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Radisson - 2013 / Ivy & Princess
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Kinderchick on June 24, 2013, 22:11 ---Are you still making plans to band the Radisson chicks this week, TPC? ??? Weather forecast for the rest of the week doesn't look/sound very good. Possible showers till the weekend. :(
--- End quote ---
We've been working with a great company here in the City to get to the chicks but the delivery of some equipment has been delayed from the US, so it is entirely possible that we will not be banding the Radisson chicks this year. There is a minimum age to band the chicks and a point at which we don't want to risk the chicks attempting to escape when we retrieve them. Normally we aim for the minimum age so we reduce risk to the chicks as much as possible. If we don't in fact band the chicks now, if they go down during fledging we'll band them then. If they fledge without incident then they will remain unbanded and if they survive to next year, they'll be anonymous unbanded birds wherever they end up.
More news as we have it ...
bcbird:
Sunny morning nap time continuing in the corner for the chicks, with Radisson on the ledge with them.
With the pulled out view, we can now see that this year's weed drop is coming along as usual.
The Peregrine Chick:
Chronology for this morning ....
because we are pulled back the lights downtown let us see more all night ..
* 0044h - Princess dropped by then left
* 0204h - Princess came in with a meal and fed chicks
* 0215h - Princess on ledge edge
* 0245h - Princess leaves
* 0250h - Princess returns
* 0256h - Ivy turns up with a large meal - Princess takes and feeds chicks
* 0300h - Princess back up on edge
* 0526h - Princess hops off edge and picks up remains of 0256h meal to feed to chicks - chick steals - Princess steals back - chick steals again - Princess steals back again and feeds chicks
* 0535h - Princess back on edge, chicks roaming, everyone preening
* 0718h - Princess leaves
* 0729h - Princess returns with a meal
* 0724h - meal over, Princess leaves, chicks left to their own devices
* 0810h - chicks move to the "cool" corner (shade & concrete) at the south end of the ledge
whew!
Weather forecast ...
Day - Partly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and rain in the afternoon. High of 30C. Winds less than 5 km/h. Chance of rain 40%.
Night - Overcast with a chance of a thunderstorm and rain after midnight. Low of 18C. Winds from the NE at 10 to 15 km/h.
Kinderchick:
Are you still making plans to band the Radisson chicks this week, TPC? ??? Weather forecast for the rest of the week doesn't look/sound very good. Possible showers till the weekend. :(
The Peregrine Chick:
2145h
Don't know where Princess is but Ivy's on the nestbox edge and the chicks are sprawled out on their bellies in the middle of the nestledge against the wall ...
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