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McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / Brooklyn & Hurricane
The Peregrine Chick:
Just got confirmation ...
Chick Names
The Brandon chicks hatched on June 5th which is the date of the Transit of Venus (http://www.transitofvenus.org/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Venus). Because Venus has a retrograde orbit it is viewed twice in six years then not again for 100+ years - the next transit will be in 2117 - hopefully by that date, the peregrines won't need our assistance anymore!
Female (red) - Maya - the Maya were amazing astronomers and Venus was very important to them and they understood the planet's full cycle - the Venus cycle was especially important because the Maya believed it was associated with war and used it to divine appropriate times for coronations and war - Maya rulers planned for wars to begin when Venus rose.
Male (green) - Hunter - Maureen Hunter (http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Hunter%2C%20Maureen) - one of the transit expeditions was lead by Guillaume Le Gentil - he spent 8 years travelling in an attempt to observe either of the 1761/1769 transits but failing - his unsuccessful journey led to him losing his wife and possessions being declared dead. Winnipeg playwright Maureen Hunter based her play "Transit of Venus" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Venus_(play)) on his life. Play premiered at MTC in 1992 (1992 was also the last year we released captive-bred chicks in Brandon - 1993 was the first successful nest)
Male (white) - Sol - the Latin name for the star, Sol, is widely known but is not common in general English language use - the Transit of Venus is an astronomical event, the voyage of a planet (Venus) across the face of the a star (Sol)
BirdLover:
Haha. Love how they are watching it intently at the beginning of the vid. :o Thanks RCF
The Peregrine Chick:
Heck, now I need to track that little piece of comedy down for the Project's files!! ;) ;D
GCG:
--- Quote from: RCF on July 02, 2012, 16:00 ---The wind is blowing on the roof and the three peregrine chicks are seemingly chased by what looks like a food wrapper of some kind.
http://youtu.be/cwafUS--g7M
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;D ;D ;D Thanks for this very funny video, RCF! Since watching it, I often visualize it time and time again. I described it to my husband as such, imagine an old cartoon times 3. Wylie Coyote causing the Roadrunner to flee. Instead Wylie is in the shape of a food wrapper. Never knew a falcon could run so fast. Beep Beep! :D :D
craqers:
--- Quote from: bcbird on July 03, 2012, 00:00 ---Thanks for the "chased" video, RCF.
They certainly do show off their puffaloons as they scurry!
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Oh my gosh, that was too cute!! They sure can melt hearts with their cuteness.
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