Manitoba Peregrines > McKenzie Seeds Peregrines
McKenzie Seeds - 2011 / Brooklyn & Hurricane
The Peregrine Chick:
1330 hrs
Everyone, in all our boxes, are sound asleep right now. Amazing to see :D
Rose:
We were down town between 9:30 And 10:3o, first we went to the parkade ,Hurricane was in the nest box no sign of Brooklyn any where so we drove down to the parking lot beside the bus mall. we just got there and Hurricane came out of the nest box and sat on the blue/green pole (MTS tower). While she was there she yelled several times but no Brooklyn,then we went to the parking lot beind the McK building,Hurricane was still on her post and still yelling. There was Brooklyn up on a west side 7th story window ledge having a little rest and/or snooze(the sneaky little devil)he looked down and saw us and decided he should go back to the tower.So back we went Hurricane was still on her post and he was on a crossbar,she spoke some more and off Brooklyn went and back very shortly with prey which Hurricane grabbed. Then she was off to the nest box so we came home 8)
The Peregrine Chick:
1137h
Bit breezy in Brandon right now ... Hurricane had a bit of trouble while she was preening, the wind kept messing up her "do" and the chicks just kept trying to crawl back under her ... :D
And you can see the start of tail feathers now on one of the chicks - not to mention that their secondy downy coat has been filling in very fast over the last couple of days ...
The Peregrine Chick:
And since its Friday, here is the weekend weather forecast for Brandon ...
Today - Cloudy. Showers beginning this afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm late this afternoon. Amount 5 mm. Wind becoming east 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High 22. UV index 5 or moderate.
Tonight - Showers ending overnight then clearing. Risk of a thunderstorm this evening. Amount 10 mm. Wind east 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light early this evening. Low 10.
Saturday - Sunny. Increasing cloudiness in the evening. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h early in the evening. High 24.
Sunday - A mix of sun and cloud. Low 14. High 22.
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Sue on June 16, 2011, 20:14 ---That sure doesn't look like a bird that the chicks are being fed. I looks like it has paws! :o
--- End quote ---
Think it was a rail of some sort - they have relatively small bodies in relation to the size of their feet. When the adults bring in food it usually comes without the head or the wings so it often looks like a rodent with two tails ;) Peregrines rarely hunt mammals and given the amount and variety of birds around the nestsite the likelihood you would see a mammal is pretty much nil - unless it's one with two tails of course ;D
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