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News: Other Falcons
The Peregrine Chick:
Yup, its a Merlin - female or young of the year, can't tell by size in the photo ...
photosbydennis:
I have watched Merlin's feed on the big screen at the North end during a football game before...notice the missing mallar stripes, it's a Merlin
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/image/100431873
RCF:
--- Quote from: noellat on August 18, 2012, 22:26 ---
--- Quote from: dupre501 on August 18, 2012, 14:00 ---At sundown yesterday, one falcon at the Bleachers.
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Dupre 501 On Global news yesterday they showed a bird that was dive bombing the crowd at the Bomber game on Thursday. This bird looks like a peregrine to me. He/she remained at the stadium for the whole game and is pictured very close to people in the stands. Can you look at the pictures and let me know if it was one of our peregrines.
. You can see the pictures if you go the Global Winnipeg. com and then to the weather for August 17. The weather girl invites people to send in their pictures which are shown at the end of her weather spiel. So you will have to listen to a few minutes of old weather till the pictures are shown. Also behavior seems a little odd since since peregrines aren't crazy about people. thanks
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Here are the pictures
The pics start at 2:43 in the weather forcast
http://www.globalwinnipeg.com/video/winnipeg+weather+forecast+august+17/video.html?v=2269784761&p=1&s=dd#weather
noellat:
--- Quote from: dupre501 on August 18, 2012, 14:00 ---At sundown yesterday, one falcon at the Bleachers.
--- End quote ---
Dupre 501 On Global news yesterday they showed a bird that was dive bombing the crowd at the Bomber game on Thursday. This bird looks like a peregrine to me. He/she remained at the stadium for the whole game and is pictured very close to people in the stands. Can you look at the pictures and let me know if it was one of our peregrines.
. You can see the pictures if you go the Global Winnipeg. com and then to the weather for August 17. The weather girl invites people to send in their pictures which are shown at the end of her weather spiel. So you will have to listen to a few minutes of old weather till the pictures are shown. Also behavior seems a little odd since since peregrines aren't crazy about people. thanks
Kinderchick:
--- Quote from: Ellie on January 20, 2012, 16:59 ---When I went into the site to see the "wee one" it was being said that the parents would eat it. Is there something wrong with this situation or is it because they are in captivity that this would happen. I'm confused as RCF's info states that they raise their young the same as our Peregrines do. Maybe I'm not reading this correctly???
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I was confused about that article too, Ellie. I was actually shocked to read that the parents would eat the chick if it were not removed within 20 days and certainly did wonder how preserving this species would be possible, if that were the case. Perhaps this only happens in captivity, as you say, because this is in contrast to the article that rcf posted. I'm thinking I might try to e-mail someone at the Staglands Wildlife Reserve to ask a few questions about the species.
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