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Offline moka

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #415 on: May 20, 2013, 12:37 »
Princess made a 180 degree turn reshuffling the eggs.  Using her killer talon in an amazingly delicate way, the last egg was placed to her satisfaction and she settled into a bit of pebble picking.

Love your description, I can just see her doing it.

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #414 on: May 20, 2013, 11:34 »
Did a little digging for those who are concerned about the rain and are having visions of Black Friday (June 6, 2008)

According to the University of Winnipeg's weather station *
  • June 5 - no precipitation
  • June 6 - 58.2 mm  (the Forks reading was 46.8mm) - this is 1/4 of all precipitation in June but 2x more than any other rain event in the month - ALSO more than 25mm fell in one hour between 11am and 12noon.
  • June 7 - less than 0.5mm

Yesterday's (May 19th) precipitation = 6.1mm  (5.8mm at the Forks)
Today's forecast is for for up to 18mm for the day ... on Saturday we were forecasted to get up to 13mm and we only got 6.3mm (6.2mm at the Forks)

So the rain might be annoying, but even if we get the max over the next 24 hours, it will still only be annoying for the birds.  Chance of more rain on Tuesday but they aren't giving possible amounts and Wednesday through Friday no rain, Saturday a chance again (but we are getting a few days out there so that will likely change) but much warmer into the 20s.  Extended forecasts (2 sources) are for drier and warmer days with reduce POPs (possibility of precipitation) for much if not all of the Radisson chicks first 10 days.  But yes, forecasts can change but it looks good so far ...


* I like using the U of Wpg's weather station because it too is surrounded by buildings, some lower, some higher.  There is nothing wrong with the weather station at the Forks, but it is more open there and I figure that has to have an influence on the numbers - just my impression and the numbers are close, so I'll stick with the U of Wpg site

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #413 on: May 20, 2013, 11:19 »
Princess made a 180 degree turn reshuffling the eggs.  Using her killer talon in an amazingly delicate way, the last egg was placed to her satisfaction and she settled into a bit of pebble picking.

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #412 on: May 20, 2013, 10:50 »
It was dry overnight and Princess looked great when it was light enough to see her just after 0500h. Rain started again after 0630h and she's been "on" all day and probably overnight as well.  We are only a few days away from our estimated hatch date and she typically starts doing most of the incubating so while it might be a bit early with the combination of rain and cooler temperatures, she may just have started early.  Every time I have seen the eggs I haven't seen any problems so all seems to be progressing well if wetter than usual.

Forecast for Victoria Day Monday

Day - Overcast with rain. High of 15C. Windy. Winds from the NE at 25 to 35 km/h. Chance of rain 90% with rainfall amounts near 13.2 mm possible.
Night - Overcast with rain, then a chance of rain after midnight. Low of 5C. Windy. Winds from the NE at 25 to 35 km/h. Chance of rain 70% with rainfall amounts near 5.1 mm possible.

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #411 on: May 19, 2013, 20:31 »
Yes, that Princess sure is one wet birdie. Forecast on the CBC website now says rain till Thursday. :(

Though they look smaller when wet, I actually think that perhaps the birdie on duty in the photo below is Ivy ... he's usually on at this time before Princess takes over for the night ....

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #410 on: May 19, 2013, 19:17 »
Yes, that Princess sure is one wet birdie. Forecast on the CBC website now says rain till Thursday. :(

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #409 on: May 19, 2013, 19:09 »
Poor wet birdie!


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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #408 on: May 19, 2013, 18:39 »
It feels like an April shower here, cold rain and brisk wind.  Too bad it's may 19th! 
I'm so glad we know Princess is a fierce mum. 

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #407 on: May 19, 2013, 18:35 »
Looking at 40 to 50 mm more rain by Tuesday morning according to the Weather Network!! :P  Princess sure chose the wrong side this year, good thing it is happening now instead of after hatching. 

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #406 on: May 19, 2013, 17:40 »
That is one Soggy Soggy Soggy WET Princess...  :-\

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #405 on: May 19, 2013, 09:55 »
Forecast for today

Day - Overcast. High of 23C. Breezy. Winds from the NE at 15 to 30 km/h.
Night - Overcast with a chance of rain. Low of 12C. Breezy. Winds from the ENE at 15 to 25 km/h. Chance of rain 40%.

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #404 on: May 18, 2013, 22:37 »
If anything untoward was going on, is there anything you could do to intervene or would you just have to stand by and watch and leave nature to take its course (in spite of having 5 cameras)?  

Does that answer your question?

Pretty much and of course I know there can be no intervention if there is a dust up.  

If there is a dust-up (I like that), it will be over before we'd be able to do anything.  And "over" meaning finished fighting, mostly they only last a few minutes and smart birds extricate themselves before they get hurt - the whole "live to fight another day" thing, that's a big part of an individual's and a species' survival hard-wiring.

As I said, we are just keeping an eye on two pairs that are both looking to nest close to one another.  

From Princess' overall behaviour on the nestledge we don't see any real cause to worry about the nest, she's relaxed, napping and doing her thing.  Ivy keeping an eye on the nestbox may be one-part Cowboy & Joli & the "other" pair in his territory, it could also be that that is "his" box - the one he hatched from and the only site he has ever nested at/in/on.  And of all our birds, Ivy is the only one who willingly goes all the way inside the box - when it rains hard, he hangs out inside with the kids, Princess never goes inside the box unless she has to cover the eggs/chicks.  In fact, Princess lays her eggs half-in/half-out.  Madame always nested on the outside, Maud was like Princess, half-in, half-out and Madame and Maud had a smaller box.

It was a quiet day - Princess and Ivy traded a couple of times, were calm and quiet and napping on the eggs in the rain.  Ivy hung out on the nestbox for a couple of hours but he too was relaxed, one foot up and cat-napping for much of the time.  That is very normal peregrine at the nestsite behaviour.

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #403 on: May 18, 2013, 18:12 »
Still raining.
Princess looks wet, and is doing the intermittant eyelid thing.


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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #402 on: May 18, 2013, 17:34 »
If anything untoward was going on, is there anything you could do to intervene or would you just have to stand by and watch and leave nature to take its course (in spite of having 5 cameras)? 



Does that answer your question?

 Pretty much and of course I know there can be no intervention if there is a dust up.

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #401 on: May 18, 2013, 16:36 »
1600h

Princess is asleep on the eggs with her head in the pebbles.  Rain doesn't seem to be bothering her in the least.  Ivy is on the edge of the nestbox, he's just as wet as Princess but he's got one foot tucked up and is just keeping watch over his domain.  And all is quiet on the western front.  :)