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Manitoba Peregrines => Logan Peregrines => Topic started by: The Peregrine Chick on March 30, 2019, 16:00

Title: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on March 30, 2019, 16:00
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1112095649124753408

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1112096543610454017
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on April 04, 2019, 22:34
Another two-parter ...

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1113957650616733698

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1113958795397488640
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on April 22, 2019, 20:03
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1120419066907385857
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: photosbydennis on April 24, 2019, 06:42
(https://pbase.com/photosbydennis/image/169101394/medium.jpg)
Even if there wasn't a band number I would be pretty sure Spencer had returned to Logan for a second season.
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: photosbydennis on April 24, 2019, 06:49
Few more photos have been added https://pbase.com/photosbydennis/peregrines_2019
Cheers !
Dennis
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on April 28, 2019, 18:44
April 27

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1122642795641090049
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on April 28, 2019, 18:45
April 27

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1122644279434862594
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on May 18, 2019, 01:23
Finally an image from our cam to share!

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1129533186604773376
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: irenekl on May 19, 2019, 13:02
 :)
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on May 22, 2019, 18:19
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1131337796235481088
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on May 24, 2019, 15:44
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1132024025851551745
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on May 24, 2019, 21:51
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1132116354906099712
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on May 28, 2019, 13:16
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1133432114328875009
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on May 29, 2019, 11:44
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1133775961344925698
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: Cathy179 on May 29, 2019, 11:47
Just doing a random morning check and behold, a baby!!!  With more to come...Beautiful weather, too. 
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: carly on May 29, 2019, 12:10
Congratulations  :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: dupre501 on May 29, 2019, 12:13
Hooray!
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on May 29, 2019, 12:44
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1133791260387532802
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: bcbird on May 29, 2019, 15:49
Great news! :D
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: Shocka88 on May 30, 2019, 02:08
Congrats to Spencer & Hart!
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on May 30, 2019, 19:29
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1134196571736870915
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on May 31, 2019, 18:45
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1134605007599349761
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: irenekl on June 01, 2019, 11:29
I’m enjoying all the hatching going on.  So glad for these posts.   Makes me smile every time.
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 03, 2019, 16:42
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1135631078591516673

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1135632233203720194
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 03, 2019, 16:43
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1135646009214873600
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: carly on June 04, 2019, 05:22
Very sorry to read about the loss of the 3 chicks, hopefully the last little one survives.  :'(
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: dupre501 on June 04, 2019, 12:31
So sad to hear, hope the lone chick does well. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Many thanks to the PWRC for all of their efforts.
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 04, 2019, 19:38
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1136063657048190976
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: carly on June 04, 2019, 20:08
 :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 07, 2019, 19:10
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1137149172161896454
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: Alison on June 07, 2019, 22:21
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1137149172161896454

Unfortunately, the links don't work.

The first link shows only a blank page, and the second one produces a "page can't be found" message.

Almost impossible to access this forum most days. Only a partial version of the home page has been showing up.
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 08, 2019, 02:06
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1137251077064204288
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 08, 2019, 02:08
For those using the old link posted on Twitter, please note the direct link to the website - www.species-at-risk.mb.ca/peregrines ...
You can bookmark whichever of the links you like from there.

Enjoy.

PS - crazy thing, triple-checked that tiny url link on four different platforms and three different devices and still Murphy beat me to it!!  ::)
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 08, 2019, 09:20
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1137363397056630784
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 08, 2019, 20:09
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1137526284328800256
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 09, 2019, 12:34
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1137772703581122560
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: GCG on June 09, 2019, 12:59
LOL! Shortly after the A.M. feeding, this little one did what little ones do after a meal....."poop shoot!"
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: bev. on June 10, 2019, 14:15
have been away so , I was sorry to hear about her other chicks. but that i s the challenge a lot of new moms have.  a lot of itmes , the male steps i and saves the day.  but this is nature, an d she is learning, and next year will be better for her. so now to enjoy this chick. It will be special.

we could have had thishappen at MIs last year, but our male, came in and fed kids till she got the hang o f it, and he was aways there to top up. so far she has 3 chicks and is doing well.

each falcon, each  nest is different.
 :-*
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 10, 2019, 19:55
Hart I think is too conditioned by Joli - his previous mate for those who are new here.  Joli was very good at "telling" him what she wanted and when. He didn't always listen but mostly.  Spencer doesn't really ask him for anything when it comes to the chicks - she seems to wait for him, and he waits for her, or at least with the chicks. When she left the eggs he turned up, same with the chick(s). Last year when the chicks got older and more vocal he seemed to respond with more food. Will be interesting to see if the same thing happens this year or in the future.  His instincts are spot-on though when he does get involved.
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 12, 2019, 14:58
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1138897390117765121
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 13, 2019, 18:44
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1139281093759254529
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 13, 2019, 18:44
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1139313061083451392
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: GCG on June 14, 2019, 15:11
 ;D I agree that he/she will be a force to be reckoned with. Growing by leaps and bounds. I'm guessing female. Will need an appropriate name to reflect her size and stamina. Something Amazonian perhaps.  ;)
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: GCG on June 14, 2019, 15:31
;D I agree that he/she will be a force to be reckoned with. Growing by leaps and bounds. Butt scoots and faceplants galore. I'm guessing female. Will need an appropriate name to reflect her size and stamina. Something Amazonian perhaps.  ;)
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: Monarch on June 14, 2019, 16:40
I was watching the cam and one of the adults had their back to the camera, it looks like a transmitter.  what kind of info do you collect from it and how do you put it on?
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 14, 2019, 20:15
I was watching the cam and one of the adults had their back to the camera, it looks like a transmitter.  what kind of info do you collect from it and how do you put it on?

The backpack was custom fitted so that the teflon straps slide without chafing where there are no feathers and where it won't interfere with any of the bird's movement.  Spencer's transmitter was attached the year she hatched - so 6 years ago in 2013.  The data collected was purely geographical - where she went basically.  It was part of a PhD research project.  Last year her transmitter stopped working just before she settled down with Hart, so now it is purely an accessory until such time as the straps give way due to time.  The other way is if she were injured and rescued, at which time we would take the transmitter off her.  We prefer to let her live her life without getting injured however.  Makes it easier to tell her from her mate ... or any other peregrine in town for that matter.
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 15, 2019, 15:53
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1139999155596812290
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 16, 2019, 16:29
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1140369914479423488
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 17, 2019, 10:50
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1140594831225434112
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 19, 2019, 01:14
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1141227033864921088
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: Monarch on June 19, 2019, 11:14
Great information about the transmitter.  I have been watching the lone chick on YouTube, glad we have close up TV this year!
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 19, 2019, 22:11
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1141488883911340032
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 20, 2019, 18:10
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1141845317547167744
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 21, 2019, 19:34
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1142211895983783937
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: Alison on June 22, 2019, 22:56
A few pics from late yesterday. The little beauty had a huge crop.

(https://i.ibb.co/VwRkqBH/logan-june-21-4a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3R2PChf)  (https://i.ibb.co/6X1642x/logan-june-21-6a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VwQXvdZ)

(https://i.ibb.co/cLnN8h8/logan-june-21-8a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/X8Rz5x5)  (https://i.ibb.co/ZRjNzJs/logan-june-21-9a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vCFD4B5)

(https://i.ibb.co/mJF7T18/logan-june-21-10a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/SN7pyWr)  (https://i.ibb.co/qg7V9J4/logan-june-21-12a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/wQBjCcb)
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: Jazzerkins on June 23, 2019, 10:08
Tot just got "kidnapped".  Guess will come back with some bling.
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: Jazzerkins on June 23, 2019, 10:24
And she's back!
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: Alison on June 23, 2019, 10:49
Hard to believe it's banding day already. The time goes much too fast.

Just saw Tot back in the nest, in the corner in the shade.

(https://i.ibb.co/LQXQj9D/logan-june-23-3a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3f9f6S5)
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 23, 2019, 11:50
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1142810331812683777

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1142820278185185280
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 23, 2019, 14:07
CLICK ON THE TWEET TO SEE THE PHOTOS BETTER


https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1142871063333888005
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 25, 2019, 15:42
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1143614368971669504
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: GCG on June 25, 2019, 15:51
 :o It's not even July, yet I just saw this chick "wingercising"! Too soon!  :'(
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: GCG on June 26, 2019, 10:20
 :o My husband just notified me that "TOT" is MIA. I have also looked. She is not there in the nestbox. After wingercising yesterday, I wondered if she would soon hop out and wander.  ::) TPC HELP!
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 26, 2019, 11:12
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1143914585512128512

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1143914618206785536
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: GCG on June 26, 2019, 11:40
Thanks TPC!  ;) :-*
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: GCG on June 26, 2019, 13:02
 :-\ As I continue to call our little Logan resident TOT, I was thinking this name needs to stay. The letters could represent her full title...…………………… T of T. Just a thought!  ::)
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: Alison on June 26, 2019, 13:17
Tot early this morning:

(https://i.ibb.co/xGpLd70/logan-june-26-2a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/zbyxD4Y)

She had food firmly clasped in her feet, and was self feeding. She ate the whole thing.

(https://i.ibb.co/7Xyf2JR/logan-june-26-5a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hy86DRZ)

Standing tall: I can't quite read her band numbers:

(https://i.ibb.co/F3gpxx8/logan-june-26-6a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/W5gCxxB)

(https://i.ibb.co/YtjCQfY/logan-june-26-10a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Q6mgQYz)

(https://i.ibb.co/C8k8jFs/logan-june-26-11a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/tK7K05P)
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 26, 2019, 14:40
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1143947803405803521
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: photosbydennis on June 27, 2019, 07:24
If interest prompts you...Logan Banding photos have been added at this link
 https://pbase.com/photosbydennis/logan_banding_2019
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: Alison on June 27, 2019, 12:57
If interest prompts you...Logan Banding photos have been added at this link
 https://pbase.com/photosbydennis/logan_banding_2019

Your banding photos are outstanding, Dennis! I really enjoyed seeing them. Thank you so much for sharing these great photos.
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: Jazzerkins on June 27, 2019, 17:34
Absolutely gorgeous photos, Dennis.  I am looking forward to the 2020 calendar.
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: Shocka88 on June 28, 2019, 01:31
Great photos! Thx for sharing.
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 28, 2019, 10:16
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1144615636540301312
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 28, 2019, 12:01
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1144651872537665536
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 28, 2019, 20:55
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1144754321944436737

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1144755623512477696
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 28, 2019, 20:56
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1144785114477371392
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on June 29, 2019, 16:19
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1145073840298635269
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on July 01, 2019, 00:37
Tot spent most of today away from the nestbox - just a couple of quick peeks in from the edge of camera range.  Then like with the other chicks at other sites, she was back at bedtime.

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1145565758845534215

Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on July 01, 2019, 01:06
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1145572744937050112
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on July 01, 2019, 16:51
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1145761488688340998
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: BirdLover on July 02, 2019, 20:10
Haha, that's hilarious!
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: GCG on July 03, 2019, 07:04
I just thought I would take a chance to see TOT and lo and behold, there she is, up close and personal. It looks as though she is peering into the camera staring at me. We are eye to eye, literally! LOL!
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: Alison on July 03, 2019, 12:47
Tot is changing so fast each day now. Yesterday evening:

(https://i.ibb.co/NFvs0v0/logan-july-2-3a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/9pDNxDx) (https://i.ibb.co/7zvNWkW/logan-july-2-4a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/X4XksYs)

(https://i.ibb.co/8rfrBXR/logan-july-2-7a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/48X8fJD)  (https://i.ibb.co/5vxRD6T/logan-july-2-9a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/1KJmVLZ)
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: susha on July 03, 2019, 13:13
Sitting on the edge of the nestbox now, looking so grown up ;D
Harkens me back to the Radisson kids (in the preferred nest box) at this stage in their development, when we'd watch with bated breath especially when someone would attempt sitting with one foot on the edge, scratching or just resting :-X
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: irenekl on July 03, 2019, 17:37
I miss those days. 
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: GCG on July 04, 2019, 15:42
No live stream currently. https://youtu.be/NCaMbYPKv0w
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on July 05, 2019, 15:05
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1147233154098507776
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: RCF on July 06, 2019, 07:33
I just thought I would take a chance to see TOT and lo and behold, there she is, up close and personal. It looks as though she is peering into the camera staring at me. We are eye to eye, literally! LOL!

I was watching at that time also! 

(https://i.postimg.cc/Nj8F5HRV/TOT.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on July 06, 2019, 23:10
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1147719414785224704
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on July 08, 2019, 10:17
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1148223463229939718
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on July 08, 2019, 10:20
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1148223463229939718
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on July 08, 2019, 10:21
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1148248169811185666
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: ballywing on July 08, 2019, 15:42
haha - Just look at the cam and saw an empty nest box.  :o - Glad she has other options to wander around but wish she had a buddy to keep her company.  ;)
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on July 09, 2019, 15:55
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1148688135116775424
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on July 09, 2019, 23:07
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1148785751666110464
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on July 10, 2019, 12:06
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1149001839922307073
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: burdi on July 12, 2019, 13:59
Thank you for your many updates, TPC.

Hopefully Tot is safe in her "rooftop playpen". I think her parents are busy caring for her (wherever she is) because I haven't managed to catch a glimpse of them since Tot disappeared.
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on July 12, 2019, 20:13
Thank you for your many updates, TPC.

Hopefully Tot is safe in her "rooftop playpen". I think her parents are busy caring for her (wherever she is) because I haven't managed to catch a glimpse of them since Tot disappeared.

Tot is fine, she's been bopping around and her parents have been watching over her closely so all looks good. Was just about to tweet about it ... 😁
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on July 12, 2019, 21:31
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1149862340873150465

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1149862789281964033
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: burdi on July 13, 2019, 13:18
Thank you for your many updates, TPC.

Hopefully Tot is safe in her "rooftop playpen". I think her parents are busy caring for her (wherever she is) because I haven't managed to catch a glimpse of them since Tot disappeared.

Tot is fine, she's been bopping around and her parents have been watching over her closely so all looks good. Was just about to tweet about it ... 😁

I'm happy to know that Tot is doing well ... and thank you to the spotter for reporting.
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: bev. on July 16, 2019, 10:05
glad all i swell here. :-*

 I have just  finished updating 2 pages of photos and documenting on  Bell nest in Edmonton.
I am  posting  here, because  our female there, is from this site . one of Joli's

hope  all continues well here.
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on July 21, 2019, 20:21
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1152988000399351808
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on October 06, 2019, 23:27
Sad news - we lost Spencer.  She was found grounded and injured a few weeks ago. Apparently she was transported by someone from the Humane Society to the Pembina Vet Clinic and then off to rehab.  For those who don't know, injures wildlife can be dropped off at WHS during working hours and Pembina Vet Clinic anytime (they are open 24/7) and they will be picked by volunteers and transported to the wildlife rehab centres. And that's what happened to Spencer. We don't know any of the details of where she was found or by who though. The thought is that because the first to transport her were from WHS, that WHS would have a record of the call/drop off but it seems not.

What we do know is that when she came in she appeared to okay but the rehabbers were concerned about head trauma perhaps from a collision. She didn't like being in care and head trauma resolves itself on its own or it doesn't so they let her rest and kept an eye on her. Good news was that head trauma was ruled out as time went by but she wasn't flying. Sometimes birds who really really don't do well in care can be stubborn - we've had a couple of those over the years.

After a bit more time hoping she just get frustrated and start to fly and she still wasn't they wondered what else might be going on since she appeared to be "fine" except for the not trying to fly part.  So despite her extreme displeasure she went off the vet and it was found she had a broken wing and a broken leg - which shocked the heck out of every one because she'd been standing on both legs with no apparent injury - the wing was the same - no droop or asymmetry. These are serious injuries so her chances of recovering well enough to be released went down markedly. But no one likes to write off a bird with attitude and willpower so now it was a waiting game until she healed or healed more.

That's when it got worse. I mentioned that Spencer was not a happy camper in care ... well she disliked it so much that she buggered up her broken wing so badly the only option was going to be to amputate it and given how much she hated being in care, we couldn't consign her to a life trapped in captivity with one wing and potentially arthritic pain in her leg. I don't know that I've ever used the word "trapped" when we have had a bird in captivity. Most have settled into a partnership with their keepers/handlers and there has been dignity and purpose and enrichment for them. Spencer was never going to tolerate captivity, healthy or impaired so while the decision to euthanize is always based on the best interests for the bird, it is usually based solely on medical reasons. For Spencer there was literally nothing we could do for her - IF she healed she was going to be in pain and because of personality she was going to be trapped. We couldn't do anything else for her, we couldn't make any part of that equation tolerable.

I had hope that her third time nesting with Hart at Logan would be the charm and she would finally raise all her chicks without our assistance or intervention. Instead we had to intervene on her behalf and give her the only assistance we could.  I do hope her chicks will reappear somewhere, it took her years to finally have chicks, and I can't fault her maternal skills once she got into the proper headspace. She had to work at motherhood unlike many of our females, it would be nice to know that hard work paid off for her.  That is the memorial I'd like to see for Spencer.
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: GCG on October 07, 2019, 04:00
 :'( This is so very sad to hear. The forum is the very first site I go to in the A.M. Although it is never anything you want to read, sometimes a post such as this one reminds me that nature happens. Spencer was a very feisty falcon. Perhaps a trait she grew up in with her transmitter????? I can recall one of Dennis' photo of her staring him down. TPC, thank you for telling us know how she was found and the who, what and where that led to the decision to euthanize.  :(
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: RCF on October 07, 2019, 06:52
Sad to hear about Spencer!   :'(
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: dupre501 on October 07, 2019, 13:24
Sorry to hear this news :(
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: carly on October 08, 2019, 12:32
Oh no  :'(  So sorry to read of the loss of Spencer.  Like everyone else, I too hope we hear of her offspring thriving in the future with nests and mates of their own.  Fly free Spencer.
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: Monarch on October 08, 2019, 16:15
 :'( so sad, sitting here at work trying to hold back tears.  she will be flying free now! :'(
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: bcbird on October 11, 2019, 00:05
Thank you, TPC, for giving us all the details about Spencer's medical condition and difficulty tolerating being in care. 
This is a very sad story.
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: irenekl on October 28, 2019, 16:00
Really disappointing.  I imagine it was a sad day for all involved making this difficult decision. So sorry Tracey.
Title: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
Post by: MayShowers on October 30, 2019, 21:19
Sad to hear about Spencer :'(