Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
bcbird:
Hi moka.
TPC updated the info on the main index page of the Forum:
May 16
Eggs at Radisson & McKenzie Seeds are due to hatch about the beginning of June.
So long as all the upgraded computer equipment will "talk" to each other,
the CBC Manitoba Falcon Cams will go live before the chicks begin hatching.
I will post launch date when we have one.
moka:
TPC, when do you expect the eggs to hatch at the Radisson?
Feather2Fin:
Thanks for the information on the pellets. Good to know.
I am not sure that the female is alone anymore. This morning I saw two falcons flying to the roof. I'm concerned that they may try to nest on the roof. I'm not sure how keen the mangement of the building will be about a nest on the roof. Also, they are doing some work on coating balconies which requires scaffolding from the roof.
What is the legislation about discouraging nesting or interfering with the nest of an endangered species? ???
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Feather2Fin on May 16, 2014, 15:12 ---A couple people have commented on the "pellets". There is a huge second pellet from the most recent visit. The first one looked like she had horked (is that even a word?) up a dehydrated mousey, bird alien. Is this falcon poop? I am used to seeing the whitewashing of walls so I wasn't sure which end this came out of.
--- End quote ---
"Horked" is very apt. Pellets are peregrine versions of cat hair balls except where a hair ball is a cat's own hair, the pellets are the undigested remains of meals - feathers, bones if birds, if bugs like grasshoppers or giant water bugs, wings and carapaces. So yes, "horked up a dehydrated mousey bird alien" works. :D
Cooper:
Horked is s very apt word for pellet expulsion. The first time I saw it happen I was horrified. I thought I was watching the bird choking to death on something. I was so relieved when I saw what was actually produced after all that effort.
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