Manitoba Peregrines > Brandon Tower Peregrines
Tower Nest - 2012 / ? & ?
The Peregrine Chick:
--- 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. :-\
--- End quote ---
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 ...
RCF:
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. :-\
The Peregrine Chick:
Just had a look at some Zeus facial markings and I'm inclined to think it is not Zeus at least from the nice clear shot of the male's head in RCF's photo - the cheek patch is so perfectly rounded with clear margins, Zeus has a little "bobble" along the trailing edge on the right side of face ... could be wrong, would like to see him back ...
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: RCF on June 19, 2012, 22:01 ---Both
--- End quote ---
Great photos but will have to look closer at the male to hazard even a tenuous guess, particularly since Zeus would be 17 years old which is more than senior citizen for a peregrine, so more likely its a new bird, but he looks nice. The female however, she has alot of brown showing, which was Alice's calling card last year ....
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 ...
RCF:
Does this pair resemble the pair that we saw on May 5th?
Link to pics I took May 5th
http://www.species-at-risk.mb.ca/projects/pfrp/forum/programs/index.php/topic,3047.msg84661.html#msg84661
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version