Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
Pam:
Dennis called to alert me to the presence of falcons on the nestledge. Unfortunately only had a small camera, and a dirty window, but here are a couple of captures of Sandy & Ty:
bccs:
A most wonderful sighting was had by Cooper and me. Aided by Pam, and indirectly Dennis, we were so very lucky to watch both Ty and Sandy on the nest ledge, leave the nest ledge, catch thermals over Pam's building, touch talons, and just have a grand old fly and play.
Wow oh wow, he is majestic, she is gorgeous. Lucky, lucky us. ;D ;D
Mother Hen:
Just saw Sandy at the front top edge of the Radisson while Ty was hopping in and out of the nest. She did a fly by for him a couple of times around the hotel....Do you think since it is so nice out that they think it is Spring? Like a couple of love birds.
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Moonstar on October 12, 2010, 15:10 ---A question for you, TPC.
Would Princess have recognized Ty or would she have chased him out of her territory if she was still there?
--- End quote ---
Could be either and would depend on the season. First, most interactions are gender specific during the breeding season and Trey and Ivy would both "escort" Ty out of the neighbourhood - we've seen both of these males do it at their respective nestsites in the past. When Ivy came visiting in 2008, Princess didn't chase him off but she wasn't willing to stay near him, he would come by and she would leave and fly to another building or just away entirely. This year, Princess is our hyper-aggressive parent at the Radisson, Ivy was more passive than his Dad (hopefully just learning the ropes) so she could have been more involved in escort duties or at least much more vocal in her displeasure which eventually got Ivy up and involved.
But your real question is, would she be all warm and fuzzy about Ty? No. If this were spring, she would be much more, lets say motivated, to sort out who's suppose to be in her territory and who isn't. In the Fall, she might be more sanguine and ignore him (or not) particularly since he's a male and young. But warm and fuzzy, no.
Kinderchick:
So glad you got to see some falcons while you were back "home" in Winnipeg for the Thanksgiving weekend, allikat! :D
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