walking up and down! :D :D :D
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Has anyone seen them walking up and down the ramp?
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Has anyone seen them walking up and down the ramp?
They haven't ventured that far yet. :)
girl, boy, boy
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Rose and I were early and the three chicks were fed just before everyone else showed up for the banding. Brooklyn fed them and Hurricane perched under the decorative ledge on the north side.
As usual, great pictures RCF!!
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;D HAPPY CANADA DAY ;D
Brooklyn brought more breakfast and I think it was Red girl on the ledge, the other two were just yelling from the box. Hurricane showed up to take over and feed them in the box.
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;D HAPPY CANADA DAY ;D
Brooklyn brought more breakfast and I think it was Red girl on the ledge, the other two were just yelling from the box. Hurricane showed up to take over and feed them in the box.
Awesome pics. Nice to see them all on the ledge or the nest box.
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Rose and I were early and the three chicks were fed just before everyone else showed up for the banding. Brooklyn fed them and Hurricane perched under the decorative ledge on the north side.
As usual, great pictures RCF!!
I agree! RCF, your pictures always seem to tell a story :)
Thanks so much for sharing these with us! I really enjoy them. :-*
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Rose and I were early and the three chicks were fed just before everyone else showed up for the banding. Brooklyn fed them and Hurricane perched under the decorative ledge on the north side.
As usual, great pictures RCF!!
I agree! RCF, your pictures always seem to tell a story :)
Thanks so much for sharing these with us! I really enjoy them. :-*
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One the chicks is out of the box on the roof floor. I think it's green boy and he jumped or sort of jumped. ;D
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Hey somebirdie jumped out of the nest! :o- I assume the ramp is to help him/her get back in - looks a bit steep though :-\
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Hey somebirdie jumped out of the nest! :o- I assume the ramp is to help him/her get back in - looks a bit steep though :-\
I started a July thread and posted the same thing, TPC will probably move all these over to that thread when she has time. ;)
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Looks like White boy almost has the tape off his band, I have seen him picking at it. ;D
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Oops!!!! - Right! ~ - Forgot June is done !!! :-[
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:)Maybe this one should be called Canada? Just a thought about names.
Ok, I think they all went to the Canada parade without us. Smart little ones in this nest. Follow the leader is the game today.
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Chicks got fed and it looked like the leftovers were dropped for the nest escapee! ;D - maybe if TPC has the power to do so, she can lower the cam view a bit so we can see Green Boy better.... 8)
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I thought Red girl was going to leave the box and join her brother but she just settled on the first rung of the ramp for about a minute and a half and then went back up and into the box. :)
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4:55pm and we have an empty nest! Took RG quite awhile to decide to follow her brothers, but I turned my back and she was gone!
And just after I loaded up Google Chrome so I could watch without it freezing... :-\
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Moved the cam - the chicks are just beside the nestbox sprawled out on the roof of the building - you can see the ramp on the right ....
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They are getting a breeze on the floor, but in the box they weren't. :)
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How far down is it from the nestbox to the lower roof top? And is that gravel from the nestbox that has spilled out onto the roof top? :-\
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How far down is it from the nestbox to the lower roof top? And is that gravel from the nestbox that has spilled out onto the roof top? :-\
It looks like it is six to eight inches from the box to the floor, not very far. All three chicks jumped down onto the floor and never walked down the ramp to get to the floor. :)
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I like the new view, you can see some of the surroundings and the chicks. ;D
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It looks like it is six to eight inches from the box to the floor, not very far. All three chicks jumped down onto the floor and never walked down the ramp to get to the floor. :)
I must have missed something along the way then, with the "busy-ness" of the end of school. :P Is this a different nestbox that they are in? I guess it's not the one that's mounted on the wall that they were originally in. I was thinking that the ramp leading down from the nestbox was coming down from the one mounted on the wall. :-[ ::)
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It's the same box Rain and Rosser were put in last year after they were banded, so when they come to put transmitters on they are easily accessed.
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Green boy figured out you have to walk up the ramp to get back in the box. The other two tried by jumping in and haven't figured it out yet. I felt a little sorry for white boy because he tried and tried and finally he and his sister decided to camp under the ramp. :)
VIDEO - http://youtu.be/gFhPAVKOIKE
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The two of them are still trying to get back in the box.
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2246h
Red and White are camping out next to the wall in front of the nestbox, so they are sheltered and fine. Looks like Green maybe in the box alone tonight. When the sun comes up tomorrow they may try the ramp again (with Green's example & encouragement) to get into the shade or as there is a chance of rain, they may go inside to get out of that. They are fine for the night ... and tomorrow if they don't get the hang of it ...
Have repositioned the camera to see inside the box, the ramp and Red and White (appropriate for Canada Day) by the box. Will check again in the morning and find them if necessary.
And I have the chicks' names, just need to get the final choices confirmed. Y'all will like them. Had hoped to hear over the weekend, but its the long weekend, so I probably shouldn't have :-[ Will likely hear Tuesday.
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2300h CDT
There are fireworks in Brandon and they are lighting up the roof at McKenzie Seeds - more for the roof box than the wall box. Red and White are definitely outside tucked up next to the box and Green is definitely inside, directly in front/behind them - its very cute. Chicks don't seem perturbed by the fireworks, just chickpiled together on the roof.
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I know that cute isn't really an appropriate adjective to use when describing a falcon, however I can't help myself... the video of green boy walking up that ramp is just plain cute! It's like he's been doing it for years. Just walked right over and toddled right on up. SO cute!!! ;D
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I know that cute isn't really an appropriate adjective to use when describing a falcon, however I can't help myself... the video of green boy walking up that ramp is just plain cute! It's like he's been doing it for years. Just walked right over and toddled right on up. SO cute!!! ;D
Its also nice when a plan comes together. We (Dennis & I) weren't sure how well a ramp would work, we don't have them anywhere else. Seemed logical to us and lots of other birds figure it out, so surely our brilliant little falcons wouldn't have any difficult with the concept. Until they used it however, we just didn't know ... :D
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Well so far it looks like we have at least one brilliant little (ever so cute) falcon in Brandon! :) :-*
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1000h
All the chicks are "out" but near the box at the moment. Have widened the view since they haven't really started wandering yet and despite the heat, I can't hang out at the computer all day. Will check on them at regular intervals and reposition as required.
Stay cool everyone ... anyone know a balcony rain-dance or two? ;)
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1017h
Chicks have found one of the camera's blindspots - behind the nestbox. No idea why they have gone back there, there is nothing there, or rather, what's there is the same as there is in front and beside the nestbox. Looks like there might have been a bit of rain ... and no, there won't be a puddle for the chicks to cool off in (like last year) behind the box, the box is located on the highest spot on the roof.
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It would be nice to see more of the roof because they they move out of the viewing area quite often, Green boy especially.
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Green boy figured out you have to walk up the ramp to get back in the box. The other two tried by jumping in and haven't figured it out yet. I felt a little sorry for white boy because he tried and tried and finally he and his sister decided to camp under the ramp. :)
VIDEO - http://youtu.be/gFhPAVKOIKE
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That is cute. Hopefully the other two figure out how to use the ramp as well as green boy did.
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It would be nice to see more of the roof because they they move out of the viewing area quite often, Green boy especially.
I thought about that RCF but the light's a bit flat and their brown/white feather patterns are acting as camoflauge against the roof - it has similar light/dark patches. Will keep an eye on it and see what I can do to find a middle ground that will let everyone see enough details on the chicks at the same time giving a view of their new playground.
BTW Green did a hop-flap from the top of the ramp down to the roof when food came in early this morning, Red and White already had their mouths open and he looked pretty determined not to miss out on his fair share.
Speaking of which, meant to post this after the banding, Hurricane and Brooklyn are good parents and they feed the chicks about the same as most of our pairs have done, so they are all strong, healthy and well-developed. But I sure noticed a difference between the Brandon chicks and the Radisson chicks at banding - the Radisson chicks were very well-padded - not fat but with more stored reserves on their bodies than most birds (other than Ivy & Princess' chicks) that I've banded. Trey's and Princess' were probably closer to Hurricane and Brooklyn than Ivy and Princess.
There is a spot on a bird's breast that is an easy indicator of how well-fed a bird is - songbird banders use a visual assessment of this spot to determine body condition which in turn can provide some long term trend information on nesting/habitat conditions in an area. Songbird banders check the spot when they have the bird in their hand to band them and they make the assessment in seconds because they try not to hold a bird for more than a couple of minutes. They take all sorts of measurements, visually assess conditioning, sex them, band them and release them. Its amazing to watch. We don't take the same measurements and some of our assessments are tactile as well as visual but we too try to minimize time "in the hand" to 5 minutes or less. The stored reserves measurement is done tactilely - I can feel the spot under my hands as we band the chicks - because of their downy feathers, its too difficult to see visually at banding age. The Brandon chicks were good, the Radisson birds were "plump" in comparison. And by now however, the Radisson chicks are much less "plump" in part because of their increased activity (flying) in part because their parents will be encouraging/teaching them to hunt so there is less food-in-the-fridge.
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I LOVED watching Green Boy waddle up the ramp to the nestbox. Thanks for posting the video, RCF! :-*
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Thanks for the detailed report, TPC.
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Ah, thanks for moving the camera and locating the 3 chicks, TPC! :-*
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1315h
Kids have moved to the south wall and are parked in the shade. There used to be a puddle there, but not now, maybe damp but not really wet. If it rains however, Lake McKenzie may return ...
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That video is priceless, RCF!!!!
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Kids have moved to the south wall and are parked in the shade. There used to be a puddle there, but not now, maybe damp but not really wet. If it rains however, Lake McKenzie may return ...
Is this the same corner Rain and Rosser liked after they were banded last year?
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Kids have moved to the south wall and are parked in the shade. There used to be a puddle there, but not now, maybe damp but not really wet. If it rains however, Lake McKenzie may return ...
Is this the same corner Rain and Rosser liked after they were banded last year?
One of them ... :)
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The wind is blowing on the roof and the three peregrine chicks are seemingly chased by what looks like a food wrapper of some kind.
http://youtu.be/cwafUS--g7M
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The wind is blowing on the roof and the three peregrine chicks are seemingly chased by what looks like a food wrapper of some kind.
http://youtu.be/cwafUS--g7M
Their poor liitle hearts must have been just pounding when this unknown thing came at them.
Good capture RCF. Thanks.
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Got lot's of work done at the lake over the last number of day's but no photo editing...that's what happens when my wife say's NO LAPTOP...grrrr.
Don't have the time now to read through all the posts on the forum, but I have started to add photos to the Brandon Gallery of the banding.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/mckenzieseeds_brandon
More photos will be sent and added in the day's to come.
Cheers !
Dennis
p.s. did have fun with the Osprey !
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The wind is blowing on the roof and the three peregrine chicks are seemingly chased by what looks like a food wrapper of some kind.
http://youtu.be/cwafUS--g7M
Poor little guys they probably got scared and didn't know what to do. It was also funny to see how high three chicks can jump. I also liked how one of them got cornered and was yelling for help from the others.
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Thanks for the detailed report, TPC.
Yes thanks for the info TPC....very interesting!
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The wind is blowing on the roof and the three peregrine chicks are seemingly chased by what looks like a food wrapper of some kind.
http://youtu.be/cwafUS--g7M
Their poor liitle hearts must have been just pounding when this unknown thing came at them.
Good capture RCF. Thanks.
I was thinking the same thing as I watched the video.
Yes thanks for the video RCF! I'm amazed by how you manage to be there to capture some of
these interesting sequences!
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The wind is blowing on the roof and the three peregrine chicks are seemingly chased by what looks like a food wrapper of some kind.
http://youtu.be/cwafUS--g7M
Very funny to watch these 3 try to avoid that old bag that is blowing around the roof. Boy, can they ever scurry away fast!
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Thanks for the "chased" video, RCF.
They certainly do show off their puffaloons as they scurry!
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Thanks for the "chased" video, RCF.
They certainly do show off their puffaloons as they scurry!
Oh my gosh, that was too cute!! They sure can melt hearts with their cuteness.
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The wind is blowing on the roof and the three peregrine chicks are seemingly chased by what looks like a food wrapper of some kind.
http://youtu.be/cwafUS--g7M
;D ;D ;D Thanks for this very funny video, RCF! Since watching it, I often visualize it time and time again. I described it to my husband as such, imagine an old cartoon times 3. Wylie Coyote causing the Roadrunner to flee. Instead Wylie is in the shape of a food wrapper. Never knew a falcon could run so fast. Beep Beep! :D :D
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Heck, now I need to track that little piece of comedy down for the Project's files!! ;) ;D
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Haha. Love how they are watching it intently at the beginning of the vid. :o Thanks RCF
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Just got confirmation ...
Chick Names
The Brandon chicks hatched on June 5th which is the date of the Transit of Venus (http://www.transitofvenus.org/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Venus). Because Venus has a retrograde orbit it is viewed twice in six years then not again for 100+ years - the next transit will be in 2117 - hopefully by that date, the peregrines won't need our assistance anymore!
Female (red) - Maya - the Maya were amazing astronomers and Venus was very important to them and they understood the planet's full cycle - the Venus cycle was especially important because the Maya believed it was associated with war and used it to divine appropriate times for coronations and war - Maya rulers planned for wars to begin when Venus rose.
Male (green) - Hunter - Maureen Hunter (http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Hunter%2C%20Maureen) - one of the transit expeditions was lead by Guillaume Le Gentil - he spent 8 years travelling in an attempt to observe either of the 1761/1769 transits but failing - his unsuccessful journey led to him losing his wife and possessions being declared dead. Winnipeg playwright Maureen Hunter based her play "Transit of Venus" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Venus_(play)) on his life. Play premiered at MTC in 1992 (1992 was also the last year we released captive-bred chicks in Brandon - 1993 was the first successful nest)
Male (white) - Sol - the Latin name for the star, Sol, is widely known but is not common in general English language use - the Transit of Venus is an astronomical event, the voyage of a planet (Venus) across the face of the a star (Sol)
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Maya, Hunter and Sol are bolted from their morning patch of shade to the south wall near the now dried up Lake McKenzie. They'll probably be there for most of the afternoon given how hot and sunny it is suppose to be today.
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The names chosen are perfect in so many ways. Wow! The name choices for project fledglings have always been great, but with the timing and associations here - so apt.
And the names are great anyway.
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Love the name choices! These guys are so cute to watch right now in their in-between gawky stage... that paper wrapper video is just a hoot, especially when it went after chick #3 who was squawking at it's sibs to get it out to of there! Like gemcitygemini said... reminds me of the Roadrunner... beep beep! ;D
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I love the names! And I love that they are so meaningful, as always :-*
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What lovely names...love the video of the wrapper, had to go to a faster computor to get the Utube video, but, still can not figure out how you all can see the band colours...I must be blind...the only one I could see was the day, yellow bird walked right up to the camera.
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;) Beautiful names for our Brandon bandits! Has anyone observed more than just Hunter going up the ramp? He sure figured that out, no problems he says! Love the wall around the roof top so that the phanatic trio do not fall off before they are ready to fledge!! :D
re the plastic wrapper chase: did you note that the last chick turned around and made squawks at the wrapper after the chick had scooted out of its way? haha, very fierce little peregrine!! must have been Maya!
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Love the names!
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Great names!!!
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Maya, Hunter and Sol are great names!!! ;D
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I am having quite the giggle watching this view right now - and not of the chicks, but of the fact the feed seems to be streaming fast so that the people and cars visible at the top of the screen are zooming by. It's hilarious! :D
Oh - a chick just zoomed into view. HAHAHA.
And the 3rd one just ran into view. Bahahaha. I think it must be because it is also freezing on me so it speeds up to catch up...
And is that the white wrapper in view too? Too funny!
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Chicks watching the wrapper that found them again... ;D
(http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k492/lhodge123/Brandon2-1.jpg)
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The wind is blowing on the roof and the three peregrine chicks are seemingly chased by what looks like a food wrapper of some kind.
http://youtu.be/cwafUS--g7M
Great video - thanks, RCF!
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I really like the names also! :) Rose and I were told at the banding that they might use these names, I'm glad they did. ;D 8)
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Just got confirmation ...
Chick Names
The Brandon chicks hatched on June 5th which is the date of the Transit of Venus (http://www.transitofvenus.org/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Venus). Because Venus has a retrograde orbit it is viewed twice in six years then not again for 100+ years - the next transit will be in 2117 - hopefully by that date, the peregrines won't need our assistance anymore!
Female (red) - Maya - the Maya were amazing astronomers and Venus was very important to them and they understood the planet's full cycle - the Venus cycle was especially important because the Maya believed it was associated with war and used it to divine appropriate times for coronations and war - Maya rulers planned for wars to begin when Venus rose.
Male (green) - Hunter - Maureen Hunter (http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Hunter%2C%20Maureen) - one of the transit expeditions was lead by Guillaume Le Gentil - he spent 8 years travelling in an attempt to observe either of the 1761/1769 transits but failing - his unsuccessful journey led to him losing his wife and possessions being declared dead. Winnipeg playwright Maureen Hunter based her play "Transit of Venus" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Venus_(play)) on his life. Play premiered at MTC in 1992 (1992 was also the last year we released captive-bred chicks in Brandon - 1993 was the first successful nest)
Male (white) - Sol - the Latin name for the star, Sol, is widely known but is not common in general English language use - the Transit of Venus is an astronomical event, the voyage of a planet (Venus) across the face of the a star (Sol)
Awesome Choice, Tracey.
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Maya, Hunter & Sol... Wonderful names! :D Well thought out, as usual, and very fitting.
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Hunter looks like he is the king of the castle standing on that grate cover. :)
(https://s26.postimg.org/bs1vqh53d/king.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/bfahkamth/)
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How can you tell that is Hunter RCF? I can't see coloured leg bands at that distance!
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** IDEA ** (for TPC ;))...
If or when you put transmitters on these guys, would it be possible to put a strip of the coloured tape that matches their legs on the top or side of the backpack? I think it would really help in identifying them with the wide angle views we are likely to have from herein. Just an idea...
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Hunter looks like he is the king of the castle standing on that grate cover. :)
(https://s26.postimg.org/bs1vqh53d/king.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/bfahkamth/)
Can't remember which fledgling (male, though) was fond of standing on the grate when Princess & Trey used the nestledge.......I will have to look for a picture! Gotta be a male thing....... ;D
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How can you tell that is Hunter RCF? I can't see coloured leg bands at that distance!
I took video of them and took a capture from that, so when he moved off I could see the band with tape was dark. Process of elimination, Maya is bigger than the two boys and Sol's tape is white, so that's how I can tell. :)
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** IDEA ** (for TPC ;))...
If or when you put transmitters on these guys, would it be possible to put a strip of the coloured tape that matches their legs on the top or side of the backpack? I think it would really help in identifying them with the wide angle views we are likely to have from herein. Just an idea...
Hey Leana I don't think TPC has much to do with putting the transmitters on any of these chicks it's a Conservation/University of Manitoba Research Project. Tracy's role is to make sure that it's done in a safe way and no harm comes to the chicks. If you cover the back of the transmitters you would cover the solar batteries. They will be flying very soon after and then you will only be able to see the antenna once they fledge.Once they have left the McK Bld there will only be photos from the ground,or if we are lucky they may occasionally come back to the lower roof area but this hasn't been the case in Hurricane's last three nests.
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A few more Brandon Banding photos have been added.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/mckenzieseeds_brandon
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A few more Brandon Banding photos have been added.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/mckenzieseeds_brandon
I love all your photos except for the one. ::) I think you should blank out the plate number because I don't want the cops chasing me down for parking on a one way street. :P ;D
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We'll all testify on your behalf, RCF! You were on important PRP business! ;D
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We'll all testify on your behalf, RCF! You were on important PRP business! ;D
;D :D
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How can you tell that is Hunter RCF? I can't see coloured leg bands at that distance!
I took video of them and took a capture from that, so when he moved off I could see the band with tape was dark. Process of elimination, Maya is bigger than the two boys and Sol's tape is white, so that's how I can tell. :)
Ohhh, OK, now that makes more sense. I was looking at the capture and scratching my head thinking "How in the world does she see any colour!". LOL
P.S. Love the photo of you and your mini "Wowser". ;D
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A few more Brandon Banding photos have been added.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/mckenzieseeds_brandon
I love all your photos except for the one. ::) I think you should blank out the plate number because I don't want the cops chasing me down for parking on a one way street. :P ;D
Sorry RCF...perhaps this will help hide your identity around town :o ;D
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/image/144502613
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A few more Brandon Banding photos have been added.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/mckenzieseeds_brandon
I love all your photos except for the one. ::) I think you should blank out the plate number because I don't want the cops chasing me down for parking on a one way street. :P ;D
Sorry RCF...perhaps this will help hide your identity around town :o ;D
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/image/144502613
Good one Dennis!! :P ;D
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0615: Storms off and on all night,One chick in front of box and another behind the box (maybe two) but I only saw one go there. They must be getting pretty wet because it's raining hard. So far not much wind and no hail.
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A few more Brandon Banding photos have been added.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/mckenzieseeds_brandon
I love all your photos except for the one. ::) I think you should blank out the plate number because I don't want the cops chasing me down for parking on a one way street. :P ;D
Sorry RCF...perhaps this will help hide your identity around town :o ;D
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/image/144502613
Good one Dennis!! :P ;D
You all are too funny!!
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A few more Brandon Banding photos have been added.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/mckenzieseeds_brandon
I love all your photos except for the one. ::) I think you should blank out the plate number because I don't want the cops chasing me down for parking on a one way street. :P ;D
Sorry RCF...perhaps this will help hide your identity around town :o ;D
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/image/144502613
Good one Dennis!! :P ;D
:o I'm impressed, RCF. I had no idea you were from Sask. and drove a Porsche. And you have a transmitter just like Mc Dermot, who, when I last looked at 10:50 was on the ledge at the Radisson. ;) ;)
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After, reading all the forum past and present, I will fly out for a few days next year before banding and then off to Winnipeg to catch them too. I just want to see them fly and the video and pictures are so great.....But, why do the Brandon chicks get transmitters?
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But, why do the Brandon chicks get transmitters?
All the peregrine are currently candidates for transmitters as part of a PhD research project.
You can read more on it here: Manitoba Conservation / PhD Research Project (http://www.species-at-risk.mb.ca/projects/pfrp/forum/programs/index.php/topic,2830.0.html)
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I see these kids are in Never Never Land again they sure seem to be Houdinis and no matter where the camera is they seem to sense it and move. ;D
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One chick against the south wall (just to the right of the plant), one in the middle bottom of the screen nibbling on an earlier meal and one playing in the ladder ::) (cute but ::))
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One chick against the south wall (just to the right of the plant), one in the middle bottom of the screen nibbling on an earlier meal and one playing in the ladder ::) (cute but ::))
:D haha, or should I say screetch - cheep cheep? they are exploring their world!!! what great little brave falcons we are! we survived our own plasic wrapper attacks, rain, and now we are out & about!! ;D ;)
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It will soon be home time for the workers who are fixing the roof across the street and Brooklyn and Hurricane will get a break from defending their space.
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More photos have been added http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/mckenzieseeds_brandon
Cheers !
Dennis
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I see these kids are in Never Never Land again they sure seem to be Houdinis and no matter where the camera is they seem to sense it and move. ;D
Those chicks are very clever because they are at it again! :(
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Indeed, as wonderful as the rooftop is for the chicks, and it is a wonderful playground for them (sure beats that small stinky nest box!), it sure sucks for those of us who want to watch them! Impossible to keep the camera on them. And in the zoomed out view, the chicks just blend in with the rooftop!
Oh well, at least you will soon get to watch them fly RCF!
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Had a buzz around the roof and couldn't see the chicks which I assume means they are parked behind the ladder, behind the nestbox or beside the skylights - the three spots the window-cam can't "see". I've zoomed out so that if they appear we can see where they are going to bed down and I can readjust the cam ...
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Had a buzz around the roof and couldn't see the chicks which I assume means they are parked behind the ladder, behind the nestbox or beside the skylights - the three spots the window-cam can't "see". I've zoomed out so that if they appear we can see where they are going to bed down and I can readjust the cam ...
Good view of the street.
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Had a buzz around the roof and couldn't see the chicks which I assume means they are parked behind the ladder, behind the nestbox or beside the skylights - the three spots the window-cam can't "see". I've zoomed out so that if they appear we can see where they are going to bed down and I can readjust the cam ...
Sometimes they or at least one of them camps on the north side of the box where the ramp is, which we can't see. :(
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The parents are alarm calling. People live in the building across the street so they may be on the roof. All was quiet when I was there 45 minutes ago. ??? ::)
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Sometimes they or at least one of them camps on the north side of the box where the ramp is, which we can't see. :(
I've moved the cam "down" so we can see the box and the side of the skylight which is where they have been the last couple of mornings ... guess we'll find out if that's where they appear tomorrow ... :)
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Thanks for finding the chicks again. They are huddled against the wall in the small strip of shade there. Is this the south wall?
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A few more photos have been added.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/mckenzieseeds_brandon
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As always your photo's are wonderful Dennis! 8)
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I am not completely sure but I think these two are Maya and Sol because Hunter seems to go wandering off by himself a lot. :)
(https://s26.postimg.cc/msx0vhxc9/threekidss002.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/ret53uiv9/)
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As always your photo's are wonderful Dennis! 8)
As always is right, RCF!
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I am not completely sure but I think these two are Maya and Sol because Hunter seems to go wandering off by himself a lot. :)
What is it about the "green" boys this year? Will be interesting to see if he's the first to fledge as well or get the tape off his leg band :D
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As always your photo's are wonderful Dennis! 8)
As always is right, RCF!
I have to agree with you both!!
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This is from lunch time today. Maya takes the food before her brothers get it. ;D
http://youtu.be/jxjystd3xfo
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This is from lunch time today. Maya takes the food before her brothers get it. ;D
http://youtu.be/jxjystd3xfo
Too funny! Love how the boys just stand there stunned, wondering where the food disappeared too ("Did we just dream that Dad brought us some food?") and then one takes off after her. LOL. Thanks for sharing!
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One kid hanging out by the ladder 7:45am.
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Find the chick. ;D
(https://s26.postimg.org/5to2g8m4p/Dover005.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/mu6yowz5x/)
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I cant' see a chick in that photo! :(
Clue?
Or is it a trick and there really isn't one... :-\
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I don't see a chick.....
Do you see a chick?
;)
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Watching the cam and there is one around and right now over by the ladder. Lot's of wingersizing going on as well. The other two seem to be sticking by the shaded area of the ledge by the greenery.
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I don't see a chick.....
Do you see a chick?
;)
I think she's just spoofing you, Blame it on the heat. Sure do miss you Birdlover, didn't we have fun in 2009 when they all tried to wingersize on the top of the Wall Box at the same time and all fledged with no trouble at all (none fledged to the lower roof but chose the Annex and the Scotia Building). We watched them chasing Zeus round and round the McKenzie Building learning to hunt and how Luck would be so aloof and want her food brought to her. Those were the days and now we are reduced to watching them from afar practising to be Road Runners. :)
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I cant' see a chick in that photo! :(
Clue?
Or is it a trick and there really isn't one... :-\
I don't see a chick.....
Do you see a chick?
;)
I'm sorry, you"ll have to excuse my twisted sense of humor. There was no chick in the picture, so I hope you can please forgive me.
;) :D ;D
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They are doing quite a bit of work on the roof across the street, they even had a crane to lift supplies to the top. So Hurricane and Brooklyn will be alarm calling off and on until they are done. When I am down there I notice they usually only alarm call when the workers are coming and going on the roof. The rest of the time they either perch on the roof of the McKenzie bldg or a light on the clock tower and glare at the workers. I hope they are done long before Maya, Hunter and Sol fledge.
(https://s26.postimg.cc/p1b7cu4g9/IMG_8807McK.jpg) (https://postimage.cc)
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When I first got downtown at lunchtime, Brooklyn was perched on the aerial of the communications tower as the workers had gone for lunch.
(https://s26.postimg.cc/55f7xanex/IMG_8804BRO.jpg) (https://postimage.cc)
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Thanks for the photo. It helps me get the bigger picture of the area. And love the find waldo(birds) shot..LOL...
Look , I am not a egg anymore....
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You can enlarge these photos up to 400% by using the Zoom function on your computer and they will still be clear.On the north wall of the lower roof you can still see what remains of the old Hack Box that the first chicks were hacked from(over twenty years ago).
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Thanks for the photo. It helps me get the bigger picture of the area. And love the find waldo(birds) shot..LOL...
Look , I am not a egg anymore....
You've hatched Congrats! :)
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I'm sorry, you"ll have to excuse my twisted sense of humor. There was no chick in the picture, so I hope you can please forgive me.
;) :D ;D
Oh for Pete's sake, I fell for it hook, line and sinker! Thought for sure there was a camo'd chick in that picture. I looked and looked, closed one eye, then the other...stared straight at it then looked away and back quickly. Nope, no chick! LOL. You got me! :P
p.s. yes... slow day at work! ;D
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I'm sorry, you"ll have to excuse my twisted sense of humor. There was no chick in the picture, so I hope you can please forgive me.
;) :D ;D
Oh for Pete's sake, I fell for it hook, line and sinker! Thought for sure there was a camo'd chick in that picture. I looked and looked, closed one eye, then the other...stared straight at it then looked away and back quickly. Nope, no chick! LOL. You got me! :P
p.s. yes... slow day at work! ;D
Sorry Leana. :D
I don"t know if anyone noticed, sometimes one of these chicks likes to hide in the ladder. ::)
(https://s26.postimg.org/rjwwdiq6h/Ladder2.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/ddh5iafb9/)
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So... is there one hiding in the ladder in the above photo or is that another trick too? :-\ (I'm not falling for it again!)
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So... is there one hiding in the ladder in the above photo or is that another trick too? :-\ (I'm not falling for it again!)
No joke! There is one hiding in the ladder. ;D
(https://s26.postimg.cc/xm4j40emh/Ladder28.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/ba6qamfid/)
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OK, see it now! Not sure I would notice that on my own though!
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Chicks and Ladders ;D
http://youtu.be/iBlNSDU9QDA
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:D Thanks so much for the tremendous laugh I just had. I really enjoyed it.
Yes, Rose, I very much remember our days on the lookout for wayward fledgelings. Good times. I sure do miss seeing the Peregrines in real time. :'(
Although I do have a pair of Merlins nesting not too far from my place and I get to listen to their kacking all the time. Don't get to see them much but I know they are there. Not really a substitute for the Peregrines but keeps me watching anyway. ::)
RCF, I was being sarcastic with the "I don't see a chick.... Do you see a chick?" It brings back memories of some silly commercial with twins saying, I don't see the difference..... do you see the difference? ;D
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:D Thanks so much for the tremendous laugh I just had. I really enjoyed it.
Yes, Rose, I very much remember our days on the lookout for wayward fledgelings. Good times. I sure do miss seeing the Peregrines in real time. :'(
Although I do have a pair of Merlins nesting not too far from my place and I get to listen to their kacking all the time. Don't get to see them much but I know they are there. Not really a substitute for the Peregrines but keeps me watching anyway. ::)
RCF, I was being sarcastic with the "I don't see a chick.... Do you see a chick?" It brings back memories of some silly commercial with twins saying, I don't see the difference..... do you see the difference? ;D
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Chicks and ladders... sooooo cute! Sure wish we knew who the ladder jumper was though!
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Chicks and Ladders ;D
http://youtu.be/iBlNSDU9QDA
The chicks for sure like to play with the ladder. It's like they are playing wack-a-mole, but without the plastic hammer and going after each other lol.
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;D Looking at the chicks in the shadow. They are sure getting their darker feathers fast. One thing I notice, they all look as though they are sporting little white mohawks. So cute. :D
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The kids are finally on the far side of the roof hanging out in the shade. Right now they are in the southeast corner where they can all lie in a pile (as hot as that sounds) without someone having to have a wing or a leg out in the sun. The nestbox is on the west side of the roof just a little shy of midway between the north and south walls if you want to get your bearings ...
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Great videos RCF - who knew a ladder would provide so much entertainment!
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I love the names! And I love that they are so meaningful, as always :-*
I'm just catching up, and I love the names also.
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More photos from the Brandon Banding have been added.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/mckenzieseeds_brandon
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is that a pigeon of the out ledge :o
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is that a pigeon of the out ledge :o
You probably are seeing a pigeon but I think the ledge you are looking at is across the street.
The first pic is from the google pic on CBC cam page and the one below it is the same corner. ;)
(https://s26.postimg.cc/84m4keww9/Ladder006-1.jpg) (https://postimage.cc)
(https://s26.postimg.cc/w9rffv6kp/Ladder007.jpg) (https://postimage.cc)
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Thanks RCF
I have been trying to get a size of the chick to compare too another bird..I would not have thought that ledge was so far off, it looks closer then it is.
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The final photos of the Brandon Banding have now been loaded.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/mckenzieseeds_brandon
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The final photos of the Brandon Banding have now been loaded.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/mckenzieseeds_brandon
Great pictures Dennis! Especially liked the last shot of the two peregrines in flight!
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Quote from The Peregrine Chick on CBC cam page
The cameras are controlled by volunteers so when we can be online we try to keep the cameras on the chicks but we can't/don't monitor the cameras 24/7.
How many volunteers are there? ??? It sure would be nice if one of the volunteers would move the camera so we the viewing public could see something other than a wall, this view has been showing since around 4 or 4:30 yesterday, 22 hours ago. After a while you get disappointed and figure there is no point in watching. I hope when they are done their study with the transmitters they leave them in the the wall nest box because viewing was much better. I'll be glad when the chicks leave the building (fledge) so Rose and I will be able to see them. :(
(https://s26.postimg.org/ov23nhkp5/Ladder032.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/wb1d9a8ed/)
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Is that 1 of the chicks I see on the webcam right now, behind the growth, in the shade? :-\
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Is that 1 of the chicks I see on the webcam right now, behind the growth, in the shade? :-\
One chick is only there momentarily he runs in and runs out but is mostly out and the cam has been in the same spot almost 24 hours and it seems only one chick likes that spot. TPC in one of her posts states that the cams are run by volunteers but I guess there aren't that many volunteers but maybe some of you Winnipeg people could volunteer to do that and other things so TPC could have a real break, she works so hard. You have probably heard Hurricane alarm calling all afternoon if you have been watching but there isn't much to see, I know it was Hurricane because I made a trip down there to check. No sign of Brooklyn.I for one will be glad when these chicks fledge and we will be able to follow them in person.
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How far away is fledging likely to be?
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How far away is fledging likely to be?
The chicks are 35 days old so could be fairly soon.
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How far away is fledging likely to be?
I would say they are close to fledge age since these chicks are around 35 days old and peregrine chicks usually fledge from 39 to 45 days old depending on gender.
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Thanks, Rose and RCF, for the day count.
I was pretty sure both of you would be right on that!
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I'm pretty sure there are only a couple volunteers who have control of the camera - TPC (obviously), Eye-Spy and possibly Dennis. But I think TPC is the only one who ever actually moves or changes the camera views for us and sadly she has many other things to do besides babysit the cameras...
I personally think RCF should have control of the Brandon cams since she seems to be most involved with the chicks there and would probably do a great job of keeping track of the little speedsters.
Too late this year, but a thought for next year if the chicks get moved to the roof again.
Just my 2 cents. ;D
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I'm pretty sure there are only a couple volunteers who have control of the camera - TPC (obviously), Eye-Spy and possibly Dennis. But I think TPC is the only one who ever actually moves or changes the camera views for us and sadly she has many other things to do besides babysit the cameras...
I personally think RCF should have control of the Brandon cams since she seems to be most involved with the chicks there and would probably do a great job of keeping track of the little speedsters.
Too late this year, but a thought for next year if the chicks get moved to the roof again.
Just my 2 cents. ;D
Here's my 2 cents worth. 1 it doesn't take a rocket scientist to manipulate a camera, any one can learn the program. 2 The viewing when they are on the lower roof is at best poor(either too far away to see them properly or only a small space is covered and they move out of view quickly) 3 If they have to go down on the roof because of the research re: the survival rate of the fledgling Peregrine Falcon over the first few years of their life etc.goes on another year.Just turn the camera off completely, would save a lot of frustration and complaints.
But if they stay in the nestbox until they fledge( which is the normal way and has been since the nest box went up over twenty years ago and according to TPC with very few problems) the camera can follow their every move,interaction between chicks and with the parents and no one has to worry about moving the camera and every one would be treated to some spectacular viewing and maybe even see them fledge.
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Hmmm, lots of backseat camera drivers here. Also interesting after working for four years to get the cameras up and operating here, it took one year for folks to start complaining. Except for the internet connection this year (which we hope to improve next year) the cameras have been working well.
Maybe it would be best to turn off the cameras as soon as the chicks get out of the nestbox - whichever nestbox is used since only closeup seems to be "good enough". Since we have left the cam on at the Radisson, seemed only right to leave them on in Brandon.
As for controlling the camera not being a rocket science. You are correct. However, it is part of the security arrangements as part of the falcon cam partnership.
Do I sound a little ticked off? Yes, I am. We volunteer to do this, we all have day jobs and can't spend 18 hours a day watching the cameras to make sure they are perfect all the time. We could have just had the fixed camera inside the nestbox (the one we hardly used this year) and not bothered with the remotely controlled system but we wanted to provide the best images we could. Would certainly save the Project time and certainly wouldn't be a drain on Eye-Spy's time and/or generosity.
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Well, I for one, am grateful for any chance to see any of the juvies once they're out of the nextbox - It's such a treat whenever one appears ;D
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Maybe it would be best to turn off the cameras as soon as the chicks get out of the nestbox - whichever nestbox is used since only closeup seems to be "good enough". Since we have left the cam on at the Radisson, seemed only right to leave them on in Brandon.
I did not ask for a close up. I asked for a larger area to be shown because the chicks don't stay in the area for long unless they are sleeping. And I know the lighting on the roof for the most part is not good and you can't please everybody.
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Maybe it would be best to turn off the cameras as soon as the chicks get out of the nestbox - whichever nestbox is used since only closeup seems to be "good enough". Since we have left the cam on at the Radisson, seemed only right to leave them on in Brandon.
I did not ask for a close up. I asked for a larger area to be shown because the chicks don't stay in the area for long unless they are sleeping. And I know the lighting on the roof for the most part is not good and you can't please everybody.
You are quite right RCF - perhaps the best thing to do is have a wide view of the parts of the roof they use most so folks can see where they are when they move - and that would certainly solve the problem of when the chicks move. Certainly would free us up from trying to hunt up the chicks.
And who knows what next year will bring? Maybe next year we won't have to "move" the cams at all and the chicks will stay in the wall nestbox. Or if construction is on the roof, it maybe that we have to set up a different system if we can only use the roof box and not the wall box or vice versa. Or maybe we can't improve the internet speed from Brandon which not only causes the image to stutter on the CBC side but makes it terribly difficult for us to actually manipulate the camera remotely since the cam software is actually hampered more by the connection than when the image has been buffered and streamed through the CBC equipment. We don't have as responsive or refined a control of the camera as a result so we try to not move it often or rely on being able to refine the views much.
The chicks are days away from taking their first flights and the Radisson birds have mostly left the nestbox so the season is winding down and the cameras are going to go off soon enough. And then we will pack up all the equipment and next year start all over again and we'll hopefully find a compromise between what we can do and what viewers want.
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And just for the record (another 2 cents?), I wasn't complaining AT ALL, I was just offering up an idea which might help appease the situation next year. I was trying to point out that there weren't many volunteers (really one ONE special one who controls the cameras ;)) and that that person had other responsibilities and couldn't be monitoring it 24/7.
I agree totally with Susha. Any sight of the juvies is an enjoyable sight. Plus with my freeze and fast forward viewing, it really isn't worth complaining about since it is difficult to watch for long anyway.
Sorry for any misunderstanding my original post caused.
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...interesting after working for four years to get the cameras up and operating here, it took one year for folks to start complaining. Except for the internet connection this year (which we hope to improve next year) the cameras have been working well...
Certainly no complaints from this chick. I am very grateful for all of the camera views we have been fortunate to have, both in Brandon and Winnipeg. And I am especially grateful for all of the many volunteer hours that have been spent by TPC, Dennis & Eye-Spy. :-*
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It's been a long couple of days - I'm in the field working off a virtual dial up service so doing anything online or heck, by cellphone, is more frustrating than fulfilling. So sometimes timing is everything - if I were home with my feet up in front of my computer with snacks it might have been "water off a duck's back". Or maybe not.
Next year we will see what the year will hold and how we can perhaps make it a bit easier on viewer and operator. ;)
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...interesting after working for four years to get the cameras up and operating here, it took one year for folks to start complaining. Except for the internet connection this year (which we hope to improve next year) the cameras have been working well...
Certainly no complaints from this chick. I am very grateful for all of the camera views we have been fortunate to have, both in Brandon and Winnipeg. And I am especially grateful for all of the many volunteer hours that have been spent by TPC, Dennis & Eye-Spy. :-*
I too am happy for all we can get. Heck people, what if they didn't even have anything, no cameras, no forum, nothing! I know it's hard to satisfy all! Just be happy for what we can get. Right now, it's like going through withdrawl now, until we start up for next year again. Again any brief pass-by's or updates appreciated. Thanks All. ;D ;)
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Hmmm, lots of backseat camera drivers here. Also interesting after working for four years to get the cameras up and operating here, it took one year for folks to start complaining. Except for the internet connection this year (which we hope to improve next year) the cameras have been working well.
No complaints here, TPC. It seems to me, though, that it would be impossible to satisfy everyone all the time, even if you were working 24/7 on the Project. I agree with Susha that getting a glimpse of the birds at all is great, and being able to view the birds, from egg to fledgling, has been a rewarding experience for me. Although you're not paid for the work you do, it's well beyond what volunteers usually do!
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I am greatful for the chance to see them. I have watched through the internet and dreamed of seeing them fly. Laughed and cried at all the things to see. Learned through the forum about the birds and the limits of what man(TPC) can do for them. And have found out that falcons are in my own area, and have gone out to see them. And love the people that can report on the daily life, that I can`t see.
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The cams have improved incredibly over the past few years, thanks for all your efforts TPC and 'team' - always remember that the vast majority realize how lucky we are to be able to view so much of these birds' summer season. :D - Your time and endless toil - all unpaid and sometimes unappreciated unfortunately :-\ - have gone a very long way to increase interest, awareness & support of the Peregrines, which was your goal. 8)
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I have no complaints. Just much gratitude and appreciation for all the work put in by the volunteers (TPC, Dennis, Eye-spy, et al) that gives us a brief window every year into the world of these beautiful birds!!
I see the times on the postings that TPC puts up and can only imagine the long days all the volunteers put
in (especially TPC). Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
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I have no complaints. Just much gratitude and appreciation for all the work put in by the volunteers (TPC, Dennis, Eye-spy, et al) that gives us a brief window every year into the world of these beautiful birds!!
I see the times on the postings that TPC puts up and can only imagine the long days all the volunteers put
in (especially TPC). Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Ditto! Very well put Pense.
The cameras, colour and sound are amazing as are TPC, Dennis, Eye-spy and the Brandon volunteers.
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I think some of the comments regarding the Brandon cam are totally uncalled for. I agree with Saoirse, ballywing, Pense and transplantedmaple - with all the time and effort TPC and the others puts into the project FOR FREE, I believe we should all grateful to them for their great efforts to bring these gorgeous birds into our homes and our lives every year. Yes, sometimes it can be a tad annoying if the cameras don't work just the way we want them to, but this does not excuse the (what I feel are) rude comments. As the saying goes "if you don't like what you are seeing, don't watch (and don't complain). Just my 2 cents worth. :)
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I think some of the comments regarding the Brandon cam are totally uncalled for. I agree with Saoirse, ballywing, Pense and transplantedmaple - with all the time and effort TPC and the others puts into the project FOR FREE, I believe we should all grateful to them for their great efforts to bring these gorgeous birds into our homes and our lives every year. Yes, sometimes it can be a tad annoying if the cameras don't work just the way we want them to, but this does not excuse the (what I feel are) rude comments. As the saying goes "if you don't like what you are seeing, don't watch (and don't complain). Just my 2 cents worth. :)
Well Jazzerkins perhaps I'm paranoid. I do believe you are talking about me but I have a perfect right to express my opinion and since I have rarely watched the cam since the chicks went on the roof your last statement(if you don,t like it don,t watch) really doesn't apply, besides in just a very few days I'll be able to go down and see them up close and personal from now until they migrate. :)
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I guess it's just frustrating and disappointing for us because we were used to seeing the chicks in the wall nest box until they fledged. Last year was the first year for the camera and the chicks were put on the lower roof where we couldn't see them from the ground. We have to rely on someone to move the camera whereas we could go to the McKenzie bldg and watch them with our own eyes anytime we wanted. The camera is wonderful and I did enjoy watching them from egg right up to the banding. And now,when they are in camera view and I happen to be watching, I enjoy that too! After they fledge I will be seeing them morning and evening almost every day until they leave on their winter vacation.
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Check CBC Brandon cam...
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Check CBC Brandon cam...
I've been there for quite a while this evening. ;D
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Check CBC Brandon cam...
Great view of two of the Brandon juvies! Won't be long now before the rest of us will lose sight of these beauties :'(
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Madly off in all directions. :P Wingersizing all the way.
Thanks to whoever is manning the cam right now. :-* It's great to get a perspective on the rooftop. I didn't realized that there were so many sky lights, etc. up there. :o
So cool to see the kids exploring and checking out their wings.
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Check CBC Brandon cam...
Sol and Maya on the skylight. :)
http://youtu.be/Xu5Zkr6omEM
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Check CBC Brandon cam...
Sol and Maya on the skylight. :)
http://youtu.be/Xu5Zkr6omEM
Very nice! What a difference in colouring between this video of yours and the one playing peek-a-boo on the ladder. Any day now and they will be ready to fledge.
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Check CBC Brandon cam...
Sol and Maya on the skylight. :)
http://youtu.be/Xu5Zkr6omEM
:'( de ja vu, Rain and Rosser memories flood back. Skylight wingercizing again. More wingercizing then they move to the ledge and................. :'(
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Very nice! What a difference in colouring between this video of yours and the one playing peek-a-boo on the ladder. Any day now and they will be ready to fledge.
The lighting early morning and evening seems to be the best for viewing the chicks. ;)
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This is from 7am this morning. :)
http://youtu.be/AuHinB2gSbA
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Sol and Maya on the skylight. :)
http://youtu.be/Xu5Zkr6omEM
Very nice! What a difference in colouring between this video of yours and the one playing peek-a-boo on the ladder. Any day now and they will be ready to fledge.
Amazing...thank you RCF...terrific to see the difference in them and of course all that wingercising. Would have missed all this without you
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Nice to see one of the juvies perched on the skylight. :)
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Fantastic videos!! They just look soooo ready to take off!!!
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1500 hours report from RCF one ckick has been walking on the south wall and is now lying down on the wall southwest corner. :)
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1500 hours report from RCF one ckick has been walking on the south wall and is now lying down on the wall southwest corner. :)
3:46pm
It's Hunter and he moved from the corner and is above the dried lake on the south wall.
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Hunter was on the south wall this afternoon after Brooklyn brought a snack.
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He walked to the west side of the wall and lay down after wingersizing.
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Thanks for the great pics of Hunter RCF. Now the excitement begins!!
I was watching the cam earlier and could see somebirdy had their wings flapping and scurried a bit, then mostly just sitting, guess he was enjoying the new view! :)
Wondering if anyone else in the area is watchng these birds besides you and Rose. Was there a fledge watch in Brandon last year?
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Wondering if anyone else in the area is watchng these birds besides you and Rose. Was there a fledge watch in Brandon last year?
There is nobody else watching that we know of, haven't seen anyone else while we have been there. There were three of us at one time but BirdLover moved to Alberta, so just Rose and myself watch. And for fledge watch , there is nothing official and this is considered a fairly safe site for the fledglings. I work during the day and check morning and after work and if the parents alarm call while the cam is still on, Rose who is retired will go down and check if I'm working. :)
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6:36pm
All three chicks are on the skylight. :)
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I can hear thunder in the background and and it looks like it is getting darker on the roof, I guess there is a weather watch for Brandon right now and looks like its raining too.
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Great pics of Hunter RCF! Looks like he's got a mohawk too! ;D
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Wondering if anyone else in the area is watchng these birds besides you and Rose. Was there a fledge watch in Brandon last year?
There is nobody else watching that we know of, haven't seen anyone else while we have been there. There were three of us at one time but BirdLover moved to Alberta, so just Rose and myself watch. And for fledge watch , there is nothing official and this is considered a fairly safe site for the fledglings. I work during the day and check morning and after work and if the parents alarm call while the cam is still on, Rose who is retired will go down and check if I'm working. :)
Well I’m thankful you and Rose are keeping check on them for us! Interesting though, as I thought you would have met at least a couple other people stopping by to see them, especially when close to fledge time...
Perhaps more people need to be become aware of the Peregrine Recovery Project. :-*
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This is from 7am this morning. :)
http://youtu.be/AuHinB2gSbA
Hahaha, this video is so funny... not so much the chick wingersizing on the skylight but the other chick who goes hopping past in the background at around 25s in. Hilarious!
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Nice view right now of all 3 on the skylight. Seems like the sky might have lightened up a bit in Brandon as there is more contrast now. I was wondering... how do they get off the skylight? Do they walk down the back or hop/fly to the ground? Has anyone seen? I'm sure RCF must have seen how they do it...
Oh for Pete's sake... I've been sitting here, staring at the screen waiting to see if somebirdie would leave the ledge, I turned around to talk to my daughter and when I turned back one of them was gone. :-\
So it's still a mystery to me...
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Nice view right now of all 3 on the skylight. Seems like the sky might have lightened up a bit in Brandon as there is more contrast now. I was wondering... how do they get off the skylight? Do they walk down the back or hop/fly to the ground? Has anyone seen? I'm sure RCF must have seen how they do it...
Oh for Pete's sake... I've been sitting here, staring at the screen waiting to see if somebirdie would leave the ledge, I turned around to talk to my daughter and when I turned back one of them was gone. :-\
So it's still a mystery to me...
She just walked to the edge and flew straight off to the east blink and you missed it. ;D
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Wondering if anyone else in the area is watchng these birds besides you and Rose. Was there a fledge watch in Brandon last year?
There is nobody else watching that we know of, haven't seen anyone else while we have been there. There were three of us at one time but BirdLover moved to Alberta, so just Rose and myself watch. And for fledge watch , there is nothing official and this is considered a fairly safe site for the fledglings. I work during the day and check morning and after work and if the parents alarm call while the cam is still on, Rose who is retired will go down and check if I'm working. :)
I have to say my move to AB was for good reason (my grandkids :D) but I sure do miss hanging out downtown and watching the birdies with Rose and RCF. Miss you both and I'm glad you are taking such an active role in keeping tabs on our Brandon family. :-*
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Wondering if anyone else in the area is watchng these birds besides you and Rose. Was there a fledge watch in Brandon last year?
There is nobody else watching that we know of, haven't seen anyone else while we have been there. There were three of us at one time but BirdLover moved to Alberta, so just Rose and myself watch. And for fledge watch , there is nothing official and this is considered a fairly safe site for the fledglings. I work during the day and check morning and after work and if the parents alarm call while the cam is still on, Rose who is retired will go down and check if I'm working. :)
There are a few birders around Brandon who go past and check out the birds but they are not as regular or consistent as RCF and Rose (and in the old days BirdLover). And they aren't members of the Forum, so they only contact me if they have something unusual to report (like the return of a bird/birds in the spring), not so much the day to day sightings. RCF and Rose are the ones who provide that wonderful colour commentary.
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Looks like tomorrow (Friday) we will see if we can safely retrieve Maya, Hunter and Sol for transmitters. If we can't, we can't. If we can, we will. Not sure of the timing will depend on the birds and we will be hijacking the camera to make the necessary assessments, so if you are getting a strange view or watching a tour, you'll know why.
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Looks like tomorrow (Friday) we will see if we can safely retrieve Maya, Hunter and Sol for transmitters. If we can't, we can't. If we can, we will. Not sure of the timing will depend on the birds and we will be hijacking the camera to make the necessary assessments, so if you are getting a strange view or watching a tour, you'll know why.
Funny you should mention this as I've been wondering when they were going to get their antennas! Isn't it really difficult to catch them at this stage? I can just picture you running around after them on that roof. LOL. ;D
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Looks like tomorrow (Friday) we will see if we can safely retrieve Maya, Hunter and Sol for transmitters. If we can't, we can't. If we can, we will. Not sure of the timing will depend on the birds and we will be hijacking the camera to make the necessary assessments, so if you are getting a strange view or watching a tour, you'll know why.
Funny you should mention this as I've been wondering when they were going to get their antennas! Isn't it really difficult to catch them at this stage? I can just picture you running around after them on that roof. LOL. ;D
No running, no even fast walking. If the chicks are too "old" by which I mean too close to fledging and every chick and every nest is different, then retrieving them is a quiet, careful activity (think making friends with a porcupine with wings). And if they are too close to fledging, even quite and careful will not be enough and we don't want the little porcupines to fly just yet. ;)
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I have been wondering if and when one or more of these juvies were going to be fitted with transmitters, since they are so close to fledging. Hope all goes well today, TPC. :-*
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I have been wondering if and when one or more of these juvies were going to be fitted with transmitters, since they are so close to fledging. Hope all goes well today, TPC. :-*
Yes hope everything goes well today.
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Checking out the closeup of the three all in one corner, and I can't help but notice that all three are sporting mohawks.
TPC mentioned that Radisson's chick at the UofA had a real mohawk, not just a few tufts on the top of his head.
I think that these Brandon chicks also have a fairly well defined mohawk. It may be the "Year of the Mohawk". What do you think?
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:) :-* Congratulations, RCF, I just noticed you have reached 2500 posts. If I can speak for all, what would we do without your photos and videos. :-*
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Thanks for the reminder of the milestone for RCF.... ;D ;D ;D
Picture can never replace seeing it live, but us who can`t, the picture are a million words.
Thanks are RCF for doing things that I can`t do.
I hope all goes well today, there with the work being done by TCP.
Stay safe....
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Hiding from the sun, trying to stay cool! 8) Seems like there's a breeze up there though so that should help :) Nice to see them so close up!
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I love the mohawks on these two! So cute!
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I know the roof is big playground for them, but I can only see 2 and have not seen one of the boys...Or is that Hunter being a lone bird again?
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ACK! I am so curious as to what happened this afternoon! The cam went "off" (ie: only showed original nestbox) for a long time and when it came back on to the roof we saw 2 chicks but they were too far away to tell if they had been dressed with backpacks. It didn't look like it to me, but very hard to tell at the distance the camera was set. One said chick was likely Hunter as I saw him go up on the ledge and back off. Soooo.... what happened?
I know, I know... be patient Leana... TPC will tell us everything as soon as she can...
But patience is SO not my virtue! :-[
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Well I'm not sure what happened transplanted maple and Leana. Perhaps one is hiding, but methinks the intruders may be holding one captive! ;) ;D
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Checking out the closeup of the three all in one corner, and I can't help but notice that all three are sporting mohawks.
TPC mentioned that Radisson's chick at the UofA had a real mohawk, not just a few tufts on the top of his head.
I think that these Brandon chicks also have a fairly well defined mohawk. It may be the "Year of the Mohawk". What do you think?
Love the look!
I have a daughter who had a very spectacular blue mohalk in her grade 12 year.
Cool look for teenagers.
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Leana, I am with you no patient :( in my body here. But. loved watching them play in the puddle...made my afternoon ;D
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Still no news. TPC often says no news is good news!
So I'm also trying not to worry...
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I know the roof is big playground for them, but I can only see 2 and have not seen one of the boys...Or is that Hunter being a lone bird again?
I was down there for most of the day and I guess when they opened the door to the roof just to peek out, one chick flew off the roof floor. We had to look for him and found he had flown to the McKenzie annex building that is attached by a walkway (tunnel) and is about the same height as where he fledged from. It was Sol and was yelling his head off when he was found, so Sol will not be getting a transmitter today. I saw one of the parents bring him prey, so he got fed. ;D I'm sure TPC will be posting later about the day.
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Thanks for the info RCF. I was thinking something like that might have happened since we only ever saw 2 chicks after the cam came back onto the roof. So did the other 2 get transmitters?
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Oh no RCF, this is too soon :o Poor little guy, now he'll be missing his brother and sister!
Sure glad he made it to the other roof though, but now they will be calling back and forth for one another. Perhaps on the next move Sol will try to make it back, or the others will be tempted to join him. ???
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Wonder why they didn't try to put the transmitters on sooner???
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Thanks for the info RCF. I was thinking something like that might have happened since we only ever saw 2 chicks after the cam came back onto the roof. So did the other 2 get transmitters?
I am not really sure because it was really hot out. I was there from around 9am and left to go home about 4pm. :-\
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Wonder why they didn't try to put the transmitters on sooner???
I wondered that myself, but I'm sure there are good reasons...
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I am not really sure because it was really hot out. I was there from around 9am and left to go home about 4pm. :-\
Good Lord you must have heat exhaustion! It was brutal out there today! That's above and beyond dedication. You deserve a medal!
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I have some pics of the two boys on the wall before Sol fledged.
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Awww, such cute pictures. I especially like the 3rd one with the "headless" chick! ;D
Who is that in the top picture with them?
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Awww, such cute pictures. I especially like the 3rd one with the "headless" chick! ;D
Who is that in the top picture with them?
That would be Mama Hurricane! :)
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Hi RCF - thank you for the great pictures! I was just wondering if you know about what time Sol flew off? I remember seeing a chick scurrying across the floor towards the front of the building, and I believe that could have been about 11:00. Unfortunately I was in and out after that, but admit it was suspicious when the cam appeared to be searching for someone! ??? ??? Later I was happy to see the 2 chicks in the water. :)
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Hi RCF - thank you for the great pictures! I was just wondering if you know about what time Sol flew off? I remember seeing a chick scurrying across the floor towards the front of the building, and I believe that could have been about 11:00. Unfortunately I was in and out after that, but admit it was suspicious when the cam appeared to be searching for someone! ??? ??? Later I was happy to see the 2 chicks in the water. :)
Maybe between 12:30pm and 1pm, not exactly sure. :-\
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Somebody moved the cam and I can see these chicks have no transmitters on them.......I guess it wasn't safe enough to put them on the chicks. :)
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I just saw Sol on the walkway between the two buildings. :) The walkway is a about two stories below the lower roof but he should have no problem getting back on the annex building.
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Wonder why they didn't try to put the transmitters on sooner???
I'm thinking that there must be a very small window of time for a transmitter backpack to be placed on a juvie. I imagine that those involved with the process pretty much have to wait till a bird is nearly full grown and just about to fledge. That's just my educated guess, but I could be wrong. :-\ I'm sure that TPC will be better able to answer this question when she has time, des.
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Thanks for letting us know he is fairly close RCF, but I imagine he found it easier going down than trying to get back up. I haven't been able to stay glued to the cam tonight, but I can't see him now so hope all is well. Good thing no thunderstorms expected!
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Thanks for the update of today's events and for the pictures RCF.
You have some great shots there!
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Is that one of the juvies over by the wall, on the left hand side, right now? :-\
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The 2 juvies have been sitting ON the wall for a while now just hard to make out as a bit of shade there, Kinderchick. Also it appears Sol just can't get back up there to join them, as far as I can see anyhow. Maybe he tried to make a move, don't know, but hope he is still ok. I'm wondering if TPC might have chosen to stay around there, just in case he needs to be rescued.
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Got back home about 1/2 hour ago. All Falcons (chicks and parents) present, safe, well fed, noisey and accounted for. :) RCF has photos. :)
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Yup, yesterday was day 37 and the age for transmitters - same age as Rain and Rosser last year. But we had noticed that Maya, Hunter and Sol seemed to be developing faster or at least they were losing their chick fluff faster. At hatching they looked like they should at band age so all looked good. Now it may be that they were shedding their downy feathers faster because of the hot weather we've been having. Age 37 is a good age for putting on the transmitters because most of their breast and back feathers are grown in which makes it easier to fit the transmitters so they don't interfere with their feathers - also bigger feathers are easier to avoid than smaller ones when you are working with a wiggling bird.
Unfortunately no one's schedule worked for Thursday when the chicks were 37 days old so Friday was our day. We started trying to keep an eye on the Brandon chicks earlier in the week to see what they were "up" to. This is the age that the chicks are "hopping" - on the Radisson its hopping from the ledge to the box and back again. On McKenzie Seeds, it's usually to the skylights (which they did) and then to the roof edges (which they did too). Because this little band were right on target for "hopping" but looked more developed based on less fuzz, we knew we were going to have to take a cautious approach. If they look like they are going to fledge, we call off our plans to deploy transmitters on the chicks. At this age they are able to fledge successfully if they are ready to go, but no one has any desire to prompt them to fledge any earlier than they should. We have noticed that our smaller chicks in the last few years do tend to go a bit earlier and the females aren't as far behind their brothers as some bigger birds. We were hoping that the warm weather might help us out by making the chicks less willing to be that adventurous in the mid-day heat.
So we waited until all the chicks were on the roof in the shade and settled down. Then the female chick made her way down past Lake McKenzie to hang out in the weeds much closer to our access point and we thought it might be a good opportunity to test the chicks' responses. So we opened the access carefully (it's not big but a bit noisy) and I had a little look out. Maya stayed where she was and tucked down, Hunter stayed where he was in the corner farthest away from the access (where they like to sit most in the shade) but Sol decided that now was the time and the took two running steps, started flapping and flew the entire length of the roof, gained altitude, made the turn and flew (very nicely indeed) over the wall and then southwest, followed by a tight turn to the north around the west side of the building and came to land on the Annex's northwest corner. We couldn't tell where he had gone of course, so Dennis and I bolted from McKenzie Seeds to check the streets nearby in case he had gotten grounded. We covered 4 blocks east/west and 3 blocks south and we ran into RCF and she went off to use the parkade to check rooftops. Not sure if she made it that far before finding Sol on the northwest corner of the Annex so we were able to stop combing backlanes and parking lots (yippeee). His successful first flight also meant that we wouldn't be fitting them with transmitters today.
Dennis stayed outside on the ground to keep an eye on the Sol and take some photos of the rest of the family under less stressed conditions than he usually "shoots" them (banding day). I headed back inside to check the other chicks and see if I could track Sol on the webcam but unfortunately he was further west than the camera could see. So we stayed to see how close Maya and Hunter are to fledging and were glad to be able to see how easily Hunter moves up/down from the roof to the ledge, a good sign that his muscles are getting stronger and his aim is good. Maya is also jumping well to the wall (first time I had seen her up) but she was sticking to the lowest section but she was pretty smooth and controlled so all the jumping they have been doing recently on/off the skylights has been doing them good.
Sol's first flight was about as pretty a first fledge I've seen and he's been exploring the annex and he knows where he needs to go to get back to his siblings. And his parents know where he is. Brooklyn (I believe, Dennis or RCF can correct) brought him food shortly after he landed on the Annex and he jumped up on a chimney and that's where he had is first meal-away-from-home. Not sure if he'll get back to main (2 storeys higher) McKenzie Seeds roof before Hunter joins him, but he might, he seems to be motivated enough. Hunter does look pretty chuffed that his brother is off doing "stuff".
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1215h
That is Hunter futzing around on the north wall of the main McKenzie Seeds roof. I've been keeping the cam on him because he's getting active which could mean he's going to fledge. Last time I saw Sol, he was on the next building north (the Annex is to the left/north of the main McKenzie Seeds roof).
Okay, take it back, he's decided to lie down in the corner of the ledge now - he's facing south, tail is hanging off the outside side of the building ...
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12:25 Just got a report from RCF, Sol has just flown from the roof of the tunnel (walkway between buildings where we saw him running last evening) he flew out and around to the back of the building and up to the northwest side of the Mck Bld.roof at the bottom of the clock tower, That's about four stories above the roof of the tunnel and close to where Hurricane usually perches. She says he is flying very well. :)
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Great news about Sol's fledge! Thanks for the comprehensive report of the transmitter attempt, TPC! As always, I'm so impressed with your dedication to the welfare of these birds.
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Thank you TPC for your lengthy detailed report :) and thank you Rose for letting us know Sol is flying so well :) Without these reports we just continue to speculate.
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If you have been watching the cam you'll know Sol flew down off the roof to get to the food before his siblings. ;D
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1300h
Looks like Sol is back on the main McKenzie Seeds roof ... One of the adults came in with food, Hunter looked like he was going to jump up for it and Sol got there first. Flying sure does help with getting more "snacks"!!
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Whoa! That was a whole lot of action on the cam!
Better than primetime! ;D
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Whoa! That was a whole lot of action on the cam!
Better than primetime! ;D
I agree! Now that they've probably hunkered down for an afternoon siesta, maybe I can get some work done! ::)
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Thanks for the updates everyone! Glad to hear Sol's fledge went so well.
After checking the cam yesterday afternoon and not seeing transmitters on
the juvies was hoping everything was okay. Sounds like it was pretty
exciting yesterday!
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I went to check on the chicks this morning and Sol was perched on the annex building right beside a hoist that is attached to the annex building roof. He walked out to the end of it yelling the whole time. He kept looking at his brother and sister on the north wall, I am very sure he wanted to get back over there to be with them. He sat for a while and went back to the annex building and lay down.
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I left and came back about an hour and a half later and found Sol on the walkway still yelling. ::) All of a sudden he put up his wings and took off around the front of the McK bldg and around to the back of the McKenzie bldg roof and landed on the corner (northwest corner). He wasn't done yet, he flew up and over to the clock tower from there and landed on the sloped roof where he slid down to the gutter. ;D I guess he was tired after all that and lay down. He gained height on his flight to the back of the building(four stories). 8)
(http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy320/Blondechik_2010/130%20Feed%20June%2011%202011/2012%20Brandon%20Falcons/IMG_9784S.jpg)(http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy320/Blondechik_2010/130%20Feed%20June%2011%202011/2012%20Brandon%20Falcons/IMG_9782S.jpg)
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Thanks for the great pictures RCF!
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Here is the video for those of you who missed Hunter playing in the puddle. ;D
Edit It was Maya in the puddle and Hunter on the cement block.
http://youtu.be/XH-urMdloU4
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Maya
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Here is the video for those of you who missed Hunter playing in the puddle. ;D
http://youtu.be/XH-urMdloU4
Actually Hunter is the one on the cinderblock, the bird in the water is Maya ;)
Great video :-*
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Here is the video for those of you who missed Hunter playing in the puddle. ;D
http://youtu.be/XH-urMdloU4
Actually Hunter is the one on the cinderblock, the bird in the water is Maya ;)
Great video :-*
I stand corrected, Thank you :) :D
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The kid moved down to the other end I think.
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Here is the video for those of you who missed Hunter playing in the puddle. ;D
http://youtu.be/XH-urMdloU4
Actually Hunter is the one on the cinderblock, the bird in the water is Maya ;)
Great video :-*
It was my mistake not RCF's, I took that video while you people were in the room at the top still trying to figure out how to catch Maya and RCF was still standing out on the street with Dennis. ;)
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Just as an FYI to anyone watching right now, there is a wicked delay on the CBC streaming ... we've been watching two chicks on the skylight for the last while, the wall shot we actually weren't "on" for long before moving. New image is very cute and something you can look forward to! Have no idea why there is a delay though there was a very slow response (that would be the internect connection to/from McKenzie Seeds) when I was accessing the camera to hunt up the chicks a bit earlier ... perhaps that is where the delay began for CBC's encoder. The image looks to be streaming nicely now though - there is some fluff on the outside of the wall fluttering in the breeze and it looks pretty "real time" as opposed to "fast forward".
Dennis alerted me to the difference in the images a few minutes ago.
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I still see a view of the wall. :'(
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I still see a view of the wall. :'(
Me too!
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(http://www.pbase.com/speciesatrisk/image/144741694/medium.jpg)
Taken just a couple of minutes ago ...
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Thank for the report on yesterday TPC. Quite the adventure you guys had. Can't imagine it was much fun combing the streets for Sol in this heat! Sure glad it seems to have turned out OK for him. Guess he just needed a good reason to try out his wings.
And thank you RCF for those wonderful pictures of both Sol and Maya. And I'm glad I got to see the puddle bath that everyone was talking about yesterday. So cute!
Those are some very handsome juvie falcons in Brandon! :-*
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Got the new view now! :)
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I still see a view of the wall. :'(
Me too!
New image now! ;D
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Maybe that is why the streaming has been freezing quite a bit in the last two hours. ???
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Do you know where the other chick is?
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Maybe that is why the streaming has been freezing quite a bit in the last two hours. ???
*sigh* Streaming has been freezing for me from day one, even using Google Chrome, which does work better than IE, but still freezes. I do enjoy the fast forward part when the chicks move though cuz they zoooom around which is hilarious to watch! LOL.
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thanks everyone for the pictures and update, and all your help TCP.
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Here is the video for those of you who missed Hunter playing in the puddle. ;D
Edit It was Maya in the puddle and Hunter on the cement block.
http://youtu.be/XH-urMdloU4
Wonderful video.
Quite the luxury penthouse accommodations those Brandon Birdies have! 8)
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Thanks for all the updates and photos, TPC, RCF & Rose! :-*
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So...don't mean to be a party pooper here but, I still need to understand the exercises that takes place beyond our understanding. In my opinion, I consider, for the moment, until peregrine falcons are out of the "species at risk" category, I see peregrine falcon chicks as gifts to our world. Presently, there is more human interaction than before, but, I feel it necessary to provide these raptors an "urban" home, to maintain their survival.
If Manitoba Conservation wants to risk, "tagging/transmitting" a "gift", then, I really need a lesson 101. Sorry folks, but as far as I'm concerned, every hatched peregrine falcon egg, is a gift to this species. So, not too sure why, the Manitoba Conservation, would want to risk that "gift", fledging early, in order to put an transmitter on it. Sorry, don't understand the balance here...risk vs. reward, isn't worth it, especially when it comes to, a, species at risk. I understand the science behind the research, but, when it comes to a species at risk, common sense will overrule, especially, when it comes to, a, "species at risk". I don't get it or understand it, but, in my opinion, why risk a gift? Sometimes, things are more precious than we think!!! Maybe one day, someone, from conservation, will actually explain in great detail, what the word, "conservation", by definition, none scientific, means to "them".
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So...don't mean to be a party pooper here but, I still need to understand the exercises that takes place beyond our understanding. In my opinion, I consider, for the moment, until peregrine falcons are out of the "species at risk" category, I see peregrine falcon chicks as gifts to our world. Presently, there is more human interaction than before, but, I feel it necessary to provide these raptors an "urban" home, to maintain their survival.
If Manitoba Conservation wants to risk, "tagging/transmitting" a "gift", then, I really need a lesson 101. Sorry folks, but as far as I'm concerned, every hatched peregrine falcon egg, is a gift to this species. So, not too sure why, the Manitoba Conservation, would want to risk that "gift", fledging early, in order to put an transmitter on it. Sorry, don't understand the balance here...risk vs. reward, isn't worth it, especially when it comes to, a, species at risk. I understand the science behind the research, but, when it comes to a species at risk, common sense will overrule, especially, when it comes to, a, "species at risk". I don't get it or understand it, but, in my opinion, why risk a gift? Sometimes, things are more precious than we think!!! Maybe one day, someone, from conservation, will actually explain in great detail, what the word, "conservation", by definition, none scientific, means to "them".
I guess I'm also "A party pooper" because of my reservations about this research right from the beginning.The Peregrine Falcon Recovery Program is not part of it .TPC is there only to advise and make sure the falcons are safe but the Researcher and Conservation call the shots and don't have to take her advice so it seems that she is between a Rock and a Hard place.On Friday I was down on the street when Researcher came from up top and asked Dennis to stay on the street and watch because they were going to try and catch the female if she should become separated from the male, she could probably be easily caught,so that is the reason viewers were treated to such good viewing all afternoon. I finally came home at 3:00pm and caught some good viewing.Sol fledged between 12:30 and 1:00 and the camera finally stopped following the chicks sometime shortly after 4:00pm. I guess you could say "It was a Mexican Standoff from 11:00am to after 4;00pm" seems the Chicks won.
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So...don't mean to be a party pooper here but, I still need to understand the exercises that takes place beyond our understanding. In my opinion, I consider, for the moment, until peregrine falcons are out of the "species at risk" category, I see peregrine falcon chicks as gifts to our world. Presently, there is more human interaction than before, but, I feel it necessary to provide these raptors an "urban" home, to maintain their survival.
If Manitoba Conservation wants to risk, "tagging/transmitting" a "gift", then, I really need a lesson 101. Sorry folks, but as far as I'm concerned, every hatched peregrine falcon egg, is a gift to this species. So, not too sure why, the Manitoba Conservation, would want to risk that "gift", fledging early, in order to put an transmitter on it. Sorry, don't understand the balance here...risk vs. reward, isn't worth it, especially when it comes to, a, species at risk. I understand the science behind the research, but, when it comes to a species at risk, common sense will overrule, especially, when it comes to, a, "species at risk". I don't get it or understand it, but, in my opinion, why risk a gift? Sometimes, things are more precious than we think!!! Maybe one day, someone, from conservation, will actually explain in great detail, what the word, "conservation", by definition, none scientific, means to "them".
I guess I'm also "A party pooper" because of my reservations about this research right from the beginning.The Peregrine Falcon Recovery Program is not part of it .TPC is there only to advise and make sure the falcons are safe but the Researcher and Conservation call the shots and don't have to take her advice so it seems that she is between a Rock and a Hard place.On Friday I was down on the street when Researcher came from up top and asked Dennis to stay on the street and watch because they were going to try and catch the female if she should become separated from the male, she could probably be easily caught,so that is the reason viewers were treated to such good viewing all afternoon. I finally came home at 3:00pm and caught some good viewing.Sol fledged between 12:30 and 1:00 and the camera finally stopped following the chicks sometime shortly after 4:00pm. I guess you could say "It was a Mexican Standoff from 11:00am to after 4;00pm" seems the Chicks won.
So does that mean they were up there chasing those poor chicks in this heat for 5 hours. I think that is horrible. Those poor little chicks hearts must have been just pounding and the parents must have been so stressed. Sol's fledge could have been so much worse, luckily he was okay. I may be wrong but that sounds very cruel. All this just to put things on the birds that do not belong. These are wild birds and they should be able to fly free without man made things attached to them. This is my opinion and I hope I am able to post it here.
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No, they weren't chasing them on the roof, they were watching the camera from inside the building. The birds didn't know they were there, so they weren't stressed or chased. :)
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No, they weren't chasing them on the roof, they were watching the camera from inside the building. The birds didn't know they were there, so they weren't stressed or chased. :)
Thanks for the clarification, RCF. I'm confident that, given the outcome, the best interests of the birds were top priority and I do believe that TPC has a great deal of influence in how things play out with the PF's when any form of research is being conducted. TPC has by far the most knowledge and experience than anybody involved and she's not shy about expressing her concerns I'm sure!
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Thanks for all the info, TPC! I'm very glad you're there looking out for the peregrines.
Do you know if this project is open-ended? Will it continue until enough fledglings and their transmitters survive over a year or two? Or is it limited to say a 5 or 10 year period?
Do you throw nets over the birds and/or "surround" - now there's a challenge - then grab or net?
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A few photos of Friday's visit to Brandon have been loaded.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/mckenzieseeds_brandon
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No, they weren't chasing them on the roof, they were watching the camera from inside the building. The birds didn't know they were there, so they weren't stressed or chased. :)
Thanks RCF for the clarification. Glad to know they were not chased or stressed. I misunderstood the whole process.
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Thanks for all the info, TPC! I'm very glad you're there looking out for the peregrines.
Do you know if this project is open-ended? Will it continue until enough fledglings and their transmitters survive over a year or two? Or is it limited to say a 5 or 10 year period?
The project is limited in time. Mortality rate is 50% to 70% for first year peregrines so they are hoping to get some data before the young birds fall into this statistical group. They would love it if all the birds survived, but it is hoped that from the information they glean, then can see what it is that the surviving birds do that those who don't, do. Perhaps it will help to find ways to reduce mortality in the first year or two. No one has done this research so everything they find out is new information.
Do you throw nets over the birds and/or "surround" - now there's a challenge - then grab or net?
No. No running or chasing or throwing or surrounding or anything like that. It we could calmly and quietly get to the chick without it moving away from us, then we would consider trying to catch the chick. If there is a chance the chick would run or jump or attempt to fledge or anything like that then we wait and see if the chance of any of that happening goes down and then we re-assess if we can catch the chick.
We didn't even get on the roof on Friday before Sol fledged and then we just watched via the cameras to see what the others would do. We were pretty sure we weren't going to do anything early on, but we kept watching to see if Hunter would follow his brother and what Maya, who isn't far behind her brothers, would do. If Hunter did fledge and Maya didn't, it might have been safe enough for us to try and catch her, but although it was a warm day for fledging, the wind conditions were good so we just waited and watched and were additional bodies if someone did go down in traffic.
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1215h
Maya is asleep on the front of the nestbox out of the rain ....
(http://www.pbase.com/speciesatrisk/image/144758521/medium.jpg)
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Looks as if Maya is awake now, still perched on the edge of the nestbox, trying to keep dry, I guess. So nice to see her up close like that. She really is a beauty! :)
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She is a pretty bird. She reminds me of Mistral, Hurricanes sister.
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1636h
One of the boys looks like he'll be joining Maya in the dry nestbox ....
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This morning I watched Hunter fledge off the east wall over to the communications tower building, which is directly across the street. He was on the wall, then moved to the top of a metal chimney (exhaust stack). He would flap a little and get some air and hover.......like a little helicopter. ;D He moved from there to higher spot on the roof and then moved to the front of the building where Brooklyn brought him a snack.
(https://s26.postimg.cc/t8tl2hgjt/AIMG_9897_HUNT.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/v0mjxdzwl/)
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Does anyone know who`s in the box now..I cannot see a band colour..???
RCF, thanks for the slide show,,wishing I could see the live action from here.
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Does anyone know who`s in the box now..I cannot see a band colour..???
RCF, thanks for the slide show,,wishing I could see the live action from here.
Right now, Maya is on the ramp, one of the boys inside in the gloom.
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Which side is the colour band on? left or right
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Sol flew from the annex building over to the communications tower after Hunter fledged. Hurricane enticed him with prey to fly which he did and he flew over to the west side of the McKenzie roof where he was rewarded with a kildeer. :D
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Which side is the colour band on? left or right
coloured band (black) is on the right leg. Left leg has a silver band with coloured tape - red for Maya, white for Sol and green for Hunter.
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1740h
Looks like Sol is the male in the nestbox ... looks like white tape on his left legband .... Maya is off somewhere else on the roof but now that the rain has stopped Sol has popped up on the front of the nestbox to have a look around.
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Great news about the successes of both Hunter and Sol. Must have been so much fun to watch them both, RCF. Thanks for sharing those photos and the stories. We can even see Hunter hovering in one of the photos! ;D
Wow, you have SO many wonderful photos this year... what are you going to do with all of them?
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1839h
Went back through the recording to be sure and yes, it's Sol and Maya at the nestbox right now - he's on the left, she's lying down on the right. Just need for Hunter to come home and everyone will be dry and warmer for the night ...
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1847 hours Hunter is still playing on the MTS tower lots of food still there :)
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Looks like Sol wants some eats too!
What lovely birds these are! And what a nice view of them :-*
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Great news about the successes of both Hunter and Sol. Must have been so much fun to watch them both, RCF. Thanks for sharing those photos and the stories. We can even see Hunter hovering in one of the photos! ;D
Wow, you have SO many wonderful photos this year... what are you going to do with all of them?
I don't know, I never really thought about it. :)
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I was just wondering if there is still a delay on the camera image? ???
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Thanks TPC. As far as the time for the project, I was thinking more of how long the researcher would keep putting transmitters on the fledglings to have the sufficient(?) number needed that have transmitters that remain functioning for a year.
Must be very frustrating when they don't transmit for long enough.
So much of a puzzle, then planning, permissions, then implementing...
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Thanks TPC. As far as the time for the project, I was thinking more of how long the researcher would keep putting transmitters on the fledglings to have the sufficient(?) number needed that have transmitters that remain functioning for a year.
Must be very frustrating when they don't transmit for long enough.
So much of a puzzle, then planning, permissions, then implementing...
Sorry, my fault Des. The deployment of transmitters is only for a limited time is my understanding. The transmitters themselves will keep broadcasting as long as they are a) on the bird, b) undamaged and c) their batteries keep getting recharged by the solar panel. Could technically be for 10 hours or 10 years I guess. Transmitter failure is not uncommon. There is a tundra female with a transmitter who has been transmitting year-round from Chile to Baffin Island (often through Manitoba) and back again. This is her fourth year transmitting. Right now she is at her usual nesting location and she should be there for another month and a half before starting her southward journey.
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The last of the photos have been loaded and I dare say that these will be the finial photos for me in 2012 of the Brandon birds.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/mckenzieseeds_brandon
Cheers !
Dennis
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Thanks TPC. As far as the time for the project, I was thinking more of how long the researcher would keep putting transmitters on the fledglings to have the sufficient(?) number needed that have transmitters that remain functioning for a year.
Must be very frustrating when they don't transmit for long enough.
So much of a puzzle, then planning, permissions, then implementing...
Thanks TPC!
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Great news about the sucessful fledging of both Sol & Hunter. Thanks for the wonderful slide show, RCF! :-*
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Thanks Dennis for all your photos. ;D
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1315h
Maya has been hanging out in the nestbox napping and watching since about mid-morning. Bit drizzly today and I don't think the little girl likes to hang out in the rain ...
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No rain just clouds. At about 0830 she was up on the northeast roof corner pillar talking to her brothers who were across on the MTS building. One was way up on Brooklyn's girder and the other lower down. Mom and Dad were up on the McK building.All five were present and accounted for. :)
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If you didn`t move the camera on zoom, I would never have found Maya, or until she moved.
Thanks Rose for all the updates.
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If you didn`t move the camera on zoom, I would never have found Maya, or until she moved.
Thanks Rose for all the updates.
The light is flat which makes it even harder ... this is one of her favourite spots to sit so I try to check it when I tour around the roof ...
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Is it usually the boys that fledge first or is that because they are smaller than the girls?
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Is it usually the boys that fledge first or is that because they are smaller than the girls?
Yup. Girls got more "baking" to do before they fly. Sometimes its just a couple of days, sometimes a week. Sometimes the boys go early and the girls are left behind for a long time, sometimes the boys hang out and fledge later so the delay between the sexes is smaller. Often can depend on the family group and their dynamics. There are no hard and fast dates for fledging. Maya is only 41 days old, which is still in the male end of the fledging date range. Don't suspect she'll be hanging around much longer though - she's small and her brothers and parents are nearby and though she's pretty comfortable on her own, none of them like to be far away at this stage.
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As of 4pm, both boys were on the McKenzie roof, one on the northwest corner and the other was on the very top of the flat roof, both were napping by the looks of it. :) I was two blocks away when I took the pics because you had to move far enough away to see the one kid on the roof top.
(http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy320/Blondechik_2010/130%20Feed%20June%2011%202011/2012%20Brandon%20Falcons/IMG_0382Roof.jpg)
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With the present webcam view, is that the rooftop nestbox, immediately to the left of the skylight in the foreground? ???
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No, I'm sure it's not KC. The roof nestbox is over to the right, off camera now.
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Thanks, susha. Then, I wonder what that tilted box is? ??? Hey, I think I can see all 3 juvies in the far left hand corner of the roof right now!
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With the present webcam view, is that the rooftop nestbox, immediately to the left of the skylight in the foreground? ???
Among other things, that would be what is left of the original hack box, I think it has seen better days. :)
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Ah... thanks, RCF. So, was the original hack box just sitting on the roof like that or had it been fastened to the wall, like the wall nestbox is now? ???
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Ah... thanks, RCF. So, was the original hack box just sitting on the roof like that or had it been fastened to the wall, like the wall nestbox is now? ???
I think it was raised above the roof floor, TPC would know more than I. ??? :)
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I just saw a pigeon go into the old hack box. ::)
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ick - pigeon
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I just saw a pigeon go into the old hack box. ::)
LOL! A tasty snack for for our PF's! :)
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That brings up a good question - if Peregrines kill their prey in the air, would a pigeon be at any risk unless it's on the wing? Might be a silly question... ::)
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That brings up a good question - if Peregrines kill their prey in the air, would a pigeon be at any risk unless it's on the wing? Might be a silly question... ::)
If it's close enough why bother expending all that energy chasing it! I would think if the pefa took a run at the pigeon, it would fly away. :D
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5:25 am
All three kids are on the lower roof. Maya was on the north wall and the two boys flew in from wherever they had been perched. :)
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Maya fledged shortly after 0600,she flew northwest toward the Annex building and shortly after someone flew to the MTS building. This chick is now on the north side of the building with the three long(dark) windows and has been fed by Brooklyn(report by RCF).
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Ah... thanks, RCF. So, was the original hack box just sitting on the roof like that or had it been fastened to the wall, like the wall nestbox is now? ???
Hack boxes aren't like nestboxes so no it wasn't attached to the wall, it was free-standing and in this case faced north. The site attendant had to access it daily to feed the chicks while they were incarcerated.
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Looks like Maya on the east roof wall of the Annex. Haven't been able to see the others, but not surprising, lots of the spots they like to hang out on, are not visible to the camera.
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Maya fledged shortly after 0600,she flew northwest toward the Annex building and shortly after flew to the MTS building. She is now on the north side of the building with the three long(dark) windows and has been fed by Brooklyn(report by RCF).
Sounds as if her fledge and 1st flights went well. Thanks for the reports, Rose & RCF. :-*
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Just came back from downtown and I'm pretty sure it's Maya on the annex that would make sense because that's the direction she went and the one that was on the tower building was one of the boys. Didn't see the other two when I was there.
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Glad to here Maya is up in the air, just like you said that it would be soon. Happy that they have had a good launch for all 3 and thanks Rose and RCF keep us updated for all of us to enjoy.
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1040h
Maya's off the roof edge and sitting on a drain cap. Doesn't seem to matter what city or what roof, these drain caps are always appealing to peregrines - adults and chicks alike. She's been there for awhile so I have zoomed in.
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What great fly by's.
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Weeeeeeee! OMG, I'm getting dizzy (eyes roll and birdies dance around head).....
TPC, thanks for the tour of Brandon with the camera! ;D ;D
Did you find where she flew off to?
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Congratulations on successful fledging for all three of the Brandon kids! :-* Stay safe young ones!
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4pm
I am pretty sure I saw all three juvies on the walkway between the buildings today. Two of them were on the west side and one for sure was Sol because I saw a white/silver band on one of his legs. Sol is facing away from the camera and I am not sure who the other one is though. One of them lay on the roof beside the other and a third kid jumped up on the annex building.
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...I am pretty sure I saw all three juvies on the walkway between the buildings today...
That's great news, RCF and those are great photos! :D
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With the current webcam view, I see a long pole sticking out off the roof, leading to what looks like some sort of box on the roof. Can you tell me what that is, RCF or Rose? ???
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With the current webcam view, I see a long pole sticking out off the roof, leading to what looks like some sort of box on the roof. Can you tell me what that is, RCF or Rose? ???
It's just a hoist KC. ;)
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Great photos RCF. They are very good looking birds.
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4pm
Maya, one of the boys and both Hurricane and Brooklyn were on the communications tower when I checked after work. The other boy was napping on a window sill between the McKenzie and Annex building.
Maya
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Maya
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Hurricane and Brooklyn
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Just like the grown-ups! 8)
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Great pictures RCF. Thanks for keeping us up to date on adventures of these guys!
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Oh how I miss these days of walking around the McK building and area searching for the young. :( Finding all sorts of leftovers around the base of the building. :-X
Thanks to Rose and RCF for the updates. Wish I was there to help you keep an eye on things. Mebbe some day I will come back to do just that. :-*
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Stand off at the MTS tower this morning. Two chicks on the tower and three workmen on the ground waiting to go up the tower but every time they put their heads out the hatch Brooklyn and Hurricane would start dive bombing.The other chick was on the southeast corner of the Annex.So all are accounted for and the chicks are flying well.So far so good. :)
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Stand off at the MTS tower this morning. Two chicks on the tower and three workmen on the ground waiting to go up the tower but every time they put their heads out the hatch Brooklyn and Hurricane would start dive bombing.The other chick was on the southeast corner of the Annex.So all are accounted for and the chicks are flying well.So far so good. :)
HaHa, the birds stand their ground. 8) Thanks for the report Rose!
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How would you want to be one to tell the boss that a bird would`t let you work today... ;D
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I saw all three kids this afternoon, Hunter and Maya were on the walkway between the two buildings and Sol was on the louvered ledge of the Scotia building. :)
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All present and accounted for as of noon today. 8)
Sol
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Hunter
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Maya
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Great captures RCF ;) thanks for the up-date.
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Great captures RCF ;) thanks for the up-date.
Thank you Dennis, we had fun watching the birdies today. :)
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Yes, those are wonderful photos, RCF! :D
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Yes, those are wonderful photos, RCF! :D
Ditto! I love how the boys still have some white fluff showing and the pics of Maya are especially beautiful. Glad they are all doing so well. :-*
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Last evening a parent brought food to the wall nest box, not that you could see into the nest box but you could see a parent fly by and hear it land on the box and one kid following and yelling loudly. As of right now I can hear someone in the box.........probably eating leftovers. ;D
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Great captures, RCF!
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It's so good to see that all of the Brandon kids are doing well! Thanks for the great photos, RCF :)
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Wow!
This latest round of your beautiful pictures are especially interesting, RCF, with great closeups of facial expressions.
That Maya is one good looking chick!
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Thank you for the great photos RCF! :D
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When I first got there somebody was alarm calling so I went to the parkade and saw that somebody had put a dummy sitting in a chair on the building directly south of the communications tower building, so that may have been what the alarm call was about because it wasn't there the day before. ::)
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I watched all three kids soaring the thermals and two of them were playing talon tag. 8) Hurricane and one juvie had locked talons and flew close to the Scotia building and were losing altitude but broke free about half way down the building..........sheeeeshhhhhh enough already!!
Sol landed on a hydro pole very close to where I was and then flew onto the wire, I was thinking very loudly "Get off that wire"!! :o Thank goodness he managed to get off in one piece! By the time I left most of them disappeared out of view to have a nap, either on the annex or the Scotia building.
Sol
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Maya
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Hunter taken from a long distance away.
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Stand off at the MTS tower this morning. Two chicks on the tower and three workmen on the ground waiting to go up the tower but every time they put their heads out the hatch Brooklyn and Hurricane would start dive bombing.
Very funny looking dummy sitting in the chair on the communications tower, RCF! ::) I wonder if he/she is the creative product of those involved with the "stand off" at the MTS tower that Rose spoke about the other day? ???
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Very funny looking dummy sitting in the chair on the communications tower, RCF! ::)
It's actually on the building beside the communications tower and people live in apts below and I think Brooklyn and Hurricane were alarm calling when they went out on the roof to place the dummy in the chair. ;)
I wonder if he/she is the creative product of those involved with the "stand off" at the MTS tower that Rose spoke about the other day? ?
The MTS guys never went up the tower, they were afraid of getting attacked by Hurricane and Brooklyn. ;D Two of the chicks were on the tower when they were there and that's why B and H were dive bombing them. They sent three others fellows on Saturday to go up the tower who I spoke with about the peregrines. One fellow was from Winnipeg and knows about the Radisson birds and the other two were from Texas and Kansas. I don't think Brooklyn and Hurricane bothered them since the chicks weren't on the tower on Saturday.
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Again, great captures RCF!
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Yes great pictures RCF and thanks for the updates too!
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Great pictures as usual. :-*
glad they are doing well.
sorry I have not checked in sooner but was a wee bit busy.
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:) RCF, thanks again for your awesome photos of the Brandon falcons. We live vicariously through these photos. :-* That very lucky dummy. He gets a "bird's eye view " of our winged Brandonites. ::)
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I watched Maya, Sol and Hunter playing tag again today. One juvie was flying with Brooklyn and I also saw one juvie carrying prey...........not sure if he/she caught it or there was a transfer from a parent. They are flying well and making perfect landings. 8) ;D
Maya and her brothers in the background
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Brooklyn and one of the kids
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Hunter
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These last photos are so beautiful, they make me wish I could fly and play with these guys!
Thank you for sharing, RCF
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Thanks RCF...great captures.
Cheers !
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excellant photo's RCF!
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Thanks for sharing your pictures with those of us who are so far away and don't have the opportunity to watch ourselves. They are absolutely wonderful. We have lots of eagles where I live, but no Peregrine Falcons :-\
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Awesome photos, thanks SO much for sharing RCF.
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Beautiful pictures RCF!! :D
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Thank you to all of you. :-* I just feel so lucky to be able to watch these beautiful birds that are pretty much in my own backyard and it would be a terrible shame not to share. :-* :)
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As , I sit at my desk looking at pictures and cams throughout the last few monthes, two things I have learned.
1) There is people out there that still care about the enviroment for all things small and large.
2) It is up to us watching to help spread the word about the birds.
I have learned more from all of you about birds in general.
I saw for the first time flying falcon, and until you look up, it`s just a bird and sky.
Thanks all of you , you will never know how much it means to people who can`t get out and see for themselves.
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Great photos RCF ;D
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What a successful year for Brandon! It's just a joy to partake in! I wish the very best for these juveniles, and we all hope, to see all of you, sooner than later!
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Think Brandon missed the storm so Maya, Hunter and Sol should be fine - if there are problems, I'm sure we will hear from RCF and Rose soon enough!
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Think Brandon missed the storm so Maya, Hunter and Sol should be fine - if there are problems, I'm sure we will hear from RCF and Rose soon enough!
No storm at all not even any clouds. :)
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Think Brandon missed the storm so Maya, Hunter and Sol should be fine - if there are problems, I'm sure we will hear from RCF and Rose soon enough!
No storm at all not even any clouds. :)
That's what I thought I saw on the cameras when I checked last night during the story here in Winnipeg
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I saw all three kids and Mom and Dad today, so all is well here. :)
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That's great, RCF! :D
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Brooklyn was sitting in the nest box 6:45am, I have seen him in there a few times early in the morning. Hurricane was perched on the communications tower and I only saw the one juvie this morning, perched on the southeast corner of the Scotia building...............think it was Maya. :)
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2100h
Maya is sitting on the southeast corner of the McKenzie Seeds Building roof. Red on the band is clearly visible. Can't see the boys or the adults - if they are on the tower, the light is from the wrong angle for a clear view.
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Brooklyn was in the nest box at 10am this morning. Around lunch time today we saw Hurricane on the Scotia building and Brooklyn was hiding in the communications tower. Maya was napping on the walkway between the two buildings after I had seen her chasing Brooklyn for a while. I haven't seen the two boys for about three days now.
Brooklyn
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Hurricane
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Maya
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:) I saw two kids for sure today, could have seen three but not all three together at the same time. They were chasing pigeons and moving from different spots on the buildings. ??? Hunter was on the roof at the bottom of the clock tower and I thought Hurricane was on the north light but it was Maya..........sure looked like Hurricane from a distance. :o
Hunter
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Maya
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Thanks for the updates RCF. Fantastic photos as usual.
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For the past week I have been seeing pretty much everybody, either on the McKenzie building and/or the Scotia Bank building. I have seen Brooklyn in the nest box on a few occasions and one morning Sol was perched on the edge of it. I also think I was seeing Hunter in the nest box too because I am pretty sure it was two dark bands on his legs, so that would rule out the other two juvies. I saw Mom and Dad and two juvies yesterday morning. :)
Sol 645am
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Sol with lunch on another day
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Hunter
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Those are great pictures RCF
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Beautiful family! Thanks for the photos, RCF!
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Sad news, Maya has died.
She was picked up by the RCMP west of Brandon on the 16th and transported to the Wildlife Haven for treatment. She was way underweight so she hadn't been eating and was dehydrated. She was found on the side of the road so no way to know yet if she was injured or just too weak to continue flying. Can't tell if she got too far away from home or what but the folks at the Haven tried to rehydrate her but she was just too unstable and overnight (18th/19th) she died.
RCF last saw her on the 8th so she was away from home for somewhere between 3 and 8 days.
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It is very sad that Maya has died. It was very fortunate that someone found her and knew she was special and taken to Wildlife Haven and cared for and didn't end up dying on the side of the road. TPC had informed me via pm on Friday that Maya was in rehab. I called this morning and they told me that Maya had passed away overnight. :(
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Oh no! I'm so sad, especially for you, RCF and Rose, as I know how much you love and care for this family. I was hoping that this would be an incident-free year for the Brandon birds :'(
I do agree, RCF, that is is very fortunate that Maya didn't die alone on the side of the road.
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I was shocked to see the forum headline, what sad news. Sounds like maybe she got too far away from home too soon and couldn't sustain herself......poor girl, but so glad she was at least found and given a chance in the end.... :'(
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Saw the news in the forum headline as soon as I logged in. Very sad indeed :'(
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Such sad news about Maya :'( RIP little one.
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Fly High and Free little one
Maya
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Oh what terribly sad news. Poor Maya, she was such a beauty. My heart goes out to RCF and Rose who must feel this loss more than the rest of us. Such a sad thing. :'( Fly free beautiful Maya. :-*
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So sad about Maya. The beautiful peregrine with the beautiful name.
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The photos of Maya are beautiful, RCF. What a loss :'(
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:'( :'( Sadly we must say goodbye to Maya (Red girl). Those of us who have followed from egg to fledge feel the pain, however, not as much as Rose and RCF. Thank you so much for all the updates, photos and videos. Two videos that were my favorites were (are) all chicks being spooked by the food wrapper and Maya splashing in the puddle in preparation for the peregrine Olympics. By the way, this judge awarded her the gold medal. This was a delight. She was a beautiful bird. :'(
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Sad news, indeed.
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Interestingly, so far (and knock on wood it won't happen), no "urban" mortalities - not collisions with buildings or automobiles or poisonings. The three deaths we have had were more the type of mortalities that the peregrines face when they are out of our sight, and mostly out of our reach in terms of being able to help them.
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Will there be tests done on Maya to determine if disease was related to her condition?
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Will there be tests done on Maya to determine if disease was related to her condition?
We had a couple of storms here with hail and strong winds the week Maya was not around. The first one on the 11th and then on the 15th. I am inclined to think she may have been blown around and got too far from home and then disoriented and lost her way. :-\ :(
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Such sad news. :'( Fly free beautiful Maya!
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Will there be tests done on Maya to determine if disease was related to her condition?
We had a couple of storms here with hail and strong winds the week Maya was not around. The first one on the 11th and then on the 15th. I am inclined to think she may have been blown around and got too far from home and then disoriented and lost her way. :-\ :(
Definite possibility - especially given the kinds of wind storms y'all have out there - and the timing is very good. If it was a storm, the storm on the 11th would mesh with her condition on the 16th, the 15th would be too short a period of time. And she wasn't that far, so she may well have been working her way back but just ran out of steam before getting there. Sure gives one a better sense of all the hazards out there - we usually just focus on the immediate ones near our urban nestsites. With more less-than-dense-urban sites (Selkirk & Brandon Tower) we are seeing different types of hazards. And the chicks haven't even begun their southern migrations yet!
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Aw... so sorry to hear of the death of Maya. :'( You have given us all so many wonderful memories of her through your beautiful photos of her, RCF. Thank you. :-*
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I am so sorry to read of Maya's death. So many falcon chicks die in the first year of their lives, and it is so hard to take. There are so many obstacles to living, and as Tracy mentioned, this is before they even migrate.
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I heard about this news last night our fundraiser.
I am so sorry. I feel your pain. I knwo what it feels like.
Please rejoice int he 2 you still have.
To Rose and RCf, when you follow them so closely it is like loosing your left arm. But to know that she was found and they tried , is just such a step in right direction. The more we get word out there the more people are aware
fly free little one.
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3:45pm
Hunter and Sol are still around. :) They were perched side by side on the louvered ledge on the north side the Scotia Bank building trying to stay cool. Didn't see Brooklyn or Hurricane today but I saw both of them yesterday.
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Glad to know the boys are still around. Thank you RCF! :D
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I saw Hunter chasing pigeons this morning and he turned up on the Scotia sign with one that he caught. :) I also saw Sol later napping on a window sill between the two McKenzie buildings out of the wind. Brooklyn and Hurricane were staying out of the wind also on the Scotia sign.
Hunter
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Sol
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Thanks for the up-date, RCF. Wonderful photos, as usual!
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I am very sorry to hear about Maya. She certainly was a beautiful falcon.
All we can do is hope for the best for her brothers!
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glad to see the young males are doing so well
Hugs to you all :-*
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I am sorry about Maya, but feel bad for Rose and RCF and others that got to see her since birth to fledging.
These little birds wiggle out of the shell and into all of our hearts in such a short period of time, but mother nature still rules over them. I will miss that young lady..
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I haven't seen the two boys for a couple of days but I saw Brooklyn in the nest box this morning (6:45am) and Hurricane was defeathering some sort of birdie on the southeast corner of the McKenzie building. :)
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I saw one of the boys this morning and he was yelling at Hurricane on the Scotia sign, I think he was looking for a handout. ::) After work I only saw Brooklyn and Hurricane perched on the east side of the Scotia building.
One of the boys 6:40am
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Brooklyn
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Hurricane
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We saw the two boys today and they were both chasing pigeons. They never caught anything but the pigeons were in panic mode for a while. ;D Before we left everyone was perched on either the Scotia and McKenzie buildings. We were glad to see all four falcons because I am sure in another couple of weeks the two kids will be headed south.
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Hurricane
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Brooklyn
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More great shots! Thanks RCF!
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Nice to hear these guys are still around, too. Must be our beautifully warm weather. :)
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Just in case anyone is interested, both Hunter and Sol are still here as of 6:40am. I saw three falcons and two of them were playing talon tag or getting a lesson. :-\ After that they all went and perched at different spots. One went to the Scotia sign, one perched on the top of the McKenzie roof and one on the north light........think it was a parent on the light. I could hear the two boys yelling before I left for work. There were no birdies to be seen after 4pm today. :)
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Great captures, RCF!
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Oh, RCF, I think there are many people who are interested! You provide us with the opportunity to keep seeing these guys as long as they're around - thank-you!! Great photos :-*
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Yes, thanks for your observational posts and photos, RCF! :-* As susha has said, I'm sure that many Phanatics are still interested to hear that "the boys" are still around.
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Yes, thanks for your observational posts and photos, RCF! :-* As susha has said, I'm sure that many Phanatics are still interested to hear that "the boys" are still around.
Ditto! :-*
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Hurricane was the only falcon we saw at the McKenzie site today, she was under the black ledge staying out of the wind.
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Thanks for the pictures RCF...and updates
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I saw the two boys and Hurricane this morning, one was yelling. ::) ;D After work there was one kid on the louvered ledge of the Scotia building.
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Thanks for the reports and photo's RCF. It's nice to "see" them through your help as long as we can.
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RCF, thanks for all that you do, to keep us updated on the Brandon birds.
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Thank-you RCF for all your spots and wonderful photos. I do not get here as often as I would like but I do check all the sites and photos when I do. :-*
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I didn't see any kids today, but if they are still here they would be hunkered down somewhere since it is really very, very windy here. I did see Hurricane on the Scotia sign and Brooklyn on a south side window sill of the McKenzie building.
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One kid is still here and he was yelling at Hurricane for some reason.........maybe he wanted her spot in the corner because he looked like he had a full crop. ::)
Video - http://youtu.be/AtN7plRFWIE
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Oh the picture of the kiddie yelling is priceless. Way to go RCF!!!! :-*
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I have only been seeing the one kid since Sept 10th and it's definitely Sol because he showed me his band today. :-*
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Always find it interesting that sibs can be so tight with one another and then one day, one has gone off on his/her own. Rain and Rosser were like that last year and Sol and Hunter seemed like it this year (would you agree RCF?).
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Always find it interesting that sibs can be so tight with one another and then one day, one has gone off on his/her own. Rain and Rosser were like that last year and Sol and Hunter seemed like it this year (would you agree RCF?).
Rain and Rosser seemed to be closer like Karma and Kismet from 2009 because we always saw them together. But yes, Sol and Hunter seem to be close too. :)
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Always find it interesting that sibs can be so tight with one another and then one day, one has gone off on his/her own. Rain and Rosser were like that last year and Sol and Hunter seemed like it this year (would you agree RCF?).
Rain and Rosser seemed to be closer like Karma and Kismet from 2009 because we always saw them together. But yes, Sol and Hunter seem to be close too. :)
I must admit whenever I spot a new bird who looks young, Karma and Kismet pop into my head. Don't know why, didn't see as much of them as I have others. Maybe it's because we know Luck turned up at HSC/CSC the following fall. Sort of like expecting to hear something about Chinook eventually ....
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Oh the picture of the kiddie yelling is priceless. Way to go RCF!!!! :-*
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Always find it interesting that sibs can be so tight with one another and then one day, one has gone off on his/her own. Rain and Rosser were like that last year and Sol and Hunter seemed like it this year (would you agree RCF?).
Rain and Rosser seemed to be closer like Karma and Kismet from 2009 because we always saw them together. But yes, Sol and Hunter seem to be close too. :)
I must admit whenever I spot a new bird who looks young, Karma and Kismet pop into my head. Don't know why, didn't see as much of them as I have others. Maybe it's because we know Luck turned up at HSC/CSC the following fall. Sort of like expecting to hear something about Chinook eventually ....
As you always write..."No news, is good news"! ;D
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Great captures, RCF!
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As you always write..."No news, is good news"! ;D
True enough Allikat ... though sometimes a little news would be nice ;) ;D
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Great captures, RCF!
Yes, and thank you so much for all your photos....terrific!
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Nice to hear that they are still out and about...
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Yes thanks for all the great pictures and the updates.
Nice to hear that the birdies are still around.
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I only saw Brooklyn and Hurricane today.........didn't see Sol but I did yesterday. I noticed Brooklyn has that salmon coloured wash on his front, just not as pronounced as Hurricane's.
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Sept 21
Hurricane and Brooklyn were at McKenzie Seeds about 0900h on Friday. She was on the east facing light standard above the clock and he was below her on the roofline at the base of the clock. Couldn't see/find Hunter or Sol and no one was "talking" so I don't think they were around. Didn't manage to go back around to check them out later in the day unfortunately ...
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Sept 21
Hurricane and Brooklyn were at McKenzie Seeds about 0900h on Friday. She was on the east facing light standard above the clock and he was below her on the roofline at the base of the clock. Couldn't see/find Hunter or Sol and no one was "talking" so I don't think they were around. Didn't manage to go back around to check them out later in the day unfortunately ...
Yes, I saw them also and around 6:45am Hurricane put Brooklyn off the east light. ;D It was windy later in the day and Hurricane was perched under the black/green ledge on the south side where they sometimes cache food. Brooklyn was on a window sill on the east side of the Scotia building. :) I haven't seen or heard any kids since September 17th.
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I have never seen Hurricane perched here on the Scotia sign, so it's just another hiding spot to check for falcons. ;)
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Hurricane was having lunch on the McKenzie roof yesterday, then she flew over to the Scotia sign.
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She's sure does get the same kind of dark dark rufous wash as her mother!
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Gross, I think someone's leg just got ripped off! What a capture.
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Gross, I think someone's leg just got ripped off! What a capture.
Well, she swallowed the whole leg and it looked like it was webbed, so maybe a duck or grebe. ;D
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I saw Hurricane today, so she is still here. :) September 21st was the last time I saw Brooklyn and that was the same day both TPC and I saw the two of them. I think he has gone to his winter home down south. :)
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We put the cameras and nestboxes "to bed" yesterday (Saturday) and it looked like Hurricane parked on the north-side of the Scotia Bank Building while we were there (Dennis is checking his photos) ... no sign of Brooklyn or either of the boys. It was a gorgeous day and the bird wasn't inclined to go anywhere and after about 20 seconds of half-hearted calling, s/he was quiet the rest of the time. We finished work on the roof and went for lunch and she stayed put until we were just about to pull out of the parking lot to head over to the Tower site.
It was a wonderful way to do roof-top work and made for lovely end-of-season memories that will have to hold us for the next six months :)
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We put the cameras and nestboxes "to bed" yesterday (Saturday) and it looked like Hurricane parked on the north-side of the Scotia Bank Building while we were there (Dennis is checking his photos) ... no sign of Brooklyn or either of the boys. It was a gorgeous day and the bird wasn't inclined to go anywhere and after about 20 seconds of half-hearted calling, s/he was quiet the rest of the time.
It was a wonderful way to do roof-top work and made for lovely end-of-season memories that will have to hold us for the next six months :)
Rose and I were there around 10:30am, so it was Hurricane you saw on the Scotia building and she was still there at 2:30pm. I have not seen Hunter or Sol since September 17th. I had mentioned in an earlier post that I hadn't seen Brooklyn since September 21st. ;)
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Hurricane is still here, I saw her chasing her supper (pigeons) at 4pm. 8)
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That's amazing that you are still seeing Hurricane! :D
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Hurricane was on the Scotia sign this afternoon around 3:40pm. She flew off and I never saw where she went......maybe she went someplace out of the wind because it is very windy here.
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I am not sure if Hurricane is still here or not because I didn't see her today. :( I did however watch a Merlin chase pigeons all over downtown for about twenty minutes. It rested on the highest point of the communications tower twice and the second time it perched I managed to get its photo. :)
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I saw a birdie chasing pigeons again today but it wasn't a Merlin, it was a peregrine falcon and it was perched on one of the window sills of the Scotia building. I took a few photos and then decided to check out the tower site and I only saw a Raven out there. I came back downtown to see if the falcon was still around, which it was. It was definitely not Hurricane. I am pretty sure it's Alice from the Tower site because of the black/red band on her left leg and you can see some of her feathers are still brown on the ends. She is a very pretty bird. :-*
I haven't seen Hurricane for two days and I am sure she would not let Miss Alice sit on her Scotia sign if she were here!! ;D
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Thanks RCF for the photos ... the most likely answer is that yes, it is Alice you saw on the Scotia Bank building by McKenzie Seeds, however (sorry), I can't be 100% sure. The numbers/letters on the band are clearly visible (you did very well considering the distance you were shooting from!) but it seems to me that the digits look more rounded than Alice's band number - her band number is 16/K - so the 6 is rounded but the K on the red isn't. Could very easily just be crap stuck to the band - feathers, scratches, whatever - or it could be another bird. We did have 3 unidentified birds at the Tower site this year - the male with Alice and the earlier pair - any or all of them could have been from south of the border technically.
Having said that, given the time of the year and the location, I daresay it is Alice, just can't say 100% sure from the photos. Might even be that the bird we saw a week ago wasn't Hurricane - the bird we saw was in exactly the same location so we will have to go through Dennis' photos very carefully. It was definitely Alice at the Tower site when we were there but I haven't seen bands on the bird we saw on the Scotia Bank building.
It may also be that like the Radisson site, the McKenzie Seeds site will be the most coveted nestsite in Brandon and when the resident pair leave, the Tower pair can come down and visit - unfortunately with the camera equipment in my living room, no way to check out the nestbox like I was today at the Radisson, so I'm afraid you are our lone eyes (and camera) in Brandon right now RCF and we may not manage to conclusively solve this mystery before the little beggars, oops, darlings, bolt from the province ...
... can't wait to hear who you spot where tomorrow!! Saturday looks nice as well ;) ;D
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Might even be that the bird we saw a week ago wasn't Hurricane
I am very sure the bird you saw on that Saturday was Hurricane. ;) I also saw her that morning and afternoon on the north side of the Scotia building. They all have their own distinguishing features and I think you would probably recognize Princess just by looking at her and would know the difference from another falcon better than anyone. It would be the same with Hurricane for me and I pretty much saw Hurricane everyday for six months. I knew right away the bird with the black /red band was not Hurricane. My very first thought was it's Brooklyn because Hurricane is very dark on the breast and not white like the birdie that I saw yesterday. Another reason is I have never seen Hurricane sit on a window sill on the Scotia building, only on the east or west Scotia sign and the north ledge under the louvers. If she ever sat on a Scotia bldg window sill, it would be when I wasn't looking. ;D
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Thanks RCF - glad to think that Dennis and I weren't talking to Hurricane and calling her by the wrong name!! ;D
As for the black/red bird, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that a) s/he is still around downtown tomorrow and b) you and your camera are able to visit. No pressure though, real life, especially on a Thanksgiving Weekend, has to take precedence!
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Thanks RCF - glad to think that Dennis and I weren't talking to Hurricane and calling her by the wrong name!! ;D
As for the black/red bird, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that a) s/he is still around downtown tomorrow and b) you and your camera are able to visit. No pressure though, real life, especially on a Thanksgiving Weekend, has to take precedence!
I will be checking today but there was no birdie yesterday and I just saw gulls at the Tower site, not even a Raven.
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As for the black/red bird, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that a) s/he is still around downtown tomorrow and b) you and your camera are able to visit. No pressure though, real life, especially on a Thanksgiving Weekend, has to take precedence!
We didn't see any falcons at either place today :(, so I guess they have migrated. The only excitement for us was a Red-tailed hawk that landed on the McKenzie and Scotia buildings and it actually took a few dives at the pigeons. 8)