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Offline allikat

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Re: Radisson - 2009 / July
« Reply #7611 on: July 06, 2009, 14:24 »
Great report KC!!!  Love the descriptions of what you experienced today.
Sounds like we have a "friendly neighborhood Spiderman" on our hands.   ::)

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Re: Radisson - 2009 / July
« Reply #7610 on: July 06, 2009, 14:23 »
I can't seem to get off this computer,watched sis and LC? for the last hour so finally had to do some work.Did someone else fly in?

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Re: Radisson - 2009 / July
« Reply #7609 on: July 06, 2009, 14:11 »
Finally back home from the downtown and some "real life" errands, etc. Just finished reading all the posts since I left for Fledge Watch early this morning. Spent about an hour and a half by myself, bird watching and talking to strangers (now I can relate to TPC talking with strangers!) and a few minutes with msdolittle, bccs, sami, 2kawaii and her own fledglings as well as LinderLou. Whenever I noticed any movement of either of the boys, I phoned TPC to give her a tracking report, which I see that she has already posted. Thank you for saving me some typing, TPC! ;) I would just add 2 things, from my observations this morning. With my binocs, I could observe that the brother who spent a good deal of his morning on the very left corner of the Paris Bldg., on the tiny lattice ledge, with Trey watching from only a few feet above, on the same bldg., had a huge snack to munch on when he wasn't tucked away snoozing. And Princess had a great vantage point overseeing all of her babes from the roof of the very tall Kensington Bldg.  :) Another thing that I want to mention is that the brother who appears to be doing the "wall walking" on the Radisson, just near the nestledge, is pretty adept at this. While it may, to the camera, appear that he is hitting the wall, he in fact is landing on the wall quite well, clinging onto the tiny slits in the wall. He can, however, only climb the wall where these slits are, so that is why he can't stay there for long and must fly off somewhere else. His flying skills do appear to be developing very well, with a few swoops and turns. At least, this is how I have observed things this morning in the down! :D

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Re: Radisson - 2009 / July
« Reply #7608 on: July 06, 2009, 13:56 »
almost looks like bro is sitting there trying to talk sis into trying this new thing called flying......he's saying "come on now try it. its lots of fun" 

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Re: Radisson - 2009 / July
« Reply #7607 on: July 06, 2009, 13:54 »


- male 2 is the the fascination down below - he's on the window ledge of the nest ledge feature - for those of you who haven't seen photos of the Radisson, this little triangular feature is a window in a meeting room - the window looks northeast so you can see Portage & Main from the Hotel.  The window is on the side we can't see - and there is apparently a ledge wide enough for a peregrine chick to walk back and forth on - new one to  me, can't even remember there being a ledge there - and certainly not somewhere either of the adults has ever tried to roost on ...  Don't know how long he'll remain there but their flight skills are greatly improved so he can get off, perhaps not gracefully, but he can get off if/when he wants to ...

- both adults are circling around overhead

Ground Forces continuing to patrol the area - thanks Debc52, LinderLou, Sami & Bccs (and Pam and Mother Hen from their offices!)

Willmax posted a pic with the window in the ledge July 4 Post #290



MMMMMMMMMM...pellets!

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Re: Radisson - 2009 / July
« Reply #7606 on: July 06, 2009, 13:41 »
love seeing the little guy with head tucked under wing for a nap.  How grown up!   :-*

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Re: Radisson - 2009 / July
« Reply #7605 on: July 06, 2009, 13:41 »
Sweet! Sis is snoozing and brother is watching over her. Looks like he's decided to carch a few z's too.

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Re: Radisson - 2009 / July
« Reply #7604 on: July 06, 2009, 13:37 »
13:36pm
just lost my post. Having troubles with forum today

thanks to all those looking after the kids :-* :-*
these guys are so unpredictable. As soon as you think you have them figured out they throw a new twist in. :) :)

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Re: Radisson - 2009 / July
« Reply #7603 on: July 06, 2009, 13:33 »
13:28pm
2 were on ledge and now missy is sleeping at 1 and brother is preening on ledge
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Re: Radisson - 2009 / July
« Reply #7602 on: July 06, 2009, 13:27 »
Three cheers for the Ground Forces! It's so good to know the whereabouts of the second male.

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Re: Radisson - 2009 / July
« Reply #7601 on: July 06, 2009, 13:24 »
Update from our Fledge Watch Ground Forces

- female still on the nestledge - starting to look more interested in following after her brothers but too dopey to figure out she needs to close her wings during gusts of wind - hopefully she'll learn quickly

- male 1 is on the ledge with his sister and is fascinated with something going on down below

- male 2 is the the fascination down below - he's on the window ledge of the nest ledge feature - for those of you who haven't seen photos of the Radisson, this little triangular feature is a window in a meeting room - the window looks northeast so you can see Portage & Main from the Hotel.  The window is on the side we can't see - and there is apparently a ledge wide enough for a peregrine chick to walk back and forth on - new one to  me, can't even remember there being a ledge there - and certainly not somewhere either of the adults has ever tried to roost on ...  Don't know how long he'll remain there but their flight skills are greatly improved so he can get off, perhaps not gracefully, but he can get off if/when he wants to ...

- both adults are circling around overhead

Ground Forces continuing to patrol the area - thanks Debc52, LinderLou, Sami & Bccs (and Pam and Mother Hen from their offices!)

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Re: Radisson - 2009 / July
« Reply #7600 on: July 06, 2009, 13:24 »
I am going to put  times on my posts because before they get posted other things have happened

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Re: Radisson - 2009 / July
« Reply #7599 on: July 06, 2009, 13:21 »
lost all my pictures but she was flapping like crazy. she kept stumbling, so I thought, but she was flapping with prey on her talons.
they all did that.
 
2 are there on ledge.
Male went to corner at 7 and then up on ledge at 1 and now missy is up on ledge to his left.
A few days yet for her I think unless she flaps a lot more today and tomorrow

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Re: Radisson - 2009 / July
« Reply #7598 on: July 06, 2009, 13:18 »
She has better nerves than I do, for sure. After that near mishap with the wind, there she is, perched on the ledge as though nothing happened at all. And I'm still trying to get my heart to stop racing!

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Re: Radisson - 2009 / July
« Reply #7597 on: July 06, 2009, 13:12 »
Wow that was quite the gust of wind! One of them almost went for a tumble!