Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess

[sparkster]

The chicks are totally dry and chirping away, having a snack.  Thank you, Princess, for choosing the west condo this year.

[burdi]

Interesting how nesting boxes are built in many styles. The bottom of this box extends right from inside the nest to outside, but no visible puddles! Must have excellent drainage!

[The Peregrine Chick]

Check out the weather radar ... http://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/manitoba/weather-radar

Never Fails!!!  - Every single year we have a 2 day downpour in Winnipeg right after the chicks hatch   - THANK YOU Princess for leaving the dreaded East Ledge alone this year!!!  (And please remember this in future also!!!) 

Maybe we need to install the weather channel in the nestboxes to remind her why "west is best"!

[ballywing]

Never Fails!!!  - Every single year we have a 2 day downpour in Winnipeg right after the chicks hatch   - THANK YOU Princess for leaving the dreaded East Ledge alone this year!!!  (And please remember this in future also!!!) 

[The Peregrine Chick]

Princess is napping and so are the kids under her and everyone one is dry.  One of the kids is using the egg as a pillow.
Humidity is starting to fog up the camera some, but that will clear up when it stops raining.

[The Peregrine Chick]

The Radisson birds are high and dry in comparison with everyone else so a little drip is nothing to worry about 

[The Peregrine Chick]

TPC - just a reminder there was another female that was hanging around not too far away from the Radisson in the Osborne Village area.  I saw a pair of unidentified falcons over Wellington Cres. a two or three weeks ago. She may still be in the area.

Thanks F2F

On the Crescent birds could be any of our Winnipeg birds and too close to be another nesting pair, so just birds on the move.  All our birds hunt over the rivers, waterfowl and waterbirds are their preferred prey.  Smiley in particular has this year been partial to waterbirds/shorebirds.

[Feather2Fin]

TPC - just a reminder there was another female that was hanging around not too far away from the Radisson in the Osborne Village area.  I saw a pair of unidentified falcons over Wellington Cres. a two or three weeks ago. She may still be in the area.

[Liz]

Beatrix was getting hammered, now it's drenching rain downtown.  We can see the water dripping on the left side.  (Is there a 'raincoat' emoticon? 

[Liz]

As I passed the Radisson this afternoon, as it was pouring rain, and was again glad Princess chose the nestbox over the nestledge.    

[The Peregrine Chick]

I wonder why the other egg is still there? I thought the parents typically remove the unhatched eggs.

They will when they are ready to, or not.
Chicks will be old enough to thermoregulate, if egg still there, likely will get rolled to one side and ignored if not removed.

[Kinderchick]

So glad to see the chicks nice & dry in the covered west nest box. Supposed to rain all weekend in Winnipeg. I wonder why the other egg is still there? I thought the parents typically remove the unhatched eggs.

[The Peregrine Chick]

TPC - do you have any idea who fought with Princess? 

Not a clue, Beatrix was around but we didn't see her downtown and when I saw her during the day she was calm and totally untouched.  Beatrix has been stapled to West Winnipeg since she came back into town, rarely did we not see her at/near the nestsite.  So no, not Beatrix and not Joli either, she didn't arrive home for another 5 days.  No Smiley either.  At that time Beau and Beatrix were involved in serious hanky-panky in West Winnipeg and Hart and Princess were the only birds in town and they were both at the Radisson and he was courting her.  No other birds on the cameras, no other unidentified birds seen around town either.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Just out of curiosity, TPC, are eggs that are referred to as non viable, eggs that have actually not been fertilized?

I use non-viable for both infertile and did not hatch for whatever reason - didn't develop, didn't develop enough, chick died in the egg, etc.  Technically I believe eggs that don't hatch are either infertile or non-viable.  Since we don't candle eggs and rarely get our hands on eggs (and don't make the specific effort to retrieve eggs) non-viable is for me the term I prefer because I don't know if they are technically infertile or non-viable.  A bit like no news is good news - all the eggs are viable until the parent destroys it or flies it out of the box.

[Liz]

...you make a better door than a window!!!

It's been feeding time for awhile but again, we have a door not a window.  MOVE OVER!