Radisson Banding
With only two chicks to band, it was a very fast banding this morning. We did a little pre-prep to make sure we had everything in place so that added to the "speed". Princess and Smiley have two female chicks this year, one just a tiny bit bigger than the other - not sure if it would be enough to tell on the webcam but if the the chicks were sitting side-by-side, but maybe. Both of the chicks were vocal and feisty, nice things in female peregrines. We did the usual - banded them, photographed them, tidied their nestbox and put the chicks back. Because they were independent little ladies, we put the board at the opening of the nestbox to make sure they didn't rush out on the "balcony" as soon as we put them back in the box. Both Smiley and Princess were in attendance and while not pleased we borrowed their offspring, she's been through this before and that helped to keep him from getting too stressed, this being his first banding. Just had to clean out a wee bit of the nestbox - it may have looked bad on the webcam, but it was much worse in-person!
