Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2009 / Trey & Princess
The Peregrine Chick:
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 ...
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: willmax11 on July 01, 2009, 19:30 --- Never knew the parkade was so close. I guess you can't get a closer view from there?
--- End quote ---
Nope, parkade at its highest (and closest) is 2-3 floors below the nestledge and there so no access and no help for a cam or any equipment ...
willmax11:
TPC; Just wondering with being able to see such a diff. between the female
this time around; I never noticed such a big diff. in size in 2007.
Was that because Missy was late hatching and never passed the boys in
size b4 fledging?
willmax11:
I dropped into Windows 7 RC and IE8.
Got a pop-up notice to install "Windows Media Player Extension", clicked
O.K. and the videos played. (No sound on the second one. Darn it)
Great job, Tracy.
Never knew the parkade was so close. I guess you can't get a closer
view from there?
allikat:
Tracy...you have to watch them. There are very good! You stole the show!
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