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West Winnipeg - 2011 / Beau & Jules
The Peregrine Chick:
Sad news this morning ....
Polo fledged last night just before we lost the light to the cameras. He ended up on the Viscount Gort which is where we found him this morning. He was on the lowest roof and Dennis and I were discussing what would be his best (aka safest) routes off the roof and he chose one that was not the safest. He was okay until he tried to land on a decorative standard (like a light standard) and couldn't get a grip and fluttered down to the ground. Had he landed on the median and stayed there for a minute or two we probably would have been able to get to him in time to prevent him from running afoul of the traffic. Unfortunately, he didn't. He fluttered down and into traffic and was clipped by a car that didn't have time to react it was that fast. He died on impact. Dennis and I got to him a minute or two later but it was too late.
This is the same kind of accident that Fyfe and Carson experienced and the kind that kills the most fledgling peregrines, a low roof and a poor choice. For Fyfe it was a nearby building, for Carson it was luck he didn't hit hard enough to kill or paralyze himself and for Polo it was inexperience and a poor choice of direction.
des:
--- Quote from: Doreen on July 24, 2011, 12:27 ---Great pictures Tracy. ;D Glad to be able to see Polo, Jules, and Beau.
Does he have a transmitter on him? The first picture kind of looks like
there's a long wire behind him.
--- End quote ---
//??
The Peregrine Chick:
1704h
Its windy in West Winnipeg and Polo is napping on the shelf on his nestbox in the sun and mostly out of the wind. This morning he was a crazy little boy bird playing with bits of meals in his nestbox (these birds are extremely neat this year) but for most of the day, he's been hanging out inside the box out of the sun.
Mom and Dad visited throughout the day, napping, watching, chatting with kid ... at the moment I suspect an after school snack is about to come in ... usually happens that way, kid is asleep, parents wake him up with food, kid can't get back to sleep and has delusions of flying .... :o
The Peregrine Chick:
Polo has retreated to the shaded interior of the nestbox, Beau has moved a bit down the wall to watch whatever peregrines like to watch for fun ...
Kinderchick:
Wonderful to see your photos of Polo, TPC. 8)
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