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Offline irenekl

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #655 on: May 31, 2013, 16:22 »
your assuming I know how to tweet ::)

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #654 on: May 31, 2013, 16:16 »
 :( :( - Just sleeping hopefully

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #653 on: May 31, 2013, 16:16 »
I'm sorry, but just read TPC's tweet, 

"Chick looked dry & fluffy but very quiet. Need to wait & see"

Also not what I wanted to hear.

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #652 on: May 31, 2013, 16:14 »
I was assuming someone would reply "yes" they had seen movement.  Had I considered  a "no" I wouldn't have asked.  Not what I wanted to hear.   :( 

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #651 on: May 31, 2013, 16:13 »
Hope Princess has a nice LONG break - meal , dry up a bit, rest a bit - she must REALLY need it -  8)

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #650 on: May 31, 2013, 16:11 »
No...

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #649 on: May 31, 2013, 16:07 »
did anyone see life in the chick during this shift change?

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #648 on: May 31, 2013, 16:05 »
Shift Change - Ivy's there nice and dry ... checking the recorder ...

1604h - Princess got off when Ivy brought food but reluctantly - she went off to eat - chick looks perfectly dry but didn't "get up".  Ivy's tucked down very tight on eggs and chick and we will have to see how this plays out ...
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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #647 on: May 31, 2013, 16:04 »
Nice job on the interview TPC!  

Thank you  :)    Hope it made sense, I was watching the cam and checking the weather sites at the same time ...

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #646 on: May 31, 2013, 16:03 »
Is this where we share and pour our souls regarding this dreary, wet day for Princess & Ivy?  Just have to join in and say this is killing me too.  What the heck is with the weather god's and Winnipeg?  This lousy spring just keeps on going.  I too can hardly watch the cam, really a downer to see Princess like this.  I'm hoping for good news by tomorrow morning.

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #645 on: May 31, 2013, 16:03 »
What are the chances the 'puddle' has reached the chick at some point? - I try not to wonder but there it is in my head.  :( Even if the water goes down, once the chick is wet....... :-\ - TPC you know the makeup of the Ledge - any chance the puddle could drain without having reached underneath Princess? ie does it run down the sides into the drain, or just spreads all over?

The corner where Princess is this year is actually a little plateau of small and larger gravel.  There is another scrape nearby which has had water in it at least once today but it drains out quickly down through the gravel.  For the chick to have gotten wet, the water level would have had to come all the way up beneath the scrape and I can't say that I saw that happening, but my camera angles are pretty much the same as yours.  There is another little higher spot at the front of the ledge (near the point) that I don't think is as high as Princess' plateau and it looked fine - wet from above but not from below.

Another concern for our first Radisson chick is that s/he hasn't been fed alot over the last couple of days.  S/he can't eat much at a sitting so there has to be hours between feedings, but given a choice between hungry chick and wet chick it seems that Princess has rightly chosen hungry chick.  Now when is hungry not a safe thing for a chick this age, I'm afraid I can't tell you.  So it may be that the rain may indirectly harm the chick because Princess can't get off him/her to feed without putting him/her at risk of getting wet.

Only time will tell folks.  First thing is for the rain to stop long enough for Princess to get food in him/her - even tapering off to spitting might be good enough for Princess to take the risk.  Come tomorrow, if the chick has survived, then s/he can make up for lost meals over the weekend and I'm sure his/her parents will be only too happy to oblige.

Rainfall rate continues to fall ...

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #644 on: May 31, 2013, 15:50 »
Nice job on the interview TPC!

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #643 on: May 31, 2013, 15:49 »
I was away from my desk for a few minutes and just came back.  The puddle seems to have gone down again, so that's a very good thing.  I wish it would just quit raining.......we need sunshine!  Hopefully none of those other eggs are considering hatching before it quits!

Yup rain is tapering off, 1/2 as much is falling as it was 45 minutes ago ...

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #642 on: May 31, 2013, 15:48 »
What are the chances the 'puddle' has reached the chick at some point? - I try not to wonder but there it is in my head.  :( Even if the water goes down, once the chick is wet....... :-\ - TPC you know the makeup of the Ledge - any chance the puddle could drain without having reached underneath Princess? ie does it run down the sides into the drain, or just spreads all over?

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Re: Radisson - 2013 / May
« Reply #641 on: May 31, 2013, 15:35 »
I was away from my desk for a few minutes and just came back.  The puddle seems to have gone down again, so that's a very good thing.  I wish it would just quit raining.......we need sunshine!  Hopefully none of those other eggs are considering hatching before it quits!