Manitoba Peregrines > West Winnipeg Peregrines
West Winnipeg - 2010 / Beau & Jules
ballywing:
Thanks TPC, great info for us to picture this new family!!! ;D :-*
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on June 17, 2010, 03:18 ---Only two chicks hatched as of dark tonight. Took them a bit of time for a first meal but the chicks had three by the end of the day. Took a bit of time for the adults to get the hang of feeding their chicks too - they lack skill but the chicks made up for the lack by being very hungry and understood the "big thing" had the food. Will be interesting to see how they do tomorrow ... or rather later this morning :o
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--- Quote from: des on June 17, 2010, 08:27 ---How did this "lack of skill" show?
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The whole tab A in slot B process. Neither is particularly confident feeding the chicks - its a bit of an art form that one learns with experience. The chicks barely have enough strength to keep themselves upright - that's why they lean on each other and any unhatched eggs for the first couple of days - so being able to put food in a very small, moving target takes some practice. They have been fed twice already this morning - nothing for the last couple of hours because of the rain but that is the standard response to lousy weather and young chicks.
The Peregrine Chick:
Half the box has a roof but she's not making best use of it. Gravel in the box drains as fast as it rains so no worries there. As a result, Jules is wet and fluffed up by the wind but she's fine. Its obvious she still new at this game, she moved more into the open yesterday but with the good weather that was fine, now she's damp and velcroed on her chicks. so they all seem fine.
And as of 1153, chick number three just broke his/her shell and she is in the process of stuffing the little darlings well under her.
eagle63_1999:
Congrats to Jules and Beau, first time parents. This will be a great experience for Jules for sure. WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ballywing:
TPC, is there enough cover in the nestbox to shelter the chicks from this >:( >:( rain, or will Jules have to be velcroed to them every second ???
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