Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2009 / Trey & Princess
The Friesens:
That makes sense. But don't they have the same risks from this lower ledge on the east?
The Peregrine Chick:
Sorry TF, missed that question.
We used to have an east side nestbox but we had high fledgling mortality from it - the chicks would take their first flights and end up hitting the buildings or dropping into traffic at Portage and Main. Keep in mind that it takes a couple of weeks befor the chicks are half-way decent flyers - the first week or so they are just neat looking gliders, no up capability and way too much down potential. So we removed the east side box back in the 1990s. It was located where the spycam is now. With the westside box, the chicks' first flights end up west of the building where there are buildings with big roofs - the MTS Centre (as did the old Eaton's Building), Portage Place, the Convention Centre and The Bay . Also, the majority of the buildings to the west than to the east, so the chicks have more chances to stay above the traffic and not get caught in the "canyons" formed by the taller buildings to the east. Doesn't mean they don't end up in traffic from the east, just way less often and with a fraction of the injures (serious and otherwise) and deaths.
The Friesens:
It seems like every corner of the sandbox could be taken over.
Tracy,
Did you get to consider my idea of building a nest box on the east side directly across from the west one? Does it have the same access that you could just walk across the east to west nest? The nests would be at exactly the same height for them. :D
The Peregrine Chick:
As long as the lunacy is confined to that corner of the Sandbox, we are probably safe ... for the moment at least! :D
ballywing:
Well TPC - as you can tell from the 'Waiting takes its toll' thread - P&T had better get down to the business of nesting and egg laying soon , as the Phanatics are planning all sorts of shenanigans & the conversations are getting loonier every day as we patiently (?) wait and wait and wait some more ;D :P
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version