Manitoba Peregrines > West Winnipeg Peregrines
West Winnipeg - 2010 / Beau & Jules
bccs:
Today was an odd day for watching the birdies. Got there around 9, one other watcher was there. Within half an hour, we were joined by 3 others and then finally got to meet WWW. We had a grand time watching the building ::), no birdies to be found anywhere.
Many people came by to talk with us and were so very delighted that the peregrines had nested there this year and have been so successful. Met a couple with two standard poodles and boy oh boy, we learned tons about poodles. Nice dogs and very nice owners. They stayed for about 20 minutes, asked great questions about our family and seemed to be hooked as they were talking about coming back later today or tomorrow and watch for a while.
Still no birdies. :(
Then we see a man on the roof, I said wait for it, and sure enough, within about 45 seconds we heard the yelling and then saw Jules and Beau telling the man to get off THEIR roof..... NOW.. ;D
Never saw the man again, but in come two ( could have been all three for all the circling that was going on ) chicks and they are also dive-bombing and yelling.
They settled down after about 20 minutes and I have to tell you, the two hours of watching with none of them showing up, was worth the twenty minutes of aerobatics.
So all in all, a very nice morning. Lovely birds, great phanatics and so very nice to meet new people.
Thanks ladies for the company today.... :-*
The Peregrine Chick:
Only saw one of the kids hanging about today, but I wasn't around for long and not at an optimal time for viewing ...
bccs:
--- Quote from: photosbydennis on August 04, 2010, 19:37 ---For those that know and if you go...contact bccs early so she can place an order from Tim's for coffee & Breakfast Sandwich...I always seem to miss out on that :( >:( ???
LOL... :'(
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Aw Bob, do you want me to bring you one?? :-*
Moonstar:
I stopped by there on my way home yesterday. I also thought at first there was no birds around. Then I spotted on sitting on a ledge below the roof. He/she took a little fly about and then landed back there. I only stayed for about 5 - 10 min. When I left he/she was still sitting there.
The Peregrine Chick:
As an addendum to WWW's post, the lower ledge she is talking about isn't big enough for a food stash, its just a wonderfully sheltered location that is one of the major reasons this site has been very popular with migrating birds for more than 20 years, and one of the reasons we installed a nestbox here. It will be interesting to see who turns up after Jules and Beau have started on their southern migration ...
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