Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2013 / Ivy & Princess
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Dagny on July 15, 2013, 16:47 ---Do the parents continue to feed the fledglings? How soon will they be able to hunt on their own?
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--- Quote from: Feather2Fin on July 16, 2013, 00:22 ---I have watched for a few years now (I used to work very close to the Radisson) and from my limited experience the parents keep track of their young and do feed them. It seems to me that continues pretty much until they head south but certainly for several weeks. At times they also entice the kids to fly higher by tempting them with food in their (the parent's) beaks. Sort of like tag only if you catch the parent you can grab a snack. I've seen and heard them vocalizing and flying in circles. I suspect that they teach them to hunt. Hoping to make it downtown tomorrow to look for the Radisson peregrines.
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F2F is correct, the adults are following the chicks around feeding them and by this point also starting to use food to get the chicks to follow them around. First stage in teaching them how to hunt is to follow, then to chase, then to catch food in mid-air (very cool) and the chicks chase things other than their parents and then they figure out where dinner comes from :)
The Peregrine Chick:
All looks to be good, haven't found any problems with the birds when I have been out and haven't had any reports of incidents from spotters or the rehabbers.
Only report I have had so far was yesterday from folks beside the Convention Centre who were pretty sure it was a peregrine chick hanging out briefly on their window ledge on the 17th floor before heading off to another building. The best part of that report is the 17th floor part - means if it was one of our chicks, they have figured out how to gain altitude.
I suspect that this pair will not be like the family groups we have had in the past couple of years. I suspect that we will not, or only very very rarely see them on camera again this season. The last couple of years we have been very fortunate that the chicks returned to the nestbox pretty regularly and we could watch them for a bit longer, pretty sure that won't be the case with this pair. We've had other nests like that - Hurricane and her band were like that ...
The Peregrine Chick:
Weather today for Winnipeg ...
Day - Partly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and rain. High of 26C. Winds from the WSW at 10 to 15 km/h shifting to the NW in the afternoon. Chance of rain 60%.
Night - Partly cloudy. Low of 14C. Winds less than 5 km/h.
Feather2Fin:
--- Quote from: Dagny on July 15, 2013, 16:47 ---Do the parents continue to feed the fledglings? How soon will they be able to hunt on their own?
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I have watched for a few years now (I used to work very close to the Radisson) and from my limited experience the parents keep track of their young and do feed them. It seems to me that continues pretty much until they head south but certainly for several weeks. At times they also entice the kids to fly higher by tempting them with food in their (the parent's) beaks. Sort of like tag only if you catch the parent you can grab a snack. I've seen and heard them vocalizing and flying in circles. I suspect that they teach them to hunt. Hoping to make it downtown tomorrow to look for the Radisson peregrines.
allikat:
Just got caught up...Woohoo!!! So exciting!!! Way to go Hillary and Tenzing!!!
They are probably hangin' out Peregrine Style! ;D
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