Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2008 / Trey & Princess
skygirlblue:
OMG!!! I'm just getting home....9 pages of posts...took me about 15 minutes to get through them all....you guys did awesome with the play-by-play....and I'm so excited that we, or shall I clarify~P & T, have 3 little ones...Very special that some of you got to see a hatch....it is so exciting...and to think what they have to go through to get out of that egg...I can't believe Princess helped him/her out...what a super MOM!!!!! Happy Birthday you 3 little miracles....and congratulations....I can't wait to see the pics!!!
bev.:
Just checking in. Princess is on the chicks now. Great stuff. I am going to learn how to put the time on pictures so they should be better
Would you like them cropped?
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: deedream on May 28, 2008, 15:46 ---Was Trey like this last year Tracy? He cant or wont stay with the chicks very long. They just switched again.
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Trey's always like this at this time of the year. He's pretty maternal but doesn't get to sit with the kids much so when he does he's always trying to do everything - clean, tuck the kids in bed, look pretty for his sweetie ... hmmm, sounds like most Moms 8) .
As for not staying with the chicks, its warm enough outside that he doesn't have to. Now that they have hatched they don't need to be "baked" anymore, they are done. Now its just a case of keeping them warm/cool and dry until they can thermoregulate on their own. Sorry, that makes it sound easy and it isn't, there is actually where the hard work begins. Incubation was long and boring for them, now its more difficult and labour intensive.
The Peregrine Chick:
Do worries, the chicks are fine and it only looks like stomping because their feet are so big! They used to be called the "Great-footed Hawk" - Audubon sure knew how to name 'em ::) Actually their feet can practically cover one of the chicks at this age!
And the chicks are fine, less stomping than walking on tip-talons. And the talons are curved inward so think, upside-down basket rather than raptor (dinosaur) talons.
deedream:
Was Trey like this last year Tracy? He cant or wont stay with the chicks very long. They just switched again.
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