Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2008 / Trey & Princess
Moonstar:
I am glad you posted something Loriann.
I kept going on the foum this morning to see if anyone posted anything. I could see there were people online viewing the posts already there but no one was posting. I wanted to but did not know how to start or what to say.
Today is a bleak cool day like Friday was. We have had a lot of rain fall over night and this morning. I don't think as much rain fell but it is so dreary out there.
I do believe everyone is thinking about Tracy and her helpers and Princess and Trey. I know they are on my mind a lot.
It just seems so unfair the way Mother Nature works at times. Usually we do not know the outcome so it doesn't affect us. These little ones had so many people watching and pulling for them. So many people were so attached to them which makes it all so hard.
I just look forward to posts from Tracy on how Princess and Trey are and how the Brandon family is doing. I believe Tracy also has photos of all of them and when she has time she will be posting them.
Thanks again for starting something here.
Hope every one is having fairly good day.
Loriann:
:'(
Ok, I'll do it...
Seeing as no one else has started a 'topic of the day', I'll do it.
Tracy, have you seen Princess or Trey today? Even though no one is posting today, both they and you are still in our thoughts. Hope today is a brighter day for everyone.
:-\
The Peregrine Chick:
Trey and Princess are going to what they want when they want I'm afraid. However, if they do decide to re-nest, it will be sooner rather than later This year, Trey returned on March 31st and the first egg was laid on April 19th. Since there is no need to renew their acquaintance after the winter away from one another. Previous re-nestings usually occurred about two weeks after the first nest was lost. Keep in mind that Trey and Princess have not lost a nest before so I can't speak to what exactly these two birds will do, just what other Manitoba peregrines have done in the past. Only one re-nest took place in the location where the original nest failed. That was Madame, and she very much preferred the nestbox over her years as the Radisson resident female. All other renests have been in the nestbox. If (if) they re-nest, there is a very good chance that they will use the nestbox.
As for scent, its not a factor in nestsite selection. So no worries there. We tend not to over-clean the nestboxes pre- and post-season. We leave bones et al in the box so that the sites are familiar, or at least seem undisturbed by humans.
And Trey's "scraping", though it is part of the pre-nesting ritual, now it could be reinforcing/renewing his pair bond with Princess and/or his/their territorial rights. We will just have to see. I hope to get the spy-cam back online so that I can watch what Trey and Princess are up to, but until then, Pam across the street is watching out for them. Will keep you updated!
The Peregrine Chick
tortiebird:
This might be a weird question but would Trey and Princess follow scent? What if some of the rocks were takin off the ledge and put in the nest box then maybe Trey and Princess would go to the nest box next year... or still hoping for a chance this year..
bev.:
Tracy's blog message was indeed hopeful, I replied there ,so i will not repeat myself. But as I read it i had a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes.
We have here in Edmonton one of the hatches from this same ledge in 2006.( the female) so although dangerous in our eyes, maybe not in theirs.
As I said somewhere before we cannot know what make s them make the decisions they do but we have to accept them.
I will keep my fingers crossed for them.
They may just be going through a grieving process now or re bonding.
It is nice to connect on these blogs with other people who feel as we do and have the passion for these raptors.
I also follow many nests but I have not been able to do so enthusiastically since Friday.
Hopefully tomorrow will bring new zest.
this year has been an unusually bad year because of weather but someone reminded me that is natures way. Hard as it may be nature has a plan.( unfortunately man has interfered with our environment which in turn has adversely affected nature)
I am off my soap box now. ;) ;)
Have a good evening everyone and hope for a brighter tomorrow. :)
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