McKenzie Seeds - 2013 / Brooklyn & Hurricane

[The Peregrine Chick]

Chronology for this morning if you missed the action ...

• 0441h - first breakfast, not everyone was hungry
• tumble-play, wingercizing and a bit of sprawling
• 0528h - second breakfast - explains why they didn't settle after FB
• 0551h - after more wingercizing, everyone sprawled in their own corner
• 0900h - everyone sprawled along the east (front) edge of the box - hard to tell where one ends and the next begins
• 0908h - happy sprawl over, third breakfast arrives courtesy of Brooklyn - Hurricane arrives and both the adults leave together and the chicks pick over the leftovers
• 0942h - Brooklyn returns, hangs out in the box with the kids, sometimes in the shade, sometimes being the shade - same thing is going on at the Radisson - guess the parents do have access to the weather report!

Weather forecast for today/tonight ...

Day - Partly cloudy. High of 29C. Winds less than 5 km/h.
Night - Partly cloudy. Low of 16C. Winds from the SSW at 5 to 10 km/h.

[RCF]

It's 25°c now and it's supposed to be 31°c today, these guys are already hot and panting.

[RCF]

Brooklyn has been hanging out in the nest box with the chicks this morning.  He tried to feed them earlier but Hurrricane showed up and he left, but he's back now.

[The Peregrine Chick]

We will be banding the McKenzie Seeds chicks on Friday, July 5th.  Time to be confirmed but at this point, I think about 11am.  Will post and confirm the time on Wednesday when I have been able to touch base will everyone participating.

Is there going to be live streaming of the banding like last year?

That is the plan and I say "plan" because there is a small possibility that Eye-Spy will not be able to join us.  For those of you who are new, Eye-Spy is responsible for all the cams on the nests and for filming the bandings.  If he can't attend, he plans to provide us with instructions that hopefully won't be beyond our collective technical skills.  As a last resort, we may have to tape it then convert it and make it available through the CBC website after the fact.  Given all those options, excellent and well-thought-out as they may be, we are still hoping Eye-Spy will be there so there won't be any problems.

[RCF]

We will be banding the McKenzie Seeds chicks on Friday, July 5th.  Time to be confirmed but at this point, I think about 11am.  Will post and confirm the time on Wednesday when I have been able to touch base will everyone participating.

Is there going to be live streaming of the banding like last year?

[Kinderchick]

I love your photos of the chicks peeking out of the nest box, RCF! 

[RCF]

We caught Hurricane feeding the kids this evening, we could see them all from the bus mall (about a block away).  There were people on the balcony across the street so Brooklyn & Hurricane weren't happy.

   

[The Peregrine Chick]

We will be banding the McKenzie Seeds chicks on Friday, July 5th.  Time to be confirmed but at this point, I think about 11am.  Will post and confirm the time on Wednesday when I have been able to touch base will everyone participating.

[RCF]

I don't very often see Hurricane trying to stay cool in the nest box with the kids, it's usually Brooklyn doing that.

[newchick]

Must be hot in the Brandon Sun already!  Chicks panting away.

[RCF]

Looking to see where mom went. 

Video ~ http://youtu.be/qin9Sba9_IU

[susha]

great job ladies ... I enjoy the pics and updates!

Ditto

RCF, along with your great photos on the Brandon crew, you've kept us well informed with so many of the nests around the world with your amazing screen captures...thank-you!

[des]

Rose, RCF, I too, wish to add to the very well deserved accolades. Your much appreciated posts, photos, videos and diligence mean so very much to me. Thank you so much.  

Absolutely true.  Thank you always.

[msdolittle]

great job ladies ... I enjoy the pics and updates!

[GCG]

Rose, RCF, I too, wish to add to the very well deserved accolades. Your much appreciated posts, photos, videos and diligence mean so very much to me. Thank you so much.