Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2012 / Ivy & Princess
allikat:
In my opinion, Princess is an icon! She, is by far, the true definition of the ever so powerful and protective, Peregrine Falcon!
Linder:
Quite agree with you TPC, as I and others have watched this site for the last few seasons, Princess is a force to be wary off. At banding her mate Ivy calming sat on his perch and did nothing while Princess soared overhead and challenged the intruders, TPC and Dennis. Do not be fooled by Princess, she is the ruler at The Radisson.
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: RaptorGal on May 14, 2012, 20:50 ---Princess sure behaves like a little darling mother! She reminds me very much of Tweetybird's Grandma!! Love the way she talks to her little flufflings!! Instead of cuddling her little ones, she fluffle-ups to them!
--- End quote ---
Boy-o-boy has she got you fooled RaptorGal ;)
That is one mean mama! "Darling" has never been a word I have associated with this bird - and though she's a Gramma a few times over, think the Queen from Aliens (the second movie in the series!!) There's a reason there was blood all over the outside-nestbox-cam earlier this year, she beat the dickens out of Ms Hanky-Panky before sending her on her way. And its not the first time she's done it, though it seems to be the first time she's left evidence behind.
Seriously though, try not to anthropomorphize too much about peregrine behaviour. Princess is gentle with her chicks and we have all seen her go above and beyond to protect her young from everything/anything including torrential rain. However, if one of her daughters were to turn up next spring vying for the Radisson territory, Princess would do the same thing she did to Ms Hanky-Panky. And who knows, we had a black banded female at the nestbox right before migration (after Sandy left), that could have been one of Princess' girls and she could have been Ms H-P this spring, we just don't know. So appreciate her for her devotion, admire her patience (at the moment) and enjoy her for her ability to kill dinner and then feed it ever so carefully to her chicks, but don't forget this is an specialized, apex predator that has fought its way back from the edge of extinction in this country not by being cute but rather by being a peregrine through and through.
birdcamfan:
If you are ever looking for something go to the home page and search using key words. In this case you would just have to enter dictionary.
RCF:
--- Quote from: RaptorGal on May 14, 2012, 21:27 ---
--- Quote from: birdcamfan on May 14, 2012, 21:24 ---"Flufflings"
"Chubbling"
Look for the Peregrine dictionary if it still exists and post your definitions there. This forum has always been a hotbed for new words.
--- End quote ---
And where is this dictionary? I did not know of its existance. ;)
--- End quote ---
Link to A Phanatics' Dictionary http://www.species-at-risk.mb.ca/projects/pfrp/forum/programs/index.php/topic,981.0.html
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version