She did indeed. Her name was/is Madame and I used to be able to add her to the Christmas bird count when she held the Radisson territory. I'd come down during the count period and usually spotted her on the Radisson sign or on the nestbox. She used to have free range of the City during the off-season, so I'd get reports of her near Garden City, occasionally out in West Winnipeg and sometimes over the bridges near the U of M. Her first year here she hung out downtown in the winter, was escorted out of the territory in the summer by Maud the original Delta (Radisson) Female and she hung out with T-Rex (Trey's Dad) at the U of M. He fed her and four captive bred chicks that were being hacked out there that year. We were feeding them daily, but still, he'd hunt and shove food through the bars of the hack box. He was a great Daddy and an even better Mommy, well, except for the egg-laying part of course
Trey has inherited his size (Trey's a bit bigger) and most of his colouring (Trey's got more white on him). His attitude is the best of both his parents (Madame's Trey's his mom) - aggressive when he needs to be (like when I'm banding) and tolerant when he needs to be (like when he incubated, I can get right up beside him to check the eggs and he'll let me get right beside him, then get off the eggs but won't leave the nestbox). Madame's temperament was similar (fortunately). However she never liked my trying to read her band numbers - I think she felt it was like I was trying to see up her skirt or something
That's how she got her name, one day I was calling her all sorts of names as I was trying to read her band numbers and Madame was the only part that could be used in mixed company
