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Offline Liz

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Re: Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
« Reply #111 on: May 30, 2014, 22:29 »
 I heard you on CBC Radio - great interview!

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Re: Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
« Reply #110 on: May 30, 2014, 21:01 »
Soooo good to see Princess again.  We are so lucky :-*

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Re: Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
« Reply #109 on: May 30, 2014, 20:56 »
Heard on "Up to Speed" that the webcam was live ;D  Rushed home to tune in and have checked in every once in awhile all evening to see Princess on the eggs...yawn ::)

Very happy to have the cam ready before the family hatches.  Wonder what kind of dad Smiley will be :-\

Thanks TPC, Dennis and Eye-Spy!

We're ready for another season of wonders...

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Re: Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
« Reply #108 on: May 30, 2014, 14:50 »
Yippee!!! So egg-citing to see the Winnipeg CBC/Shaw falcon cam up for the season! ;D

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Re: Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
« Reply #107 on: May 30, 2014, 11:54 »
Easy ways to tell Princess and Smiley apart

  • Princess is larger than Smiley but there isn't as much of a difference as there was with Ivy
  • Princess has more light coloured feathers on her head, Smiley's is all black.  If you see wisps of light colour on his head it's because his "do" is messed up - doesn't happen often, he preens more than any bird we have ever had
  • Princess' speckles come up higher on her breast, Smiley's breast is whiter


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Re: Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
« Reply #106 on: May 30, 2014, 10:18 »
I just checked the CBC site and low and behold I can view the web cam this year at work.  Nice clear picture.  I have no sound tho.  Who knows if I will continue to get it at work tho.  One day I could view Dennis's photo site and then at lunch it was blocked and has been since then at work.

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Re: Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
« Reply #105 on: May 30, 2014, 10:04 »
 :)  yay the camera is up.  Can't see it at work but will check it out when I get home.  Greats shots RCF.  :)

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Re: Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
« Reply #104 on: May 30, 2014, 09:25 »
Are they going to change the heading on the cam page because it says "Princess and Ivy" ?

It's been changed.  :)

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Re: Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
« Reply #103 on: May 30, 2014, 09:23 »
Great snaps! I too wondered if this was Smiley. He seems too small to be Princess.

We have video ;D ;D ;D

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Re: Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
« Reply #102 on: May 30, 2014, 09:21 »
I think this is Smiley.  :)

 


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Re: Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
« Reply #101 on: May 30, 2014, 08:37 »
Princess in the nestbox. What a welcome sight!  :)

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Re: Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
« Reply #100 on: May 30, 2014, 08:33 »
Are they going to change the heading on the cam page because it says "Princess and Ivy" ?

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Re: Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
« Reply #99 on: May 28, 2014, 15:42 »
1540h - Princess is on "mumbrella" duty right now, the box is warm enough the eggs need shade rather than to be kept warm ...

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Re: Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
« Reply #98 on: May 28, 2014, 13:16 »
Shift change about 15 minutes ago and Princess is on the eggs once again.  Don't think we are quite ready for hatch, she tends to do all the incubating once the kids start to make noises inside the shell.  Smiley had his usual shift from 8 to just a few minutes ago so all seems to be progressing the way it usually does.  We are day 28 of incubation by our count, so 4-7 days more if the time remains about the same.  But every year is different ....

Equipment is talking nicely to one another at the Radisson, now we are checking that it will talk to the internet ... hope to have a launch date for everyone very very soon.

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Re: Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
« Reply #97 on: May 27, 2014, 11:38 »
Except I still wonder what happened to Ivy :'( 

Accident maybe.  Or just very late and knows he's too late.  Or very late and Smiley explained the new pecking order and he's off somewhere else.  Or he found another lady friend ... he been awfully friendly with ladies in the past - Lucy, Jules, Princess, Sandy and Joli. 

If he is around somewhere and someone gets a look at his leg bands, they will hopefully report it and we'll get notified, but could take more than a few months depending on when reported and how big the backlog is at the banding office.