McKenzie Seeds - 2013 / Brooklyn & Hurricane

[The Peregrine Chick]

Chronology up to now today ....

• 0430h - all 3 chicks awake and up and looking around
• 0435h - nap time!
• 0514h - breakfast & naptime
• 0755h - sun shining full into the nestbox and the chicks have moved to the front edge of the box to sprawl & nap
• 0818h - second breakfast, followed by a food coma
• 1206h - lunch, followed by yet another food coma
• 1307h - Brooklyn arrives to nibble on leftovers and he shares with kids
• 1330h - chicks collapse to nap and continue with very very squirming until to the present time

[RCF]

Pretty sure this is Brooklyn perched on the roof. 

[The Peregrine Chick]

Do you know when you will be banding the Brandon birds?

We are working out the date - need to coordinate 5 schedules - end of next week though.
Should have a confirmed date I hope today or tomorrow.

[Moonstar]

Do you know when you will be banding the Brandon birds?

[The Peregrine Chick]

Chronology for this morning ...

internet connection is a bit slow which is usually a sign that there is heavy traffic so will take me a bit longer to put review the recordings of the last few hours - will post when I have a list

Weather today/tonight in Brandon ...

Day - Partly cloudy. High of 26C. Windy. Winds from the WNW at 20 to 30 km/h.
Night - Partly cloudy with a chance of a thunderstorm and rain in the evening, then clear. Low of 14C. Breezy. Winds from the NW at 10 to 20 km/h. Chance of rain 40%.

[RCF]

Earlier today one of the chicks was picking at a bird head, it had a long beak and before they ate it I believe it had black legs.   

[RCF]

Look at the little wing feathers growing on this one.....I think it's the boy. 

[Kinderchick]

... I like that Tracy has been posting the weather... so I can know what the chicks and parents are in for.

Ditto, Jazz.

[Rose]

In part because the weather has been erratic this year, in part because I'm providing the same information on Twitter, but mostly because a large percentage of our forum members and visitors do not live in Manitoba and therefore cannot just look out their window to see what is going on.  Add to that that the cams don't show the weather except when its snowing or raining and that the chicks everyone are watching are vulnerable to rain/cold when they are young, the weather at the nestsites is of interest.  And this isn't the first time I've posted the weather, for years on the old blog (before the forum) I used to have a widget that posted weather updates daily.

What a perfectly logical explanation! I never saw or read the old Blog but I have been a member of this forum since it's beginning and I never knew the reason for the forecasts. I just supposed that like me and wanted a forecast for a different part of the country or world you just Googled what you wanted. That's really good of you to think of the large percentage of forum members and guests that don't live here and can't look out the window and see what's going on. Thanks again for the explanation, so now I know.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Hey look, just like yesterday    (I'm abbreviating these now ...)

Boy I sure hope not and everyone in Brandon sure hopes not, nobody in Brandon wants to go through last night again! I'm sure any one from this area has checked the forecast many times a day over the last two weeks and I'm sure anyone with a computer, radio and TV etc. can check and so I'm just wondering why this year you have started to post forecasts daily on these threads when posted forecasts was a rare occurrence in past years? 

In part because the weather has been erratic this year, in part because I'm providing the same information on Twitter, but mostly because a large percentage of our forum members and visitors do not live in Manitoba and therefore cannot just look out their window to see what is going on.  Add to that that the cams don't show the weather except when its snowing or raining and that the chicks everyone are watching are vulnerable to rain/cold when they are young, the weather at the nestsites is of interest.  And this isn't the first time I've posted the weather, for years on the old blog (before the forum) I used to have a widget that posted weather updates daily.

[RCF]

I was looking at the chicks during a meal just now and looking at their feet, I'm willing to bet that we have two females and a male in that box right now ...  

That's what I've been thinking, but I keep changing my mind ...two girls....two boys.....hmmmmm!   

[Jazzerkins]

Rose, I know I like that Tracy has been posting the weather as I never check the Brandon weather (TV, radio, internet) and rarely even check for Winnipeg weather.  So it works for me so I can know what the chicks and parents are in for.

[Rose]

I was looking at the chicks during a meal just now and looking at their feet, I'm willing to bet that we have two females and a male in that box right now ... 

Right on two with great big ankles and feet and one with daintier ankles and feet (could be wrong though lol).

[Rose]

Hey look, just like yesterday    (I'm abbreviating these now ...)

Boy I sure hope not and everyone in Brandon sure hopes not, nobody in Brandon wants to go through last night again! I'm sure any one from this area has checked the forecast many times a day over the last two weeks and I'm sure anyone with a computer, radio and TV etc. can check and so I'm just wondering why this year you have started to post forecasts daily on these threads when posted forecasts was a rare occurrence in past years? 

[The Peregrine Chick]

I was looking at the chicks during a meal just now and looking at their feet, I'm willing to bet that we have two females and a male in that box right now ...