Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2012 / Ivy & Princess
The Peregrine Chick:
Had a buzz by the Radisson this morning and there was our girl playing Guardian-of-the-Nestbox - she was just perched there like an immovable object, very imposing and impressive. Ivy we saw over Portage and Main and then over the Red River immediate east of there (and north of the Provencher Street Bridge). At the time we wondered if he was off hunting but by the time we got to HSC we could see that the Immovable One had moved, so probably an aerial courtship flight. Same pattern as we have been watching in West Winnipeg actually, so it may be that the West Winnipeg and Radisson birds will be much closer with their nesting/hatching dates than they usually are - usually WW is a couple of weeks behind the Radisson.
It was a nice day for courtship flights, the wind was picking up in open areas by 11 am so soaring flights would be much easier - yesterday, Jules and Beau had to work a bit harder to get where/how high they wanted to go because of the lack of wind.
des:
--- Quote from: bccs on March 31, 2012, 20:02 ---I didn't see them today, most likely wrong place at the wrong time ( me ).
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A friend in Charleswood phoned be around 6:15 or so tonight. Said she saw what she was sure were 4 peregrines very high up and there was definitely a big chase going on. She didn't get to see them that long.
bccs:
I didn't see them today, most likely wrong place at the wrong time ( me ).
Saoirse:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on March 30, 2012, 15:09 ---Mother Hen is quite right, not nice weather at all for birds or humans, too cool and damp to be very comfortable outside, it gets into your bones and takes a while to warm up.
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Much, much nicer today -- surely the sunshine will encourage Princess and Ivy to hang out at the nestbox and maybe even decide that it's the place to settle.
bccs:
I saw Ivy yesterday at about 3 pm. He made a nice lazy circle around the Radisson and then landed on the platform on Pam's building.
No sign of Princess.
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