Manitoba Peregrines > Brandon Tower Peregrines
Tower Nest - 2011 / Zeus & Alice
Doreen:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on September 20, 2011, 17:23 ---We followed through on our trip and Dennis was able to get some more photos of both the adults. From those photos we were able to identify Alice's "boyfriend". And once again we have proof that Manitoba peregrines just get better with age - at 16 years old (and our oldest male peregrine), Alice's mate this year is none other than Zeus, the resident McKenzie Seeds male prior to Brooklyn!
Plans are in the works to install a nestbox in a more accessible location not far from exposed site Alice & Zeus chose this year. It's outside the range of the McKenzie Seeds site so we have real hopes for a new nestsite here.
It would be wonderful to have a second pair in the Brandon area, so keep your fingers crossed folks!
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Wonderful news, the possibly of 5 nesting pairs in Manitoba. What could be better. ;D
Tracy, will you or Dennis post some pictures so we can see them too?
The Peregrine Chick:
Here's an end-of-season update on Alice ...
Alice followed her boyfriend out west in the first half of June which coincided with the late arrival/movement of waterbirds into the province (Kate & Cowboy started disappearing at the same time). We didn't know where they had ended up until someone spotted chicks on the catwalk of a tower in Brandon. Shortly after that, one chick disappeared from the nest, leaving just one. Finally employees at the site were able to take some photos and we were able to confirm they were indeed peregrines - but better than that, one photo showed that it was our lost Alice!
We made plans to visit the site a couple of days later but right before we were to arrive, there was a report that the second chick had died, which was unexpected as the chick was obviously older than banding age in the photos from the previous week. We suspect that this chick was probably the victim of a predator - most likely a Great Horned Owl or maybe even a Red-tailed Hawk (not generally a predator) as they have been known to nest in the area. The site they chose is very well protected, only something avian could get to them. Though the losses are sad, this is Alice's first nesting season and managed to get a chick close to fledging age and the what she has learned/experienced this year will make it just that much easier for her next year. Still would have been nice for her to have a successful nest first time out.
We followed through on our trip and Dennis was able to get some more photos of both the adults. From those photos we were able to identify Alice's "boyfriend". And once again we have proof that Manitoba peregrines just get better with age - at 16 years old (and our oldest male peregrine), Alice's mate this year is none other than Zeus, the resident McKenzie Seeds male prior to Brooklyn! Zeus looked good, much much smaller than Alice who is large compared with all our other resident birds. Alice is still sporting a lot of juvenile plumage for a two year old bird, but Jules did too so likely next year she will be less brown/more grey.
Plans are in the works to install a nestbox in a more accessible location not far from exposed site Alice & Zeus chose this year. It's outside the range of the McKenzie Seeds site so we have real hopes for a new nestsite here. Not much concrete information to share at the moment, too new a site and there is alot of work to do before next spring to get the site, box and safeguards (including cameras) installed before (hopefully) the birds (Alice & Zeus or another pair) return next spring.
It would be wonderful to have a second pair in the Brandon area, so keep your fingers crossed folks!
photosbydennis:
I didn't see any thing last week on 3 trip's past :(
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: BigBird on June 13, 2011, 16:33 ---TPC have you seen any sign of her?? I haven't seen her at all... 2 weeks ago i think was the last time I saw her very briefly....
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Not in the last week, but I haven't been back to her old stomping grounds either, will have to take the long way home tonight .... ;)
BigBird:
TPC have you seen any sign of her?? I haven't seen her at all... 2 weeks ago i think was the last time I saw her very briefly....
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