Manitoba Peregrines > Brandon Tower Peregrines
Tower Nest - 2012 / ? & ?
RCF:
We didn't see any falcons from the west side and almost didn't spot the birdie from the south side, the one falcon was perched up on the same catwalk facing into the west wind and could see her/his breast feathers blowing.
RCF:
Checked out here today and saw just the one falcon looking like a sentinel on the catwalk railing where the ravens had nested.
The Peregrine Chick:
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--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on June 20, 2012, 02:38 ---...If they do nest this late, say eggs by the end of the first week in July, hatch end of first week in August and fledging in September ... don't know whether to hope they do nest or they don't ...
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Would this be a problem, to nest this late in the season? ???
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Could be. Might not be. Last year they laid late and would have been fine except the site was predated (owls probably), but that wasn't related to the time of the year. The concern will be that the chicks need to be hunting on their own by the time they have to start migrating, but given our autumns over the last decade, we aren't getting very cold very early anymore. We'll just have to see what happens.
Kinderchick:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on June 20, 2012, 02:38 ---...If they do nest this late, say eggs by the end of the first week in July, hatch end of first week in August and fledging in September ... don't know whether to hope they do nest or they don't ...
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Would this be a problem, to nest this late in the season? ???
RCF:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on June 20, 2012, 10:28 ---
--- Quote from: RCF on June 20, 2012, 08:45 ---I never did think this bird was Zeus even back in May. It just seems to me that he is bigger teircel than Zeus, even from that distance. I do think it is the same male that was here in May though, but I guess we'll never know without having band numbers. :-\
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Scrolling back through your photos RCF, the male looks like the bird you photographed on June 15th, but not sure he looks like the male you spotted in early May ...
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It was very bright that day and everything looked white even the raven's nest. We had no idea if it was male or female and refered to it as he/she, it was hard to tell being so bright. My guess is that it is the same male that we have been seeing all along. :)
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