Radisson - 2009 / Trey & Princess

[Kinderchick]

Ditto, bccs!

[bccs]

Nice chick nice. As soon as I post you're off the ledge and making a liar out of me.pfffffft

[Kinderchick]

My family was from the Maritimes and at least there it was thought of as lucky if bird droppings fell on you.

Then I had the "luck of the Irish" a few years ago, des, when I took the Kinderchicklets on a field trip to the zoo and a bird pooped on my head in the Tropical House! When we returned back to school and the principal asked the 'chicklets about their favourite part of their field trip, that was it!   BOT, hang on to the ledge, chick on the corner, do not back up!

[bccs]

One of our little boys just decided to have a big old sprawly lie down on the ledge. Too cute watching him get comfy.

[allikat]

Wonderful explanation TPC..., has this been happening with other peregrines?  Does this mean anything....ie:  environmental issues
Have no idea, would probably take a few years to get some data that is more than anecdotal.
a few years?  Oh...sorry about that 
Just thought it sounded kinda interesting that females were getting smaller throughout the years.  I'll just base it on ....evolution 

[The Peregrine Chick]

I'm assuming this still means that the"ankle" size would not grow at a later time - i.e. growth was delayed and they would never find that the band was not big enough!!!  

Doesn't appear to be the case but we do take great care to be sure that the bands go on are the right size for the bird in question.  And the bands aren't snug when they are attached, they all can spin around quite freely, they would have to grow a great deal !  And a range in size has been considered/accounted for in the band size for peregrines - some birds are more gracile than others, some more compact and the bands have to accommodate that fact since these are the same bands used by everyone in North America when banding peregrines - its a set size & numbering.  If you watch the males & female at the Radisson when they are together on the vent (and I'm zoomed in), you can see the difference in the size of their feet, its quite marked ...

[bccs]

My family was from the Maritimes and at least there it was thought of as lucky if bird droppings fell on you.  Never questioned it at the time!  or maybe it was just what Mom and Nana told me???

Love that des, made me lol. Have ya a wee bit of the Irish in ya now??

[bccs]

call me what you like allikat, been called soooo many things that B seems kinda nice. And ya don't even have to upper case it.

I like it upper case...you deserve it 

Awwwwwwwwww

[des]

call me what you like allikat, been called soooo many things that B seems kinda nice. And ya don't even have to upper case it.

My family was from the Maritimes and at least there it was thought of as lucky if bird droppings fell on you.  Never questioned it at the time!  or maybe it was just what Mom and Nana told me???

[The Peregrine Chick]

Great explaination TPC. But I can't help but ask, how's Chinook??

Haven't heard anything recently, thanks for asking though! 

Wonderful explanation TPC..., has this been happening with other peregines?  Does this mean anything....ie:  environmental issues?

Have no idea, would probably take a few years to get some data that is more than anecdotal.

And by the way...how is that Chinook doing?

Haven't heard anything recently, thanks for asking though! 

[des]

What we have noticed over the last few years is that Trey & Princess' chicks tend to be on the small size, in particular the 2007 chicks.  Mistral was smaller than any peregrine chick we have ever had - 1/2 the size of our smallest male chick in fact.  As for the rest, they were all male size in body and leg sizes however we have found that Hurricane is actually a female even though we banded her as a male - male bands don't fit on normal sized female legs - look at your hand, the difference in size is close to the difference between your pinky and your thumb, a not insignificant size differential.  We also know that Taku was a female from her necropsy, but her feet/ankles looked male sized to me when I retrieved her.  Now all we have to do is hear whether Chinook is a male ... he was the same size as Hurricane at banding but when we last saw him, he was with his sister, Mistral and they were of a size.  Granted Mistral had grown alot between banding and fledging, a bit like our girl here.  Speaking of which, She looks larger than the 2007 females ... the bigger of the two males this year (the one with more down visible) is more the size we normally have for females ...

Can't say it doesn't get interesting sometimes ...

 I'm assuming this still means that the"ankle" size would not grow at a later time - i.e. growth was delayed and they would never find that the band was not big enough!!!

[allikat]

call me what you like allikat, been called soooo many things that B seems kinda nice. And ya don't even have to upper case it.

I like it upper case...you deserve it 

[bccs]

There is some splendid poop art happening on the sidewalk just below the nest ledge, Smith and Portage.
Saw it yesterday and, considering the projectiles that occurred today, may just have to take some picture for y'all.

There sure is! And some really cool dinner leftovers!   My husband and I were down there at the corner this afternoon, checking on the chicks in person. We could see 2 of them perched on the ledge. Didn't want to get too close, for fear of some of that "poop art" flying in our direction! (LOL)

Welcome to the downtown chick poop pop art extravangaza  Kinderchick.

[bccs]

call me what you like allikat, been called soooo many things that B seems kinda nice. And ya don't even have to upper case it.

[Kinderchick]

There is some splendid poop art happening on the sidewalk just below the nest ledge, Smith and Portage.
Saw it yesterday and, considering the projectiles that occurred today, may just have to take some picture for y'all.

There sure is! And some really cool dinner leftovers!   My husband and I were down there at the corner this afternoon, checking on the chicks in person. We could see 2 of them perched on the ledge. Didn't want to get too close, for fear of some of that "poop art" flying in our direction! (LOL)