Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
GCG:
??? TPC (Tracy) In your expert opinion, judging by their behavior, is fledge time imminent? For them, that would be phantastic, for us, not so much.
The Peregrine Chick:
1152 hrs (local) - our first escapee has made it onto the ledge & his brother is now watching closely. The girls aren't so interested. And yes, our first ledge escapee is our smallest male, the one with white tape on his FWS band! Yellow band male isn't so sure and has just hopped back inside the nestbox.
White male is down near the ledge cam (not hooked up to the webcam system) and periodically he puts his head in front of the camera. I can see part of his back as he sits on the edge of the ledge.
The Peregrine Chick:
1100 hrs (local) - all four chicks are still in the nestbox. Hopefully they will wait until the winds go down before trying out their wings.
Was watching the chicks yesterday when they were wingercizing and they are still hanging their wings when they are done and usually that means that they are still building their wing strength and hopefully that means they aren't quite ready to go. Sitting on the edge & wingercizing is good exercise for both wings and feet. Their feet are very strong, so as long as they hang-on (which they are hardwired to do) they can flap quite hard without going aloft. Advantage of the edge vs the flat ledge is that they can hang onto the edge so theoretically they shouldn't get blown off but rather go intentionally when they are ready.
We will just have to wait and see ... I'm still going to hope they wait for a less windy day!
GCG:
Did the Royals hire Molly Maid? I see a large feather duster on my screen. ???
RCF:
--- Quote from: The Friesens on July 02, 2010, 09:10 ---now one of the others comes to snuggle up to this one! So darn cute.
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