Radisson - 2015 / Smiley & Princess

[The Peregrine Chick]

Now I am going to say it ... stoopid bird ... nestbox nice and dry ... ledge wet and windy ...

Chosen Nestsite



UnChosen Nestsite (this year)

 


what is worse is that the west-side skycam and the east-side spycam and ledgecam are all "hanging" so affected more by the wind than fixed cams.  The skycam right now is barely moving in the wind and of the three, it is the highest, so the wind has swung around and the west side is more protected than the east at the moment.  There is always weather that sucks but this bird has the most uncanny ability to chose the worst site on the years with the worst weather!  I guess she can't be perfect at everything 

[bccs]

a quick exchange and cam blurry because of wind but when eggs were alone you could see gravel was dry where eggs are

Thanks for the update Bev. I'm one of those glass half full type.      I think that all is going to be fine. No need for worry until something happens.

[bev.]

a quick exchange and cam blurry because of wind but when eggs were alone you could see gravel was dry where eggs are

[bev.]

she/he looks dry so rain must have stopped but is windy

[Kinderchick]

Princess is holding tight to her eggs. Cam sure is blowing.

[ballywing]

Steady, Heavy rain right now, I fear for the ledge flooding.   

[The Peregrine Chick]

Looks like the heaviest rains will be about midnight then they will drop off over the next 3-4 hours to about 1mm/hr, which is annoying but generally not a problem for the peregrines ... fingers crossed ...

[Liz]

I did not realize we were so close to hatch here

I didn't either! 
Thank you for the new link to the cams, PC. 

[bev.]

I will post. it was about 7 minutes before eggs were covered. no worries

be right back

here is picture around4pm



and this is what was before 5 and after ( it looks like 3 at firstglance but one is right behind on left)



so still 4

[bev.]

4:20pm - 4 eggs

but jus t before  5 when falcon  left it looked like 3 eggs but one i s hiding

[Jazzerkins]

I wish I knew how to insert a picture, then I could show the 4 eggs I saw earlier.

[newchick]

I see only 3 eggs, and it's after 5, and still no one one incubation duties, kinda worried.   

[Jazzerkins]

4:21 today no one on eggs so got a good look at the 4 of them.  Cool

[The Peregrine Chick]

Checked the weather radar and it looks like there will be patchy rain between 1900 and 2100 ... that's as far into the future the radar can forecast so will be keeping an eye on it this evening and tomorrow. 

The radar maps for Brandon today looked horrible but according to a local weather monitoring station there hasn't been any rain.  Hopefully that will the be case here too!

[ballywing]

Never fails - I can't even watch    
'WEATHER WARNING' - Southern Manitoba
'50-70mm of rain is expected with strong winds, risk of freezing rain & ice pellets, and potential for 10-15cm of snow by Monday Morning.'