McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / Brooklyn & Hurricane

[Leana]

Two boys and one girl!

Middle chick sure looked fiesty!  Probably the one who bites Hurricane's toes!

[newchick]

Have they held anything up to let us know what the first little one was?

This little guy is definitely squawking away - you can see the beak moving!!! Nope, but judging by the size, we may have 1 girl, (1st one); and 2 boys.  I wonder if they had to climb up the ladder again this year, and who would've been brave enough to do it?

[SuzieQmb]

Have they held anything up to let us know what the first little one was?

This little guy is definitely squawking away - you can see the beak moving!!!


I can't believe it - just as they were about to hold up the sign to tell us what they were, the camera changed angles!!  Or did I just miss something?  Do we know?

[susha]

Too funny, Craqers!

[craqers]

Most times when I have a look at the chicks, one is awake and doing its thing while the other two are asleep. Not sure if it's always the same one who is awake. It was funny yesterday because after being awake for at least 20 minutes (the time I had been watching) he/she nipped his sibling and woke him up. It was as if he was saying "enough now. . . it's time to get up!!"

[newchick]

RCF reminded me that I should post details again here about the banding at McKenzie Seeds tomorrow.

We have a couple of things to clean up on the roof so we like to do that before we retrieve the chicks for banding, so there will probably be a fair bit of noise from after 11am, that will be because of us.  Then we will be retrieving the chicks, taking them inside to band so it reduces stress on both the adults and chicks.  We'll band them the same way we band at the Radisson and they we'll be putting them back in the box.  By doing the work first, once the chicks do go back, Hurricane and Brooklyn will be able to go back to them as soon as they are sure they have "scared" us away.

So, we are planning to start streaming the banding online at 1130h CDT.  Might be a few minutes later if it takes us a bit longer to retrieve the chicks safely, but we are pretty sure we should be ready to go at/about 1130h CDT.  If there is a major delay, we will contact CBC so they can post a note on the Falcon Cam page.  And if I can access the Forum, I will post a delay notice here as well, but that's just a possibility - rely on the Falcon Cam page for updates if there is a delay of some sort.

Tomorrow's weather looks good - sunny with a high of 26C.  We'll need to wear sunblock as the UV index will be 7 or high, but that's okay.  Winds will be west 30km/h, so Dennis might be getting some amazing flight shots.  Since the wind will be from the west, it should be quite calm on the rooftop because the box is on the east side of the building.  Winds will be lighter in the evening so it looks to be a nice night for both chicks and adults post-banding.

That's it ...

Tracey. when you and the crew are up there, if that weird unhatched egg is still in the nest are you allowed to remove for analyzation?  Watch out for those sharp beaks.  Can't wait on the news of sex(s), and if there will be a naming contest for these ones too!

[Leana]

Thanks for all the definitions - the 1/3rd the size seems to make a lot of sense.  For sure the 1 male in 3 eggs doesn't work for Manitoba does it?  So now I can say I've learned a new word today... now to use it in a sentence...

[RCF]

To Anyone that has been watching the McKenzie cam this afternoon and wonders why Brooklyn and Hurricane have been alarm calling all afternoon, they are protesting the workmen on the communications tower who are fixing that buiding's roof. Neither Parent seems to be getting too excited just protesting from the east light and roof below the clock tower. I guess they maybe practicing for tomorrow's Banding.

Hurricane and Brooklyn on the roof below the clock tower glaring at the men across the street on the roof.   

[The Peregrine Chick]

Not always a big fan of Wikipedia for accuracy, however this is interesting.

"The traditional term for a male falcon is tercel (British spelling) or tiercel (American spelling), from Latin tertius = third because of the belief that only one in three eggs hatched a male bird.[2][3] Some sources give the etymology as deriving from the fact that a male falcon is approximately one third smaller than the female[4] (Old French tiercelet)."

Thanks for finding the picture of the Wilson's Phalarope, RCF.  I've never heard of this bird, so it's nice to have a face to the name. 

Interesting, we have more males than females hatched in our project ... more females reappear to nest but we hatch out more males than females ... I wonder what the continental ratio is ... I feel some research coming on ... 

[bcbird]

The Wilson's Phalarope reminds me of Sandpipers that I've seen on the Pacific coast.

[bcbird]

Not always a big fan of Wikipedia for accuracy, however this is interesting.

"The traditional term for a male falcon is tercel (British spelling) or tiercel (American spelling), from Latin tertius = third because of the belief that only one in three eggs hatched a male bird.[2][3] Some sources give the etymology as deriving from the fact that a male falcon is approximately one third smaller than the female[4] (Old French tiercelet)."

Thanks for finding the picture of the Wilson's Phalarope, RCF.  I've never heard of this bird, so it's nice to have a face to the name. 

[RCF]

These chicks are forever getting fed. Hurricane brought what was left of the phalarope and two kids shared a long stingy piece.  Almost like a dummy string we had as kids to keep our mitts together.  

http://youtu.be/XOAMjezvV9g

[RCF]

Oh my... such a pretty bird to be... dinner 

And that head shot?  Ewwwww 

Thanks for the explanation about the meaning of tiercel.  I had looked it up but thought maybe there was more to it than just "a male falcon".  Is there a special name for a female falcon?

This is what I found

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Perfalconprintout.shtml

The female falcon is called the falcon; the male is called the tiercel (from the German word terzel, which means one-third, since the male is roughly one-third the size of the female).

[Kinderchick]

Looking forward to watching the banding via the webcam tomorrow.

[Leana]

Oh my... such a pretty bird to be... dinner 

And that head shot?  Ewwwww 

Thanks for the explanation about the meaning of tiercel.  I had looked it up but thought maybe there was more to it than just "a male falcon".  Is there a special name for a female falcon?