AB / Red Deer - Telus Tower - 2010-13

[Elaine L]

I don't know what's going on here.  Every time I go to this site, all I get are very loud commercials that everyone in my office area can hear, and all for nothing, as I never see any falcons. 

Whoever does reporting on this website said on April 15 that the male falcon went into the nestbox.  This is all we've got.

[bev.]

no signs of falcons when i checked just now but they are probably around.
No eggs yet, does not look like much of a scrape
Hopefully no wars going on.

Southern road trip coming on. I can feel it.

[RCF]

Thanks for the links ,bev 

[bev.]

two new cams and live streaming
one is back

7:33pm


they are trickling in slowly in Alberta. I think if they got ahead of storms in sther path they made it back and others were slowed down

new links
outside = http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rdrn-pefa-external
inside = http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rdrn-peregrine-falcon

I will not be able to monitor this too much but thought I would pass on information

[Elaine L]

I received a message from the Red Deer River Naturalists, who are overseeing this Falcon Cam.  Apparently they do not know if our falcons have arrived back yet, but they did say that Telus, the nestbox corporate donor, is planning to put the box up on the tower on April 6.  They say that the four cams should be in operation shortly after that.

Here is their webcam, in case anyone is interested in knowing what is happening in the nature community in Red Deer at present:  www.rdrn.fanweb.ca 

[The Peregrine Chick]

2011 NESTING SEASON

Has anyone heard if Windsong and Perry are back yet?

[bev.]

check out the weber site for information on the  further developments here.

[The Peregrine Chick]

This chick is actually very lucky, we've had a number of chicks die in smokestacks in Winnipeg ...

Do you mean a number of peregrine chicks, TPC?!  (not you, of course! ) I've been watching for 4 years and don't recall any such catastrophes, but maybe before that?

Yup, before that - most were in the 1980s, but one of our release birds from 1986 was found dead in a smokestack (during migration north) in 2004 I believe - still waiting for the details on that one, as you can see, sometimes it takes a long time to get the news ...

[Eye-spy]

I've tried to stuff her in a chimmeneneny a couple times, but she's pretty quick 

[Kinderchick]

This chick is actually very lucky, we've had a number of chicks die in smokestacks in Winnipeg ...

Do you mean a number of peregrine chicks, TPC?!   (not you, of course! ) I've been watching for 4 years and don't recall any such catastrophes, but maybe before that?

[RCF]

Glad he's okay, Thank goodness for the persistence of those caring people. 

[The Peregrine Chick]

This chick is actually very lucky, we've had a number of chicks die in smokestacks in Winnipeg ...

[Kinderchick]

Too bad about this little guy getting stuck in a chimney, but at least it was the chimney of people who care about wildlife! 

[bcbird]

The article mentioned this same small male had a three day walk on the ground below the tower after his fledge.  He has had a very eventful life, and is happily a survivor.

[sami]

Wow! How great there was someone there who persisted until they were able to free him - and persisted even thinking it was a sparrow!