Manitoba Peregrines > West Winnipeg Peregrines
West Winnipeg - 2012 / Beau & Jules
Pense:
So sad to hear about the news about the WW male. :(
Kinderchick:
Aw! So sorry to hear of the death of the WW male, TPC. :'( Had you registered a name for him yet?
MayShowers:
For just a split second when I read about the WW male, I thought of Beau. I must admit I was relieved that it wasn't him, but at the same time I am so sorry about the juvie male :'( We never even had the chance to learn his name.
Saoirse:
That's such sad news about the WW male, especially when things seemed to be going so well for the fledglings. It's good to hear that Lilith and Juliet are thriving and I hope that "safety in numbers" proves to be the case for them.
The Peregrine Chick:
Dennis and I went to have a visit with the West Winnipeg birds last night to see how they were flying after their first few days and our timing was perfect, but not for good reasons. The West Winnipeg male was found dead yesterday morning - likely the victim of a Great Horned Owl, the species' only confirmed predator.
He was found not far from the hacksite so it was just bad luck likely rather than anything he did. His flight patterns (according to his transmitter) is pretty much the same as his sisters' so he was where he was suppose to be doing what he was suppose to be doing.
The upside of fledging in a rural area is no concrete skyscrapers and fewer cars, downside is more things that will eat you. So six of one, half dozen of another when it comes to the rural vs urban nesting debate. Mortality rates are about the same for both geographies. This will make this male our third probable predated peregrine in two years from the most rural nest/release sites we have had/used. Not that our urban peregrine chicks are really that much safer, once they leave Winnipeg and Brandon to hunt or disperse prior to migrating, they are all at risk of predation by other raptors - either because they are seen as a threat/competition or because they have food someone else wants - sometimes they are the food someone else wants.
The two females - Lilith and Juliet - are both fine, flying very very well and hanging out as a unit which could/should make it harder for anything wanting to take a chance at taking one "on". We watched the pair of them flying over fields and through some nearby trees with much more dexterity then you can see watching the Radisson or Brandon chicks at this same stage of fledging and that is just because of the topography they have to use. And they are very wary of humans which is great. That and the cloud cover yesterday evening made it tough for Dennis to get the kind of photos he could have had if the sun had just stayed out. He still managed to get some wonderful shots (from what I could see on the camera screen) but they would have been astounding if the clouds had held off for just a little longer!!
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