Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2008 / Trey & Princess
The Peregrine Chick:
For any of our out-of-town viewers, there is a link to Environment Canada's short-term forecast weather page for Winnipeg on the Peregrine Chick Blog if you want to know what is coming. The weather here changes fast (nothing to get in the way here on the prairies don't ya know ;) ) so I thought it would be helpful to have a fast link available somewhere kind of central.
Sunny with clouds here right now - 11:39 am.
The Peregrine Chick:
Thanks for the post Donna, and yes, probably naming the chicks before they are hatched is a bit early ;D though I'm sure you are far from the first person to start thinking about names. And thank you for the suggestions, I'm not sure if I could avoid being a "mother hen" if I had a chick named after me!
As for contests, we have had a contest to name the chicks from school children and it took us a month to go through all the names! Last year we had a contest on the Peregrine Chick Blog that was much easier to manage and had about 10x as many entries. I'll have to see how we want to do it this year, though I will admit to that last year's method is very appealing.
As for names for the chicks, if we choose last year's method, then I need to provide names. Last year we chose the names of different types of winds from around the world. And the winners were: Hurricane, Chinook (for males), Mistral and Taku (for females). Going to have to think of suitable names for this year's birds so maybe I will solicit themes for names later. And I do mean later, let's get them hatched first! :D
The Peregrine Chick:
Its a good question Earlybird. Basically it will be much like it is now at the start. Today because of the wind and colder air temps, if the chicks I imagine you will barely get a glimpse of them. Because the chicks can't thermoregulate (regulate their body temperatures) for the first 10 days, Princess and Trey will be all over them. Tomorrow, if the weather forecast is correct, should be warmer and sunny and the parents will be more willing to get off them so long as they can be warm and dry. Feedings will be your best chance to see it/them.
Donna:
Hi Tracy
I would like to thank you and everyone involved for all your hard work to bring this great event into our homes. I know my suggestion may be a bit early, but thought I'd post it now to give you some time to think about it and see what everyone else thought. I suggest that when it comes time to name the chicks you name them: Tracy, Radisson and Shaw. If that is totally out of the question, how about running a contest among the school children of the city?
Donna
ballywing:
Finally some sunshine! - going to be cool and windy (of course) today and going below 0 tonight (ack) - but the rest of the week looks good... so......things are looking up! I hope the chicks can wait til tomorrow to hatch! 8) Looks like Trey on now, I keep missing the shift changes! :-\
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