Manitoba Peregrines > U of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
U of Alberta - 2012 / Chase & Radisson
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Elaine L on May 03, 2012, 12:41 ---No, MayShowers, we did not find out if this male is the same as last year, not for certain. Bev says she is going to find out as soon as she can get away from home. In our latest reports this morning at BCAW, Bev says that she thinks the old male is back, and I said that I think it is the new male that is hanging out on top of the nestbox. Once Bev checks through her photos, she should be able to identify who's who. Everything here is so confusing right now.
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Take heart you two, this is what spring returns are like in most places ... we've been through 9 IDs so far this year, two more to go, one we missed and would have loved to have, and four more migrating through we never had a chance at! You'll get them or you won't. Sometimes you'll get a second chance at it. In the end, you'll have peregrines nesting and you'll eventually be able to confirm who they are. Nerve-wracking and frustrating as it can be, try to enjoy yourselves, you've got mysteries to solve!
MayShowers:
Oh, thanks Elaine L. No kidding this is confusing.
Elaine L:
No, MayShowers, we did not find out if this male is the same as last year, not for certain. Bev says she is going to find out as soon as she can get away from home. In our latest reports this morning at BCAW, Bev says that she thinks the old male is back, and I said that I think it is the new male that is hanging out on top of the nestbox. Once Bev checks through her photos, she should be able to identify who's who. Everything here is so confusing right now.
MayShowers:
4 eggs - fantastic news. Another male - not so good! This may have been previously posted, but did we find out who the resident male was, and whether it was the same one as last year?
Elaine L:
Bev went down to the U of A last night after getting a report that two falcons were fighting, and one landed on the ground. From what we can ascertain, the male from the High Level Bridge has come here to take over the territory, and had more than one aerial fight last night with, we assume, the resident male. From what Bev reports on BCAW, neither male was injured. Radisson did not seem exactly pleased with the new male entering the nestbox, but she did not kick him out, either. We await developments, as we do not know if everything has been decided and we have a new male, or if the fight continues. So much for an uneventful hatching here this year.
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