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Offline Saoirse

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Re: Radisson - 2012 / April
« Reply #186 on: April 12, 2012, 14:51 »
Fantastic! To go from no news to news of 4 eggs is great!  ;D

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Re: Radisson - 2012 / April
« Reply #185 on: April 12, 2012, 13:47 »
FOUR??? :o :o  Wow, I'm kind of shocked!  I gotta get used to this.  Was thinking "only maybe" you'd find one or two.  Very cool.

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Re: Radisson - 2012 / April
« Reply #184 on: April 12, 2012, 13:38 »
Ah yes, ty Eye-spy for all your expertise and reports on the birds.....it is much appreciated!   :-*    

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Re: Radisson - 2012 / April
« Reply #183 on: April 12, 2012, 13:29 »
Thanks go to Eye-spy for taking the time to "spy" on the birds when he was working on our internet connection!!  I will be very glad however when I can get a proper look at the birds/eggs though ....  ;)

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Re: Radisson - 2012 / April
« Reply #182 on: April 12, 2012, 13:17 »
Alright TPC......great news! And congrats to Ma & Pa falcons.  :) I am looking forward to the entertainment.  ;D

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Re: Radisson - 2012 / April
« Reply #181 on: April 12, 2012, 12:55 »
Congrats for Princess & Ivy! And how will I every get any work done from now until - oh let's say October! As Susha put it "very exciting news! indeed!
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Re: Radisson - 2012 / April
« Reply #180 on: April 12, 2012, 12:48 »
Woo Hoo!!!!!  We have eggs!!! This is very exciting news!!

Thanks TPC. 

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Re: Radisson - 2012 / April
« Reply #179 on: April 12, 2012, 12:16 »
Eye-spy is currently at the Hotel working on our internet connection and he is watching the birds on the cameras while he's there.  And there is a reason we haven't seen Princess and Ivy of late, they have begun incubating 4 eggs!!!  ;D

If we can get the connection up and operating today, I'll see about going back through the video to see when the eggs were laid or I'll do the old-school incubation math and we should have an estimated hatch date range for you all in the next couple of days.

But here's a ballpark calc to hold everyone over ... Ivy and Hanky-Panky Hussy together on March 17th, Princess and Ivy confirmed on the 22nd.  Minimum of 14 days of copulation takes us to April 5th.  Say first egg was laid on the 6th, second on the 7th, 3rd on the 9th (incubation begins), last on the 10th.  Guess-timate for hatching is on or around the weekend of May 12-13th since Princess usually incubates for more than 28 days.  But that's just a first guess.

And yes, that would mean that we and CBC will shoot for the cams to go live at teh beginning of May ... I say "will" because that puts us two-weeks ahead of schedule but we have most everything in place so not anticipating any problems but will keep everyone in the loop.

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Re: Radisson - 2012 / April
« Reply #178 on: April 11, 2012, 16:41 »
maybe the bird you saw was the one that was at the West end (Smiley)

good someone has seen her at the nest

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Re: Radisson - 2012 / April
« Reply #177 on: April 10, 2012, 18:18 »
Yup, I saw the birdie in the west nest too at about 2:30 p.m. Princess, I think, right up at the front, looking rather fierce too. At the same time, another birdie whom I'd guess to be Ivy, was facing her from the "b" on the Hydro building. Seconds later, I also thought I saw some birdy on the east side of the Rogers building. I thought how odd! But then when I ran back to check the Hydro building and whoever had been there had vamoosed and then when I went back to the Rogers bldg that bird had left too. Kept me hopping though.  :)

Offline irenekl

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Re: Radisson - 2012 / April
« Reply #176 on: April 10, 2012, 16:56 »
There was a bird in the westnest at approximately 2:45pm.  Saw from the street as I drove through downtown.

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Re: Radisson - 2012 / April
« Reply #175 on: April 10, 2012, 16:46 »
Downtown today, and did not see a single bird......checked all the usual haunts, plus some unusual ones...... :-\

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Re: Radisson - 2012 / April
« Reply #174 on: April 10, 2012, 13:15 »
I lost my window.....I am so sad now I have to go to someone else's window to have a peek...
So sorry to hear that you lost your bird's-eye window seat, MH. You were a great pair of eyes downtown, for those of us who wait to read any PF sighting reports. But at least you have been successful in encouraging others to watch for you/us. :D

...I might actually get to see the birds for the first time in flight or perched somewhere.  That's exciting...
Yes, borgy! It IS exciting! You will likely see some peregrine falcons and may even hear them, as well! Good choice, the Radisson Hotel! ;D

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Re: Radisson - 2012 / April
« Reply #173 on: April 10, 2012, 11:50 »
It's been awhile since I stopped by the forum.  My husband and I are are going to Winnipeg tomorrow.  We have tickets for the Trans Siberian Orchestra concert on Friday evening.  I booked the Radisson hotel because of its proximity to the MTS center and just this morning realized-it's the peregrine nest hotel.  I might actually get to see the birds for the first time in flight or perched somewhere.  That's exciting.  (although why I didn't realize it earlier ..........)

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Re: Radisson - 2012 / April
« Reply #172 on: April 10, 2012, 07:48 »
I lost my window.....I am so sad now I have to go to someone else's window to have a peek. Yesterday our system was down so I walked over to my old desk and told the men sitting in that row to watch the peregrines and showed them where to look just at the time Ivy flew back to the nest.... They were excited to watch that. they had never seen that before.So at least I now have others watching