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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / January to March
« Reply #32 on: March 30, 2012, 15:23 »
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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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / January to March
« Reply #31 on: March 22, 2012, 21:07 »
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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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / January to March
« Reply #30 on: March 22, 2012, 21:05 »
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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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / January to March
« Reply #29 on: March 22, 2012, 20:56 »
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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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / January to March
« Reply #28 on: March 22, 2012, 18:58 »
Great news Rose & RCF!! :D

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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / January to March
« Reply #27 on: March 22, 2012, 16:05 »
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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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / January to March
« Reply #26 on: March 22, 2012, 15:40 »
Another countdown ended!  Yahoo!

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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / January to March
« Reply #25 on: March 22, 2012, 15:34 »
Wonderful Rose & RCF!!!
Will let the gang in Brandon know ... time to get the cams set up ...

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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / January to March
« Reply #24 on: March 22, 2012, 15:24 »
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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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / January to March
« Reply #23 on: March 22, 2012, 11:45 »
Yay  ;D ;D

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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / January to March
« Reply #22 on: March 22, 2012, 10:58 »
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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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / January to March
« Reply #21 on: March 22, 2012, 10:53 »
At 0930 this am there was an unidentified Falcon on the roof (north east corner) of the Scotia Bank building.

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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / January to March
« Reply #20 on: March 21, 2012, 08:53 »
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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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / January to March
« Reply #19 on: March 21, 2012, 05:41 »
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

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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / January to March
« Reply #18 on: March 21, 2012, 05:23 »
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.  ::)