West Winnipeg - 2010 / Beau & Jules

[bcbird]

No lawn chair catastrophes this week?  Or did he break something else this time?

[bccs]

the peregrines are doing wonderfully, Dennis needs very little supervision..........    the tree?   

[Kinderchick]

Sounds like you, dennis and Eye-Spy had a wonderful West Winnipeg peregrine-watching morning, bccs! Thanks for keeping such a good eye on all of them for us (the peregrines, that is, not the guys, well, maybe them too!) 

[allikat]

it certainly does sound like a splendid afternoon..

[bccs]

It was a splendid morning msd, and with luck, it will be tomorrow too.

[msdolittle]

thanks for the report.  sounds like a nice morning.

[bccs]

I just got home from spending a wonderful morning watching the birdies. So nice not to have to leave at a particular hour to get to work.
I was standing in the parking lot and up rolls Dennis. Had a nice chat with him and along comes Eye-spy. Well the three of us started with the witty reparte that we have become quite well-known for and laughing our fool heads off.     Sweet    
Dennis was taking pictures like mad, ES and I were talking with passers-by.
It was a fairly quiet morning for our birdies. The Brat has been identified by Dennis as Nero, our boy-bah-boy. And yes, he went after Beau a couple of times today.
After Dennis left, we just sat back in our lawnchairs and watched the birdies.
At one point, Beau started to yack and fly around the building. He was agitated about something. Sure enough, over our heads from behind, came Jules chasing a hawk. No kidding y'all, a hawk.
Beau joined Jules and they both escorted the hawk out of the area.
Were the kids grateful for having their parents be so protective of them....... nope, they just yelled for food.
And that was the watch for today.
I'll be back to the nest site again tomorrow and will fill you in then.

[bccs]

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... I had a friend over for dinner, he was lovely and went well with a side of shorebird ... (with apologies to Hannibal Lector)
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And served with fava beans and a lovely chianti   ( licking lips and doing the e-chup.)

[The Peregrine Chick]

Not Nero on the edge in the end, was our number one fledger Annie ...

[The Peregrine Chick]

1713 hrs (local) - one of the kids is lying in front of the nestbox cam (all you can see is wings and tail and back) as that is the spot on the roofedge that is in the shade from the box's roof.  Very cute.  I suspect (for no particular reason I can explain and I can't see his "tape") that it is Nero.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Do the young peregrines/ fledglings ever fly at night or much into the dusk?  It seemed that in the morning the Radisson chicks would fledge and or take off often at first light.  Oops I just remembered one of them took off in the evening.  Was it still light?  I'll look back.

The West Winnipeg chicks have been very civilized in their flying, they wait until it is light.  Most birds won't fly in the dark (nocturnal species notwithstanding) though some resident peregrines have been observed hunting by city light pollution or raiding their caches to feed hungry chicks in the pre-dawn hours.

I think that should be phrased as, "you have been assimilated"!!!    

Definitely feels that way at times!!

On the question of food groups and favorites, I saw what was left of the bottom end of something with webbed feet on the Radisson today.  That's a first for me.  I'm going to assume duck, as too small for goose.  Maybe Princess is following Tracy to the marsh (swamp) and is a little jelous of her other "friends". 

... I had a friend over for dinner, he was lovely and went well with a side of shorebird ... (with apologies to Hannibal Lector)

[The Peregrine Chick]

Here's a post from yesterday from WWW:

Squawk, squawk squawk!

I didn't have many chances to check on our West Winnipeg family today due to a veterinary emergency at home. I did manage to check in around 11am and although I couldn't see anyone from my vantage point, boy oh boy could I ever hear them!!! I don't know what the excitement was all about but can only think that it was feeding time for the three amigos.  I have not yet witnessed a feeding but think, based on what BCCS said in her posts, that this must have been what was going on.

Sheesh - and I thought human children were noisy!

[allikat]

Very happy to know that the kids and parents are doing well!!!  VERY HAPPY!!   

[bccs]

Very welcome K.C.

[Kinderchick]

Thanks for your report this morning, bccs.