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AB / Red Deer - Capri Centre - 2009-11
sami:
Thanks for the info, Bev. It's amazing that one chick survived the bad weather, but thankful it did. And hopefully both chicks will do well now.
bev.:
I have the information and did not know if I was allowed to share it but since you have so much already I will fill in the blanks the 4 chicks that died did not survive the horrible wind and rain storms the area had. They were happy one survived and I was told it was doing very well. The chick brought in was from the MIsrecordia nest in Edmonton. They had 4 and it was noticed at banding that one was quite small. So they thought it would do better in a nest with one other chick as it would get fed more , adn the 3 remaining ones at the MIsrecordia would get more as they grew older. And it is always good to have 2 chicks in a nest and they knew the Red Deer pair could handle it. they do this all the time, if necessary. the death of the 4 chicks was not the fault of the parents.They also put up a nest box now which should help against the elements. they were going to put one up later but the time wa right now. Hope that fills in the gaps.
Alison:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on July 21, 2009, 21:20 ---Four chicks died due to rain, surviving chick okay now after a little help, second chick fostered into the nest, hence the two there now. Why from Edmonton? The Edmonton female was inexperienced and with one less chick to support will be able to better meet the needs of her remaining chicks. Why foster one here, chicks do better, fledging etc if they aren't alone, so adding a chick to this nest helps everyone. And no, the adults don't really care whose chicks they are ... :)
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Thank you, TPC, for the reply. I'm curious about which Edmonton nest this was, and who the falcons are at the nest. Peregrines are usually such good foster parents! I agree that chicks do better if they are not the only one. I think they learn quite a bit from each other, especially once they fledge and start playing in the air together.
debc52:
Thanks TPC. Interesting to know they fledge better when more than one. Hard to imagine that parents don't know that one chick isn't theirs. Especially with all the dive bombing that goes on when stuff is being done to their little ones. How we do like to anthropomorphize(sp?)! :D
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Alison on July 21, 2009, 16:52 ---I wonder what happened to the four chicks, and why it was decided to move a chick from an Edmonton nest (and I wonder which nest?).
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Four chicks died due to rain, surviving chick okay now after a little help, second chick fostered into the nest, hence the two there now. Why from Edmonton? The Edmonton female was inexperienced and with one less chick to support will be able to better meet the needs of her remaining chicks. Why foster one here, chicks do better, fledging etc if they aren't alone, so adding a chick to this nest helps everyone. And no, the adults don't really care whose chicks they are ... :)
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