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Offline Ellie

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / July
« Reply #3456 on: July 14, 2011, 22:13 »
Thanks for all the posts everyone.  Nice to keep up-to-date.  Will check in again tomorrow to see how everyone is faring. So glad it was an uneventful day.  Enough drama already ;D

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / July
« Reply #3455 on: July 14, 2011, 22:09 »
Just got back from a quick US trip and I am so relieved to see that all the kids are back! Funny how they were on my mind a lot of the time. Thanks for all the updates - can't wait to see them tomorrow on the cam when it is daylight! :D

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / July
« Reply #3454 on: July 14, 2011, 21:43 »
You wanna see serious bird attitude, take a look at Dennis' picture of Fife IMG_0035-1.

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / July
« Reply #3453 on: July 14, 2011, 21:41 »
"Bird-tude"... LOL! That has to go in the Phanatic dictionary, cadria. 8)

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / July
« Reply #3452 on: July 14, 2011, 21:40 »
7:00 pm



In my books, this is what I would call serious "Bird-tude".  :D

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / July
« Reply #3451 on: July 14, 2011, 21:36 »
OK, I see the 3rd now. How nice to have this extension on watching the 3 of them. I don't know what I'm going to watch once they leave for good!!
There are lots of other cams to watch, cb. The peregrine falcons in Orange, NSW, Australia have just begun some of their courting rituals for the new season. :)

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / July
« Reply #3450 on: July 14, 2011, 21:28 »
OK, I see the 3rd now. How nice to have this extension on watching the 3 of them. I don't know what I'm going to watch once they leave for good!!

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / July
« Reply #3449 on: July 14, 2011, 21:26 »
Looks like the last chic just flew off at 17:19...And then it came right back.
You are exactly right, lifo, it was Bea who flew off at that time and then returned immediately to the nestbox! 8) Met susha downtown around 5:00 PM and we had a wonderful 2 hours of fledgewatching time, inspite of all the traffic coming down for the Katy Perry concert. So many comings and goings and squawking and flying about that it is hard for me to remember all that was happening and in what order. :o

When I first arrived, while waiting for susha, that is when I could hear squawking coming from up high in the nestbox and saw a bird fly out and then back in. At the time, I didn't realize it was Bea because there was also another bird perched up on the nestbox ledge, so I wasn't absolutely sure who flew out and back in.

A few minutes later, when susha arrived, we took a walk to the top of "Fyfe's parkade (City Place parkade) and we were able to spot Ivy perched on the "i" of the Manitoba Hydro Bldg. lettering. Princess was in her usual spot, perched on the Radisson communication tower, above the nestbox, just above a red lightbulb looking thing, which some of us fledgewatchers have begun to refer to as "the parrot". ;)

Very shortly after that, we were treated to a wonderful aerial display, of the 2 boys flying around the top of the Radisson, circling and gliding, then over they came, over the Rogers Bldg. and then above us on the parkade. Of course, we called out to them and waved as they did their fly-by! ;D Soon they circled around and back they flew to the Radisson, one seeming to land back in the nestbox and the other landing on the Radisson tower. It was an amazing site to see. Very spectacular and we remarked to each other that we had never quite seen anything like it! 8)

Before leaving the downtown, we heard lots of squawking again, seeming to come from the nestbox. We may have witnessed a food drop at one point but not sure. Princess was perched on the Radisson tower as we left, watching over her "babies", like the great mama that she is. We lost track of Ivy and surmised that Princess must have sent him out for groceries. ;)

BTW, the weather was actually very pleasant, not too hot at all, but we did witness a huge cloud cover rolling in. And if I did get any of the fledgewatching details confused or omitted any important details, I'm sure that susha will get it right. ;) :-*
What a good treatise Kinderchick very interesting to read I enjoyed it and it seems you had a good time. :)

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / July
« Reply #3448 on: July 14, 2011, 21:25 »
I only see two. Did the 3rd leave the nest again?

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / July
« Reply #3447 on: July 14, 2011, 21:14 »
OMG, too funny!  Bea just jumped up beside Carson and he started picking the fluff off her sides!!! LOL.  And now she's finally trying to preen it off herself.  Wow... head under back of wing.  She's even a contortionist!  ;D
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Re: Radisson - 2011 / July
« Reply #3446 on: July 14, 2011, 21:12 »
He is so adorable, I agree Leanna! 

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / July
« Reply #3445 on: July 14, 2011, 21:10 »
Whatever Carson is watching right now, he is being adorable!  Yup, not just cute, but adorable.  He is following somebirdy flying around above him.  SO cute!

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / July
« Reply #3444 on: July 14, 2011, 21:09 »
The two males were sitting on the end and Bea just barged through them, actually landed on Cade, nearly knocking him off, then she jumped down to the ledge and Cade followed...lol

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / July
« Reply #3443 on: July 14, 2011, 21:07 »
He's making himself comfortable on Cade's Corner ::)

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / July
« Reply #3442 on: July 14, 2011, 21:04 »
Carson's looking at the cam as though he knows we're all watching him :-*

And we are.  ;D

...Lovingly ;)