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Offline The Peregrine Chick

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / June
« Reply #1506 on: June 07, 2011, 21:27 »
2127 hrs

Looks like Brandon's rain has finally arrived in the 'Peg.

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / June
« Reply #1505 on: June 07, 2011, 20:37 »
If you have been watching the "Chick Pile" for some time or if things are slow...why not check out Peregrines 2011
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/peregrines_2011

Or for some newly uploaded photos of the WEST WINNIPEG Birds
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/west_wpg_2011

Cheers !

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / June
« Reply #1504 on: June 07, 2011, 19:27 »
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Princess is sitting on the edge of the nestbox looking out and taking care of some personal hygiene ...

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / June
« Reply #1503 on: June 07, 2011, 18:26 »
Feeding is finally done - now the chicks are in a food induced coma in the corner  ;)

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / June
« Reply #1502 on: June 07, 2011, 18:24 »
So many feathers in the nest box.  Never saw feathers like that up there before.  So cute to watch them eat tho.

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / June
« Reply #1501 on: June 07, 2011, 18:12 »
Think it may be Ivy. Their crops are so full you'd think they'd bust :-X Luckily, not a problem ;D

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / June
« Reply #1500 on: June 07, 2011, 18:11 »
Another meal has arrived and Mom(I think) is busy plucking.....WOW, feathers are flying! The chicks don't appear too hungry. Oh, there they go, mouths are opening and the noise has started! No wonder you can almost see them growing.  :)

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / June
« Reply #1499 on: June 07, 2011, 17:57 »
Oh don't feel foolish at all Leana!  :D - TPC is a great question answerer, and you weren't the only one concerned, my sister is at home watching the birds
and emailed me about the same thing - she thought it was a stick!  ;D

I have been watching and reading for four years and still have many questions and worries. Also agree with Saoirse about the answers for the kinderchicks, always fascinating reading. Plus, the kiddies think of the neatest questions. Luckily, tpc, always gives us an answer. :D

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / June
« Reply #1498 on: June 07, 2011, 17:33 »
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Dinner time at the nestbox ... everyone is up and begging for more ... and getting it!  Their crops are stuffed!
« Last Edit: June 07, 2011, 17:38 by The Peregrine Chick »

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / June
« Reply #1497 on: June 07, 2011, 16:22 »
Just saw a falcon (not sure who) fly right by my window with prey-in-talons.  Gonna miss this when I leave the office!

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / June
« Reply #1496 on: June 07, 2011, 16:12 »
Has it ever happened that we remove accessories from their mouths, yup, banding in Brandon a few years ago, one chick was yelling at me (and the Brandon Sun photographer) with a foot sticking out of her mouth - hard to take her seriously with this Wiley Coyote thing going on. ...

LOL...I have a picture in my mind!  ;D ;D

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / June
« Reply #1495 on: June 07, 2011, 15:59 »
Oh don't feel foolish at all Leana!  :D - TPC is a great question answerer, and you weren't the only one concerned, my sister is at home watching the birds
and emailed me about the same thing - she thought it was a stick!  ;D
« Last Edit: June 07, 2011, 16:24 by ballywing »

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / June
« Reply #1494 on: June 07, 2011, 15:33 »
Well I definitely feel relieved and just a wee bit foolish!  Thought I was witnessing a baby in distress when it was just a normal situation!  Thank you for the explanation TPC, I didn't know about Peregrine pellets!  But now that you explain it, it makes total sense.  I actually did see a picture in the gallery of one and wondered what it was (ewwww!).  LOL.  Must admit, it was pretty funny to watch poor baby fight to dislodge the feather and I swear he was begging for someone to help him/her!!!

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / June
« Reply #1493 on: June 07, 2011, 15:15 »
TPC, I truly love your explanations of things like this; they're very vivid and often leave me snickering at the mental picture they draw!

Leana, I'd highly recommend checking out the area where TPC answers questions from Kinderchick's class -- I read them faithfully and always end up learning a lot, in a very easy-to-digest (unlike the leg or feather you saw being swallowed!) way!

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / June
« Reply #1492 on: June 07, 2011, 15:05 »
Well, I watched the struggles for quite some time (sneaking peeks at the cam while working).  Not sure if the feather got dislodged or was swallowed.  He/she was trying to do both but I missed the final outcome.  Of course, this was the baby with it's back to the camera so said stuck feather could still be in place!  How traumatizing for the poor thing... or maybe more so for the viewers?  Sure seemed like it was crying out to its siblings "Help me get this thing out!" :-[

Feathers and legs and chicks are like little kids putting peas up their nose, an annual event. The falcons don't swallow their food all the way to their stomach, it does make a pitstop in the crop which is (simplified version here) about half-way down their throat so the feather/leg can't go very far.  Also, these birds have an amazing regurgitation reflex, remember they hack up pellets (such an nice innocuous name for the peregrine version of a hairball) all the time when they begin eating feathers etc on a regular basis.  At the moment their parents of providing them with just the meat but soon they will be trying to eat everything/anything.

So while it looks like they are in great distress, it is a common occurrence and mostly they work it out.  Has it ever happened that we remove accessories from their mouths, yup, banding in Brandon a few years ago, one chick was yelling at me (and the Brandon Sun photographer) with a foot sticking out of her mouth - hard to take her seriously with this Wiley Coyote thing going on.  We carefully removed it so she could play big bad birdie again.

At the 1430h feeding, all the chicks were eating and there was no sign of the obstinate feather that I could see ... so looks like the little darling managed to work out a solution to its problem on its own ...