Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2009 / Trey & Princess
bccs:
Hey Allikat, nice post. :-* But I gotta add, that ya made me spit 3 times.
I'm beginning to believe that you were waiting and watching till I had just taken a gulp of water, and on purpose, ya said something ya knew would get me. You are such a rascal. :-* :-*
allikat:
Hi all,
Well, not much was happening downtown today folks. I met Barb (BCCS), Debc52, and Saoirse this morning behind the St. Regis Hotel and we had a parking lot party, with lawn chairs and everything...I even made Bccs spit, TWICE!!!!! ;D
Later on, Willmax came along, Ellie and her husband and Gliderpeople. Too bad there wasn't much happening.
We couldn't see/spot any of the falcons were awhile. After oh I don't know, 2hours, we finally saw the kids fly around for a couple of seconds, spotted Princess on her favorite perch, The J on the Richardson building and Trey was tucked in on top of the letter o, on the Radisson sign facing East. We suspected that the kids were someone in the middle until I spotted one of the kids on the Rogers building, I think it was Vesper, looked like she was chowin' down on somethin'.
It was a beautiful day to be out and about.
des:
Just came back from a drive around Radisson area. Didn't spot any of the falcons or any watchers. I certainly could have missed them. I'm more used to the early morning activity of last week. I'll go down later - perhaps this evening and take a better look around.
Nannie:
Is there a scheduled Fledge Watch on today, or just interested people downtown? I'm thinking no Watch because there are no posts from people other than that someone was spotted with binoculars this morning. Maybe the Watch is over? It's all been so great and thanks to everyone who has posted updates on what the falcons are doing. Even if you can't get downtown you feel part of it all by reading all the posts. As the mother-of-the-bride said after the wedding "What do I do to fill my time now?????"
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: birdcamfan on July 12, 2009, 09:57 ---She said they are pretty big and her description reminder me of the Cooper's I saw a few times this spring. I referred her to Dennis's pictures and the "all about birds" website.
--- End quote ---
There are two Coopers Hawks families living on campus this year, and one Broad-winged Hawk family. They are the most commonly hawk species that are misidentified as peregrines on a regular basis - they are both streamlined woodland hawks and are peregrine sized.
Merlins are 1/2 the size of peregrines on a good day but they do have the malar stripe and all the other common behaviours. They can range in appearance from looking like an adult peregrine to a juvenile to a mini-gyrfalcon they are so pale in colour. And yes, there are some of those too where the trees are large enough and have had crows there before to provide nests for them ...
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