Manitoba Peregrines > West Winnipeg Peregrines
West Winnipeg - 2010 / Beau & Jules
bcbird:
Hey, WWW, great reports! It's like being there. Thankyou, and to TPC, for sharing.
The Peregrine Chick:
Here's a later report from WWW:
At around 2:30pm today I got to enjoy quite a little show at West Winnipeg. I just had my naked eye so couldn't identify anybirdie but enjoyed anyway. First I saw one juvenille enjoying the view towards the south. I also heard a lot of cacking so scanned the sky until I found what had to be another juvenille doing circles around the building. I could tell that this bird was a young one just based on the motions in flight - a little erratic and not nearly as smooth a flight as the adults. This little one appeared to be coming in for a landing but didn't have enough height to land on the roof. For a minute it looked like s/he was going to land on a lower level ledge but pulled away at the last minute. (thump went my heart!). S/he then did another circle at very low altitude (another heart-thump as I thought s/he was going to hit some trees!). It was very windy at the time and I could tell that the bird was having difficulty getting altitude. On the third pass we had success, little one landed right on the camera arm! The entire time there was non-stop yakking & squawking. At first it sounded a little like "hey, look at me, I can fly!!!" Then it sounded like "crap, how exactly do you get yourself back up that HIGH!!!!" Once landed, the complaining continued - sounded a little like "who knew flying would be so much fun, but such hard work!"
The Peregrine Chick:
We have a viewer who is in the area around the West Winnipeg site frequently each day and she has started to send me updates which I have promised to post her. So here is our first post from the West Wpg Watcher:
Wow, sounds like I missed all the action over the weekend!! Thank goodness for the dedication, quick thinking and heat resistance of our dedicated fledgewatchers.
I was just at the site around 1:30pm and noticed two of the kids enjoying the view looking southwards. One of them was sitting just a foot or two away from the cam, chillen & enjoying life. The other had wandered all the way to the far end of the ledge. Happy wanderer was doing constant wing stretches - stretch, gengle flap gentle flap, tuck. Repeat.
I was at a bad angle so couldn't see leg bands but am confident that both were juveniles. No one flying around that I could see.
bcbird:
Wow, another great story. Thanks, TPC!
Go Nero, Go!
The Peregrine Chick:
Hate hot and humid weather when I'm looking for chicks - have to move slowly carrying bucket, blanket (thanks Gail) and there is just no way I can stop until I've exhausted all my options. So, eventually had to give up on my second search of the day after my meeting for work. Made it back to my 'puter and started trolling through the recorded video and almost exactly half-way between the end of my first search and the start of my second, I caught a bird in the nestbox eating "old" food like it hadn't eaten in weeks. Wondered if it could be Nero, then reined myself back and said a) they all eat like that these days, b) hadn't seen any of the chicks in the box at any other time of the day, c) Nero had been 25 stories lower last I saw him and d) usually don't get a clear look at either band when the chicks are in the box because they aren't there very long.
In the end, a) bird was very hungry, b) had a 1 in 3 chance of it being Nero, c) true, but one must always be optimistic, d) bird walked right up to the box cam and hopped up on the ledge showing me its black coloured band. And the answer is, Nero dropped into the nestbox for a late lunch of leftovers.
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