West Winnipeg - 2014 / Beau & Beatrix

[sparkster]

Wonderful that there are four chicks in another nest!

[The Peregrine Chick]

Windy and raining harder out in West Winnipeg than it looks like at the Radisson.  Beatrix is tight on the chicks and seems pretty confident with what she is doing.  She's under the roof though the box is pretty much soaked except where she is, or rather under where she is.  She's pretty damp.

Big test for her skills ... we'll have to see how she does ...

[The Peregrine Chick]

Apparently chance of rain dropping overnight then starting up again tomorrow through the afternoon with 10-20mm forecast.

• Today - Showers with risk of a thunderstorm. Wind southeast 30 km/h becoming light late this afternoon. High 15. UV index 3 or moderate.
• Tonight - A few showers ending this evening then cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this evening. Amount 5 mm. Wind east 30 km/h. Low 12.
• Tomorrow - Cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers early in the morning. Rain beginning early in the morning and ending early in the evening. Amount 10 to 20 mm. Wind northeast 30 km/h becoming light early in the afternoon. Wind becoming north 20 early in the evening. High 15.

[burdi]

Poor Beatrix. Hope they all fare well with more rain and wind on the way.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Box dried out after about 5pm then the rain started again a couple of hours later.  Kids are squirming under mom but she's got them pretty clamped down under her.  Two meals this evening and they looked okay - meal after 1700h and another after 2000h.  Rain is suppose to taper off over night (not heavy downpours like today) and revised forecast for tomorrow is light rain all day with heavier periods early in the afternoon.  Suppose to end Monday.

[allikat]

All we can do is wait and see.
I am confident that Beatrix was more than able to be a Mumbrella to her babes!

[The Peregrine Chick]

Beau had the early shift this morning - very wet wee bird - more wee for being wet!

All 4 kids are fine and were very vigorously begging for food just after 0700h.  Beatrix (all nice and dry) took over shortly before 0730, got wet (still not as wet as Beau).  Just before 0900 she took off, he came about 0915 and fed the kids then tuck them under him as much as possible (wasn't raining much then), Beatrix came back at 0945 with more food and took over on the kids.  She's got them completely out of sight and has her face to the wall so the kids are as protected from the rain and breeze as they can be.

[The Peregrine Chick]

1158h - and it is pouring in West Winnipeg - sheeting down with small drops and fortunately little to no wind.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Just checked a nearby weather station and 12mm of rain has fallen since midnight, about 2mm/hour.  More rain to come though ...

Here's the link to Doppler Radar for southern Manitoba - http://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/manitoba/weather-radar

Winds are shifting to the south so the nestbox should be more protected from blowing rain so long as the shift isn't temporary.  Back corner of the box - walls and some gravel look drier so Beatrix and the kids may have an easier time this afternoon (fingers crossed).

There is enough rain/humidity now that all the box cams are starting to fog up some ....

[ballywing]

Hang in there Beau & Beatrix!!! You're doing a super job.... just a few more hours to go as rain should end early evening. Keep up the great work of mumbrella-ing all those kids!!   

[Kinderchick]

...Beatrix's... got them completely out of sight and has her face to the wall so the kids are as protected from the rain and breeze as they can be.

That's good to hear. She certainly sounds to be a great parent.

[birdcamfan]

Just checked a nearby weather station and 12mm of rain has fallen since midnight, about 2mm/hour.  More rain to come though ...

Here's the link to Doppler Radar for southern Manitoba - http://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/manitoba/weather-radar

Winds are shifting to the south so the nestbox should be more protected from blowing rain so long as the shift isn't temporary.  Back corner of the box - walls and some gravel look drier so Beatrix and the kids may have an easier time this afternoon (fingers crossed).


There is enough rain/humidity now that all the box cams are starting to fog up some ....

Looks like we might get the flip side too if the system doesn't start heading east a little more quickly.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Beau was on duty for a short bit, now Beatrix is back on and can't see so much as one chick feather from under her ... and yes, it is still raining at the nestbox ...

[The Peregrine Chick]

Beatrix is clamped down on the chicks in the box - pretty sure not a drop of rain can get under or over her.  According to the Weather Network, rain is suppose to finish between 2100 and 2200h tonight. 

Looking ahead more rain on Thursday and for what it is worth, a bit more next week on Monday and Tuesday.  Temperature trend however is good - warming to about 30C over the next two weeks.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Beatrix has been on and off the chicks a few times over the last hour - think she is looking for Beau to bring in dinner.  Hard to hunt in the rain though, no one flies when its raining.  All the chicks were sitting up bright eyed and alert so they look fine from what I can tell.  Beatrix is back on them now and/but I can't tell if it is raining at the box too wet.