Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Linder on July 28, 2014, 23:44 ---Was downtown today around 1:30 and had a walk around the Delta, Holiday Towers and other buildings in that area but did not see or hear any falcons. It wasn't that hot and not too windy so thought I might see some action. No luck.
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Thanks for making the pilgrimage Linder! It has been very quiet around the Radisson as well - did see one bird (Princess?) on the JR sign early yesterday and then her or Smiley on the sw Artis sign later in the day ...
Linder:
Was downtown today around 1:30 and had a walk around the Delta, Holiday Towers and other buildings in that area but did not see or hear any falcons. It wasn't that hot and not too windy so thought I might see some action. No luck.
The Peregrine Chick:
Smiley visited the nestbox an hour ago in order to make a post-nesting scrape to impress Princess and he couldn't find a spot to work in - his little feet started scraping but he couldn't put his breast/belly down in the mess to do the job properly. He wandered all around the nestbox (inside and out) looking for a spot but nothing - then he sat on the box edge, did a lot of preening (just in case something got on him??) and then he just refused to look at the carnage in the nestbox any longer! :D
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: birdbrain on July 26, 2014, 22:21 ---Just wondering, can someone tell me, how would the chicks react (and the parents) if they come in contact with a chick from another nest, or another adult PF? Are they ok with that or would they chase the other away?
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We've never witnessed it here in town but we also haven't had any injured (or dead) chicks found with injuries that might indicate they came in contact with another bird. Adults will defend their chicks but the chicks don't have any imperative to fight with each other so no reason for the adults to get involved. We do know that adults will "adopt" chicks that aren't theirs - it's called fostering and it has been used for years to augment small nests or to relocate orphaned or "extra" chicks. The adults just count them in amongst their own. We've even seen adults treating after-hatch-year birds as though they were chicks or adult birds roosting near hacksites have helped with the feeding of the captive-bred young to be hack released.
We try to scout out and help with nestsites that are far enough away from one another that the birds don't come in contact with one another while their hormones are set on "full throttle" because we'd like everyone to get along, so far, mostly so good. The birds are pretty good at picking their battles, so hopefully, young birds just out exploring the town continue to not be cause for adult concern.
birdbrain:
Just wondering, can someone tell me, how would the chicks react (and the parents) if they come in contact with a chick from another nest, or another adult PF? Are they ok with that or would they chase the other away?
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