McKenzie Seeds - 2013 / Brooklyn & Hurricane

[Kinderchick]

Woo hoo! So wonderful to finally catch a glimpse of Hurricane incubating her eggs this season!

[The Peregrine Chick]

The sun is out in Brandon and the box is half sun/half shade.  It is very windy out there but the birds/nestbox look to be very sheltered, no shaking on the cam and only occasionally are the birds' feathers ruffled.  Very different story from the Radisson!

And that egg that looked "odd", looks like it was just debris in the box and against/in front of the egg that gave it that look.  Going to keep an eye on the eggs for the next day or two just to be sure, but so far it looks like all is well.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Hurricane is on the eggs right now - still just three.  I'm going to keep an eye on them because I can't tell whether it was just a piece of debris in front of one of the eggs or if we have another egg with a problem.  Shift changes for these birds are pretty frequent so I am hoping to maybe get a couple more looks this morning.

[Kinderchick]

I was glad to read that Hurricane laid another egg!!

Ditto! 

[photosbydennis]

New photos have been added to the Brandon Gallery.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/peregrines_2013

[RCF]

I was glad to read that Hurricane laid another egg!!

[The Peregrine Chick]

Just so folks know re videos - I have to download them at night otherwise it takes 4-5x as long to download.  I also tend to find clips and download in groups so I should have more up this weekend.  When it gets busier (ie there are chicks) if there are interesting clips I will post them more frequently.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Fourth egg laid today at 0721h CDT  - three eggs in the nest, one non-viable and removed

From what I have seen, all three eggs look good but Brooklyn and Hurricane have been making very fast shift changes so I don't get much time to look.  When its warmer on Monday, they may change a little slower ... Brandon is expected to hit 26C

[dupre501]

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/features/falcon/

This is the link to the CBC Falcon Cam website. Currently it shows the date when they expect to go live.

[RCF]

Please let me know how to go about getting the posts or videos for the Brandon site and also where to catch the live cams when they come up.
Marisse

Here's the link to the Project Video Gallery Marisse

http://www.species-at-risk.mb.ca/projects/pfrp/forum/programs/index.php/topic,2486.msg66811.html#msg66811

[Sandra]

Please let me know how to go about getting the posts or videos for the Brandon site and also where to catch the live cams when they come up.
Marisse

[The Peregrine Chick]

They are incubating now - rapid shift changes - 5 or 6 already today.  Pretty even matched so far in terms of time on the eggs.  And yes, still two eggs and they still look fine from what I can see.

The wind is muffing them up quite a bit, worse than the Radisson pair it looks like.  According to the weather office, winds are suppose to die down tonight.


Today, 8 May - Mainly sunny. Wind northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50. High 12. UV index 6 or high. Tonight - Clear. Wind northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light early this evening. Low minus 3.
Thursday, 9 May - Sunny. High 15.
Friday, 10 May - A mix of sun and cloud. Low plus 3. High 13.
Saturday, 11 May - Sunny. Low minus 2. High 8.
Sunday, 12 May - Sunny. Low plus 1. High 18.
Monday, 13 May - Sunny. Low 9. High 31.   (holy cats!)
Tuesday, 14 May - Sunny. Low 11. High 28.  (ditto)

[The Peregrine Chick]

It looks like Hurricane and Brooklyn haven't started to incubate yet, despite hanging out with and sometimes on the eggs today.  Still just two eggs and they both look fine from what I can see.

[The Peregrine Chick]

The eggs were uncovered last night but that's not a worry, particularly with the warm weather we are having right now (mid to high 20Cs).

Today Brooklyn has been parked on the eggs when he's in the box but Hurricane has mostly been just standing over the eggs - not really mumbrelling, just enjoying the need not to velcro herself to her eggs yet.  If there is another egg pending, she should lay it very shorty.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Sure is nice McKenzie falcons are getting lots of air time this year! TPC why don't you post a little note on the Forum when you put new videos up especially until the Cam is operational and legal so folks know and can go look when they check the threads (some very interesting videos).

The connection to Brandon is slow during the day so I have to download video after about 11pm.  Unfortunately, by that time of night, I don't always remember to post things like reminders I'm afraid    Will try though.  And folks can subscribe if they want to get a note when new videos are posted.