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Radisson - 2012 / Ivy & Princess
The Peregrine Chick:
Yesterday (the 7th) just Smiley in the nestbox a couple of times. Joli might have come in on the ledge once and then turned around and took off again, but that is just based on size and it was so fast that it's just a "might have", more likely it was Smiley, he does like the ledgecam corner when it's sunny - it catches the sun better at certain times of the day.
This morning (the 8th) both birds were back at the box - could just see the bi-coloured bands in the gloom, no numbers, heck no colours it was so dark at the time, just that the top was darker than the bottom and more noticeable on the smaller bird (black over green) than on the larger (black over red).
Smiley is a very pretty bird - Dennis and I both commented on it before we knew who he was in the spring. And his name is a great choice in honour of the first nesting location of peregrines in Grand Forks however, it will take me time to get used to calling him by his name if he's back next year and finds a lady-friend to nest with! It will be a wee bit easier because he is just such a pretty bird - he reminds me of Trey and Ty - must be something about T-named birds and some of the children of T-named birds - Smiley's mom is Terminator.
The Peregrine Chick:
We have had lots of in/out at the nestbox today - Smiley and Joli are practicing or hedging their bets! Cowboy is quite a bit older than Joli so like Sandy the last few falls, she is making new "friends" just in case for next year. Having said that, because Cowboy and Joli haven't actually nested, they can't really be considered an established pair, she might take off with Smiley next year even if Cowboy is around.
We are working on some new condos so if we do have an "extra" pair (or two) in town next year, they will be able to find a place to park their eggs!
Kinderchick:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on October 04, 2012, 22:42 ---Keep in mind that its not that they can't stay here year-round, just that they don't, or rather the anatum subspecies migrates. Madame was here for 15 years winter and summer so it can be done, just that they don't ... or at least none have since Madame ...
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Ah, yes, I remember you telling us about Madame spending the whole winter in Winnipeg, TPC. I just thought that she was the exception and that it was very unusual for a peregrine falcon to be spending the winter here in Manitoba, with such a cold climate. I was thinking that Madame must have had an exceptional constitution. :)
The Peregrine Chick:
Okay, had bird(s) popping onto the nestbox edge a couple of times today but didn't stay long enough to so much as zoom in on it/them.
However, about 1600h, Joli turned up in the nestbox with a meal, shorebird I think. A bit later in jumped a bird to pick at the remains and I thought it was Joli until I realized that our black/green bird had turned up again (remember yesterday morning?) and I got a look at the bird's band and guess who, Smiley from Grand Forks is back! So today we definitely have at least two birds downtown - Joli and Smiley. Yesterday we had three - a black banded male that never came near the camera so I'm pretty sure it wasn't Ivy, a black/green bird who I assume is Smiley and the black/red bird who we identified as Joli.
Actually, what I have noticed is that the non-resident birds are more than a little wary about the cameras - makes it easy to spot them in fact. Ivy, Princess and the chicks have no problems standing right in front of the camera - the "tourists" tend to say right on the edge of the outside-box-cam range, one of the reasons it takes along time to get their band numbers.
The Peregrine Chick:
Two birds in the nestbox today just after 0700h. Light was way to dim and gloomy to even guess at who it might be I'm afraid. Nothing since, well, except that the snow in the nestbox and the ice on the ledge have melted. Winter, ugh :'(
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