Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2009 / Trey & Princess
bccs:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on May 12, 2009, 15:32 ---Actually, head is usually the favourite morsel I had a wicked and wonderful time peering through the louvres trying to identify them. After a couple of days, she accepted his suit and all the "gifts" disappeared - and no, she didn't eat them ... :-X
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eew, not the head and just what did happen to the gifts? Spill it ;D ;D ;D
bev.:
glad you are not afraid of heights. :) :)
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Mother Hen on May 12, 2009, 11:51 ---Tracy
This ledge does not look too deep. When you put the thing you made in it for the rain,just how high will the babies be? Will they still be protected from strong winds and being blown out of the nest? Yikes I do worry,dont I?
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Those are a couple of the concerns we have had to try to work with with our design for a permanent structure. And its not just wind and the birds, its what will the wind do the structure and how safe will it be. Then its how do we get the equipment (drills etc) up 14 stories where there is not power ... and so on and so on and so on. The nest tray we are trying to get up there will be a temporary measure, we will probably remove it at the banding. It has sides that are probably as high as the ledge edges so may provide a bit of cover from the wind, and it will raise the chicks so we don't have to worry about water from below. Water from above however Trey and Princess will have to be responsible for ... We hope to be able to install a permanent structure later in the summer - the weather will still be good and we can hopefully do it properly. So we could be doing 3 trips up the side of this building this year - oh joy! ::)
The Peregrine Chick:
Actually, head is usually the favourite morsel - when the males bring in food, rarely does it still have its head, and its not for aerodynamic reasons ;) When courting, if the male brings "gifts" with heads, he's definitely smitten (or seriously not letting this one get away). One year, Trey's Mom was courted by a male that laid out about 20 different species of birds (there were some repeats of species too) on all the ledges all around the building at nest box height. I had a wicked and wonderful time peering through the louvres trying to identify them. After a couple of days, she accepted his suit and all the "gifts" disappeared - and no, she didn't eat them ... :-X
ballywing:
--- Quote from: Mother Hen on May 12, 2009, 11:51 ---Tracy
This ledge does not look too deep. When you put the thing you made in it for the rain,just how high will the babies be? Will they still be protected from strong winds and being blown out of the nest? Yikes I do worry,dont I?
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I've been wondering the exact same thing about the wind Mother Hen! ???- You're not the only worry wart Phanatic! :-\
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