Manitoba Peregrines > West Winnipeg Peregrines
West Winnipeg - 2013 / Beau & Jules
bcbird:
Great pictures of the tail tips, TPC. Thanks for finding those.
Nice to also get that update on our wandering girls.
Kinderchick:
That is very interesting, to hear of the travels of these 2 PF's! 8)
Cooper:
Wow! That is fascinating. :)
The Peregrine Chick:
Update on our two surviving girls from West Winnipeg from the last couple of weeks ...
Andamooka - has been ranging from the south basin of Lake Manitoba south to Devils Lake and up/down the Red River Valley in Manitoba and North Dakota/Minnesota. The distance from her most northerly point to most southerly point over this period is over 300km.
La Peregrina - not travelling with her sister at all. Her explorations have been from Lake Manitoba east to the Whiteshell and south not quite to the US border. Distance from two most distant points in her travels is 200km, so she's still covering a lot of ground.
Neither of these birds has been returning to Winnipeg so the birds we are seeing in West Winnipeg are likely Beau and Jules. If a chick has been observed then it's either a Radisson chick, maybe an HSC chick or perhaps a chick on its travels from North Dakota - remember that is how we first met Sandy and Smiley as well as Luck from Brandon.
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: bcbird on September 18, 2013, 13:07 ---TPC, would you have some photos showing this difference in tail tips?
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--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on September 18, 2013, 13:30 ---That's a good question Bcbird, I'll have to have a look and get back to everyone .... ???
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Had a look through Dennis' photos first, well, because he photos are so much better than mine ::) Keep in mind that these are excellent photos taken by an experienced photographer with hi-tech equipment and a steady hand. Driving a car on a busy road during rush hour trying not to hit other motorists and possibly walkin-n-textin pedestrians is another thing entirely. But it should help some I hope.
chick tail tips - 2012 A Day with Fleet
adult tail tips - 2012 Radisson
I chose galleries because you can see their tails in lots of positions and that both chicks and adults have light coloured tips, just that the chicks' are often bigger than the adults and often the adults have "wear" on their tails so they look a bit ragged and that often makes it hard to see the light colour that is there. Just as being able to see that a breast looks white or gold will tell you adult or chick but only if you can see it, the same applies to tail tips.
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