Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2013 / Ivy & Princess
RCF:
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: allikat on June 27, 2013, 00:28 ---Maybe a whole group of falcon phanatics could get a big tall ladder, get to the top, then stand on each other's shoulders to throw you, and Bob the bander up to the ledge to do your business...? Too bad a fire truck ladder couldn't reach that high...at least that wouldn't be a huge cost?!
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At one time Allikat there was a truck that could get us that high, it was an odd experience, well, odder than going up the lift which has its own oddness to it. But unfortunately, it isn't available anymore.
And I'm hoping to keep Bob happy banding peregrines for a few years to come so no "tossing" Dr Bob anywhere!!! ;)
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: bccs on June 26, 2013, 21:55 ---Nice thing about the chicks not being banded ------ NO TRANSMITTERS ;D
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Not an issue actually. Because they were going to be moved to the nestbox they were going to be excluded from the transmitter project as we can't retrieve them safely when they are old enough to have a transmitter fitted. Downside is that not only can't they be tracked for the first couple of years by satellite, but we won't be able to track them at all without band numbers.
Having said that, if they are grounded after fledging and if they are re-releaseable, they will get bands and they will become candidates for a transmitter. We tend to have more groundings from the ledge than from the nestbox but still we'll just have to see. I'd prefer a boring fledgewatch with no groundings, but a soft, injury-free grounding even if it means being re-released with legbands and perhaps a transmitter runs a close second. I'm afraid I don't look forward to fledges from the ledge anymore. :-\
allikat:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on June 25, 2013, 22:01 ---
--- Quote from: RCF on June 25, 2013, 21:40 ---
--- Quote ---We've been waiting for some equipment to arrive so that we can retrieve the chicks from the nestledge in order to band them and relocate them to the nestbox.
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What kind of equipment are you waiting for? Are you not using the same company that you used the last time you had to up to the east ledge? ???
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We are waiting for the lines/ropes - they are a special order from the US and it was thought they would arrive last week but well, that's why it's called Murphy's Law. Mostly we can over-engineer our plans just in case Murphy decides to participate, but sometimes it's just not enough. In thirty years, we've only had 4 other chicks we couldn't band - all were because we couldn't access the nests safely. We did band chicks from each of these nests however when they were grounded after fledging so though I would prefer the Radisson chicks fledge without incident, if they do go down and are re-releaseable (not a guarantee) then we'll band them then.
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Maybe a whole group of falcon phanatics could get a big tall ladder, get to the top, then stand on each other's shoulders to throw you, and Bob the bander up to the ledge to do your business...? Too bad a fire truck ladder couldn't reach that high...at least that wouldn't be a huge cost?!
bccs:
Nice thing about the chicks not being banded ------ NO TRANSMITTERS ;D
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