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PA / Pittsburgh - Cathedral of Learning - 2009-22
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: burdi on May 01, 2016, 22:32 ---Earlier today I saw Hope come in with food at 15:40; she then repeated this at 17:25 and it didn't seem too long before she returned with prepared food on both occasions, so she appears to be a good provider. Later, I wondered if Hope caught the prey herself or if Terzo might intentionally be stashing it for her in a nearby location. I'd like to know if this happens again.
Terzo incubated both times while Hope was away, and I presume he's doing a good job of watching for intruders when Hope incubates - as I've heard him nearby on several occasions.
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It is quite usual for the males to leave food elsewhere - both cached and newly caught for their mate. Both Ivy and Smiley have arrived with food and then flown away with it with Princess in hot pursuit. The boys quickly returned and took over incubation/brooding. Sneaky boys because Princess generally doesn't hand over brooding much in the first few days after hatch - and often she just yells at them, grabs the food and feeds the chicks then resumes brooding. Little dictator, no wonder the boys get sneaky. ;D
I find Hope's handing over the chicks so very young to Terzo a good sign that they are working together. More like Hurricane and Brooklyn than Princess and any of her men. Jules rarely gave up the eggs or chicks because of her choice of nestsite I believe but unlikely that she would share much in any case. Joli does most the work as well, but I think she thinks Hart's a bit of a softie but she is comparing him to Cowboy who was anything but. Faith seems pretty attached to her new eggs. Ty incubates for long periods but when she's "on", even fresh food delivered to the nestbox can't tempt her off. While it would be nice to have Beatrix back at WW, the silver lining is that it is always fun (& educational) to see how new birds work.
burdi:
Detailed info on "Who is Who at the Pitt Peregrine Nest" - by Kate St. John:
http://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2016/04/06/who-is-who-at-the-pitt-peregrine-nest/
burdi:
Quick way to differentiate Terzo from Hope on Cam:
Terzo is smaller, with a very white breast and a touch of white just above his cere.
Left band on Terzo is black/red; left band on Hope is black/green.
burdi:
Earlier today I saw Hope come in with food at 15:40; she then repeated this at 17:25 and it didn't seem too long before she returned with prepared food on both occasions, so she appears to be a good provider. Later, I wondered if Hope caught the prey herself or if Terzo might intentionally be stashing it for her in a nearby location. I'd like to know if this happens again.
Terzo incubated both times while Hope was away, and I presume he's doing a good job of watching for intruders when Hope incubates - as I've heard him nearby on several occasions.
The Peregrine Chick:
Hey Carly - it is never pleasant to watch what is going on, even for those of us who work in the field and/or have been doing this for a few years. For me the difference is that the questions after what/why is X happening? is how often does it happen? and how can we avoid it having it happen here? Or if it happened here, what happened and does it happen elsewhere. A big part of my job is just being a peregrine roadie - I hang around while they are down south, prep/plan for them to return by trying to have nestboxes where we think they may want them and where they theoretically won't come into conflict with others, that their nestsites are safe & secure, that the boxes are maintained, the gravel is in good condition and that there are no brown M&Ms in them* and that if they or their chicks go down, we'll try to get them up and flying again. (In return, they tolerate our occasional disturbance and with their kids getting bling at some point.) The part that doesn't get talked about much is the time spent investigating and planning for a variety of scenarios including worse-case and then learning how to recognize when things are, or aren't, going south so that if we can, we can salvage what we can and try to prevent it from happening again.
* google "brown M&Ms" if this reference makes no sense to you ;D
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