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Offline photosbydennis

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« Reply #97 on: April 22, 2009, 21:42 »
A few more West Winnipeg photos have been added.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/west_wpg_peregrines
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Offline msdolittle

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« Reply #96 on: April 22, 2009, 21:40 »
it's making me mental ... is west winnipeg down portage ... or charleswood?

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« Reply #95 on: April 22, 2009, 21:37 »
Saw Ivy and Jules again today...I'm so lucky that I get to see both pairs to and from work. 

Not sure who was perched on the North East corner of the building this afternoon, but someone was out hunting again....falcon doing fancy flying and stooping gulls again!  Oh and yes, I parked in a nearby parking lot to observe all of the excitement!   8)

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« Reply #94 on: April 22, 2009, 18:05 »
I'm all for a Phanatics get-to-gether on B's rooftop.  I had to miss the gathering last year and was so sorry I did.  How many can you host up there?! ;)

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« Reply #93 on: April 22, 2009, 15:16 »
I'm in the Okanagan Valley, where we have a few eagles.  My Sister in law lives in Courtenay waterside and the eagles are gloriously everywhere!
Still, though, I'd love to see a peregrine.

Offline bev.

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« Reply #92 on: April 22, 2009, 14:17 »
Bcbird

Where are you in BC.
I go to the eagle  fledges.
they are my nest love .
Very majestic..

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« Reply #91 on: April 22, 2009, 12:39 »
Our 'tower' birds here in mississauga at the St Lawrence plant live on seagulls ( being right beside Lake Ontario).  the guy who i talk to there told me that they are forever wiping seagull heads off their cars ( must not taste good.. or too crunchy) and finding corpses in the lots under the silos.  (yum)..


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« Reply #90 on: April 22, 2009, 12:32 »
It's a great building Ballywing. We just moved here a little over 2 years ago and they gutted and redid the place to our specs. Till the new Hydro came along, we had the greenest one in Wpg. Even our water is collected from rain and then filtered and used throughout the building.
The neighbourhood can be a little rough, but everything is a tradeoff.
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« Reply #89 on: April 22, 2009, 10:54 »
Moonstar, I also would love to see a peregrine in real life.
I'm fortunate enough to see bald eagles regularly, though.

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« Reply #88 on: April 22, 2009, 10:45 »
Name the time TPC, I certainly have the place. And it's not your average rooftop with guck all over the place, we have a nice bouncy type flooring, picnic tables, garden and I'm working on a bbq.
Geez! - I wanna work at your building!!!  :P

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« Reply #87 on: April 22, 2009, 10:24 »
I sure hope I can make the Phanatics get together this year.  Would love to meet the other Phanatics here.  Would love to see a Peregrine in real life.  

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« Reply #86 on: April 22, 2009, 10:22 »
Name the time TPC, I certainly have the place. And it's not your average rooftop with guck all over the place, we have a nice bouncy type flooring, picnic tables, garden and I'm working on a bbq.

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« Reply #85 on: April 22, 2009, 10:17 »
Might have to arrange the next Phanatics Get-Together on B's rooftop ... I know Dennis is itching to get back up there!!  :D

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« Reply #84 on: April 22, 2009, 10:14 »
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I envy you both!  It's harder in downtown Wpg, when you don't have a window seat OR co-workers who get it (remember after Black Friday, those who thought we were nuts for sobbing at our desks?). 

I am SO glad you have free access!   :)

Hi Liz. If you'd like you could come over to my building I'll take you up on the roof. I have a pretty good view of 3 or 4 of the places they like to hang out. And I have binoculars so you could get a close up view.
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« Reply #83 on: April 22, 2009, 09:53 »
On my way home today, I thought I saw a falcon trying to hunt a sea gull.  There was some pretty fancy flying happening and some stooping.  All I saw was a falcon and lots of gulls scatter  8)

Oh, they like gull, some birds more than others and some nestsites more than others.  At the Radisson we get more shorebird remains, same at the Diner in West Winnipeg.  At the U of M however, we were hip deep in gull parts when the birds nested there - it was just a couple of minutes from the bend in the Red by St Norbert where the gulls congregate so they were like the pigeons downtown.  When we had birds hanging out more regularly on the Legislature, we used to find, almost exclusively, the wings from blue and green winged teal (a smallish duck). 

Glad to hear you pulled over Allikat!!  :D