Radisson - 2013 / Ivy & Princess

[newchick]

Poor Princess (her fault) . . . I can't watch anymore.   

I so agree Stormy.  If only She had taken the nestbox.  But, our poor Brandonites look wet and miserable too!

[ballywing]

Poor Princess (her fault) . . . I can't watch anymore.  

Ditto to that, I think I'll keep up to date on the forum & wait til the rain stops to turn the cam on- too hard to watch.  
Hang in there Princess - this WILL pass!!!!  

[The Peregrine Chick]

According to the recorder ....

0500h - first meal of the day for both Princess and what still looks like one lone chick - s/he was doing a "davenport" again by the end - Princess got back on though Ivy offered to take over - no rain at the time.
0600h ish - some misting - enough to make the pebbles damp but Princess didn't look wet at all - dry pebbles around her
0700h - Princess is still dry, did a full 360 shuggle but no sign of anything under her - she is keeping her breast right down on the pebbles
0710h - Princess sitting head up and dry like she was waiting for the sunrise and warm dry day
0745h - rain has started and Princess has herself and offspring all tucked up and in the position to hunker down through the rain

0900h - just over 1/2 of the precipitation forecasted for today has fallen

[msdolittle]

Work is slipping up .... for some odd reason I'm able to view the WebCam off and on. 
Princess .... she's a little damp!

[Kinderchick]

It certainly is difficult to watch Princess ride out this nasty weather. Princess is such a trooper. Here's hoping the chick & eggs are doing well.

[Stormy]

Poor Princess (her fault) . . . I can't watch anymore.   

[susha]

Rain has started and Princess has a look that seems to say, "Here we go again "

[2kawaii]

6-6:15 a.m.  One windswept birdie velcroed  to eggs/chick (s?). Egg shell visible near the vent but it could be the one from yesterday? As least is doesn't appear to be raining at the moment and birdie appears to be dry.

[PrairieSailor]

Watched a feeding earlier today - kinda cute as the parent did not want to feed a chick laying on it's back, and waited till the newborn turned "right-side up" before stuffing it with food ...

[Linder]

Definitely hope for a safe and somewhat windless, rainless night for them.

[The Peregrine Chick]

The light is starting to fade so we will lose being able to see on the nestledge shortly.  Princess is on-duty and the chick looked fine that last time she rearranged him/her and his/her (hopefully) soon-to-be-siblings ...

[bcbird]

Kind of tricky to feed the little one when he/she is lying flat on the gravel.

If I could know who the chick was at banding age I'd consider calling him La-Z-Boy except that I'd have to use the US pronounciation    Maybe "Chesterfield" or "Davenport", maybe "Divan" ... ?

Well now..."SK" or "ER" has a nice ring 

Well now..."SK" or "ER" has a nice ring  

Well now..."SK" or "ER" does have a nice ring 

Dennis is never going to give up!

[bcbird]

These two have this worked out - he sits waiting for her to yell when the rain stops, he rushes in with food for chick and for Princess and does a little brooding while she takes care of a quick meal and then she's back on the chicks again.  It may be raining but it really isn't different from when they use the nestbox, Ivy has a hard time hanging out with the kids for the first few days.  The adults look fine and the chick looked fine as well - looked dry and not weak or sluggish.  We have another day to go, but so far so good ...

How fabulous it must be for Princess to get that little break while Ivy sits.
Mama gets to eat, spread her wings and perhaps have a great shake off. 

If ever a pair could offer a good chance of survival to new chicks it is this one.
The nest ledge is a bit improved, and the forecast is not so grim as the season when Trey and Princess lost all their chicks

[The Peregrine Chick]

Had a little look at the ledge with the spycam and I can't see any water on the ledge even though the light is flat so even with 20.3mm of rain falling, it doesn't take long for any water that does accumulate to drain away and I didn't see any water getting near the Princess and the chick/egg.  If we have a repeat of today tomorrow, it's good to know ....

Tonight the chance of rain has dropped to 80% with another 10mm possible ...
Tomorrow's got a 90% chance of rain but the forecast is only for another possible 10mm - used to be 20mm so that's an improvement!  Chance of rain tomorrow night drops to 70% ...
Saturday apparently has a 0% of rain - yippeeeeeee

And finally, had a look at radar map for southern Manitoba and northern North Dakota and it looks like no rain (maybe just spitting) from now until at least 3am.  Time for Princess to dry out thoroughly and for chick to get another meal or two if Mum and Dad aren't worry about him/her getting out from undercover.  It is not unusual (in dry years) for the chicks to get a meal around 2200h.  If another chick hatches and there is no rain, chances are Ivy will be bringing a late night snack to the ledge ...

[ballywing]

That's for sure, if they'd listened to us, they'd be nice & dry - holed up in the penthouse west nest condo right now and we'd be less stressed too!!!