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Radisson - 2013 / Ivy & Princess
photosbydennis:
While passing through downtown around 2:30 today a lone bird came in from the East...went behind the Radisson then up towards the towers and made a circle and back down behind the hotel...perhaps he/she set down on the ledge or sign on the East side...that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Cheers !
The Peregrine Chick:
Smiley was still at the Radisson today but I haven't checked the video so can't say if Joli was ... will review the recorder tomorrow and report on whether it appears she is still around. Smiley's not been calling or bowing or scraping which might be an indication ...
--- Quote from: closet birder on November 01, 2013, 08:59 ---Yesterday around 6 PM, I heard two falcons across my street in the Assiniboine forrest. By the time I dragged my dog outside for a walk, one was flying south, and the larger bird was sitting on top of a telephone pole making the usual screeches, but also a lot of quieter chips/peeps. Pretty sure they were Peregrines, but I now know merlins sound similiar, so could have been them. I was able to get right up to the pole, but the light was already too dim to make out the markings. Then he/she flew off. Pretty neat!
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I think perhaps you did have merlins CB just because of the where the bird was perched. I know the area and it would be lower than the adults like to get but telephone poles are particular favourites of merlins right across the city, that an merlins are woodland falcons whereas the peregrines are open air - high over the cities, low over fields and wetlands. I've also been getting reports on merlins observed/heard in the Moray to Shaftesbury area as recently as last week ... could well be your birds!
closet birder:
Yesterday around 6 PM, I heard two falcons across my street in the Assiniboine forrest. By the time I dragged my dog outside for a walk, one was flying south, and the larger bird was sitting on top of a telephone pole making the usual screeches, but also a lot of quieter chips/peeps. Pretty sure they were Peregrines, but I now know merlins sound similiar, so could have been them. I was able to get right up to the pole, but the light was already too dim to make out the markings. Then he/she flew off. Pretty neat!
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on October 30, 2013, 10:13 ---Both birds sitting in the sun right now on the east side of the building. Looks like Smiley on the ledge (his breast is whiter) and I think Joli sitting up on the sign ... going to watch "her" feet to confirm ...
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Yup, definitely Joli and Smiley hanging out at the Radisson ... they have been doing some very very thorough preening today, for about the last 90 minutes and they are both sitting on the sign in the sun which I haven't seen them do much - not the close together part, but rather the preferring to sit in the sun rather than on the ledge/in the box - so comfort rather than their "courtship" rituals. Might be a precursor to leaving ...
The Peregrine Chick:
Both birds sitting in the sun right now on the east side of the building. Looks like Smiley on the ledge (his breast is whiter) and I think Joli sitting up on the sign ... going to watch "her" feet to confirm ...
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