Manitoba Peregrines > Brandon Tower Peregrines
Tower Nest - 2013 / ? & ?
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Rose on May 25, 2013, 09:57 ---Who were the first pair out there? Who were the pair Dennis and Tracy saw when they were out there a week ago or so?
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The pair we saw, one was banded, one was not. I think the only photo we have of the banded bird is one flying overhead and I think that was the female so its possible that because of the angle we might have been able to see the antennae. But I had binocs on them and didn't see anything, so I would have to confer with Dennis and see if he has any less than wonderful photos that might show more ...
Last year there was a pair on-site when the ravens were still around and then another pair later in the year ...
Not only do we need to get a look at the band colours and which leg but also if they even have legbands ... :)
It would seem that because the bird in RCF's photo shows so much brown that it should be a young (last year's hatch) but our birds are smaller and they seem to cycle into adult plumage quickly ... Jules however, stayed brown for a couple of years longer than we expected (remember we can still only estimate her age) - now she is bigger than most/all of our Manitoba-born females ... might be that the Neepawa bird who is older than Juliet and McDermot might still be showing juvenile brown in the feathers on her back and wings. Will be interesting to find out what the satellite transmitter tells us and what RCF manages to photograph or see!
Rose:
What an interesting time at this site! So many questions and not likely to get too many answers. Who were the first pair out there? Who were the pair Dennis and Tracy saw when they were out there a week ago or so? Who were the pair in the cubby hole and did one of them have a transmitter(on some of the pics it looks like one of them did)? Yesterday for sure there is a falcon with a transmitter and another falcon. Is this a new pair or is just the transmitter bird new to the site? And last but not least what happened to the other bird/birds? We can all have a happy summer trying to solve the riddles. :)
RCF:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on May 22, 2013, 18:19 ---
Actually the roof nestbox is close to the edge of the roof its just hard to see and it's at about the same height as the catwalk on the towers.
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When we were out there yesterday, I made note of the the height difference between the catwalk and the roof the nestbox is on. The catwalk is 30 to 40 feet higher than the building roof. I know you are not out there much and sometimes it's difficult to remember all the details. We have sometimes thought that the lower catwalks are very close to the same height, but when we get out there and we see they are quite a bit higher. :)
Kinderchick:
--- Quote from: RCF on May 24, 2013, 18:38 ---I was just flabbergasted when I got home today and looked at my photos I took at the tower. The one bird has a transmitter on it’s back and there was no mistaking that! :o ...
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Holy smoke-a-roonies, RCF! :o That is amazing! What great photos you take AND what a great detective you are! Can hardly wait to hear more! :D
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: RCF on May 24, 2013, 19:54 ---Waiting impatiently for the transmitter data!!
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Couldn't agree more!! ;)
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