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Offline ballywing

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #435 on: March 30, 2010, 18:52 »
...bot... ??? ;D - Well then the 1st it is!! - Hope Princess can keep her son at bay til then! :o

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #434 on: March 30, 2010, 18:35 »
Oh that crafty boy. ::)
And bot, it's sunny and calm here now. Great flying weather.

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #433 on: March 30, 2010, 18:32 »
maybe he's got Trey locked in the garden shed and will release him tomorrow just so he can 'win' some of B's bread. lol

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #432 on: March 30, 2010, 17:59 »
Yep, tomorrow is a new day and ...coincidently it's the 31st...the perfect day for Trey to make an appearance.   :)  

Was talking with Dennis today and he's still going with the 1st ... he's had a pretty good track record in the past, maybe he hasn't lost his touch ...  ;D
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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #431 on: March 30, 2010, 17:43 »
Well, what a lot of info to process.

Just got home. This waiting is really hard. I know these birds are just doing their natural thing but I keep wishing and hoping that Trey will come home, make Princess happy, hatch beautiful chicks, etc.  violin playing in the background. Big Sigh.

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #430 on: March 30, 2010, 17:34 »
Yep, tomorrow is a new day and ...coincidently it's the 31st...the perfect day for Trey to make an appearance.   :)

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #429 on: March 30, 2010, 17:32 »
Insert whistle icon here with sound track for "Jeopardy"......

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #428 on: March 30, 2010, 17:17 »
Well, we can all speculate and debate till the sun sets. But I believe TPC summed it up very succinctly,
"we just have to wait and see."
Works for me.

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #427 on: March 30, 2010, 17:09 »
sure .. he's gotten a little action in the West, but hasn't produced any offspring has he?  

To be fair to the guy, his lady friends chose locations that suck - same location, both times.  Eggs lost for exactly the same reason at pretty much exactly the same time during incubation.  Young birds often have to figure out what goes where (eggs under for incubation, adult stays on eggs during incubation being the biggest) and are often not successful their first time out.  Doorly and Hope down in Topeka have stuck it out for years - Doorly destroyed the first 3 or 4 years worth of eggs, they tried to remove him but didn't in time and Hope managed to save one chick and he took to fatherhood like a duck to water.  Last year they did very well together.  Peregrine see, peregrine do.  Its possible that Trey is a good dad because Madame was a good role model.  Madame was a good mom because T-Rex was a kick-butt foster-dad.  Princess could be a good mom because Trey was an experienced dad.  Ivy could become a good dad because Princess is an experieneced mom.  

Its all speculation however until such time as their is an egg somewhere.

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #426 on: March 30, 2010, 17:07 »
No prob - we're all very good at waiting..........NOT!  ::)

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #425 on: March 30, 2010, 17:03 »
Its no more usual than for any other endangered species - the peregrines may be fast like cheetahs but their numbers and therefore their genetics aren't that bad.  There is some research being done on genetic bottlenecks in peregrines but haven't heard of anything published yet.

As for Ivy, I think Ivy wants a territory and the women are getting there first.  Lucy then Princess.  It was Lucy's first attempt at nesting and then she was gone, was it because she died, or did she realize that she could potentially have more and more robust offspring with an unrelated male.  Who knows.  Princess has only ever mated with Trey but its possible that she could go through a couple of mates if she avoids an accidental death. In 2008 she actively avoided Ivy.  From what I've seen on the cam, she doesn't seem any more enamoured of him this year ... but if Trey doesn't return and no other, likeley candidates come around, she might take him up on the offer.  It really is just wait and see what happens I'm afraid!!

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #424 on: March 30, 2010, 17:03 »
sure .. he's gotten a little action in the West, but hasn't produced any offspring has he?


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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #423 on: March 30, 2010, 17:00 »
Well, if my son or brother was interested in me, he wouldn't have much luck either. :o
Ivy has luck in west Winnipeg, seems he just wants something more.  Dumb boidie. ::)

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #422 on: March 30, 2010, 16:58 »
Ivy doesn't seem to have very good luck with the ladies.

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #421 on: March 30, 2010, 16:56 »
I may be way off here, but it seems that Ivy has a thing for his female relatives. :-X
Is this usual behavior TPC, or is Ivy just one of many?