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Radisson - 2015 / Smiley & Princess
The Peregrine Chick:
This morning Princess has been hanging out on the nest ledge right where she has nested in the past. Smiley is on the sign above. Two hours ago Smiley has been working on the scrape in the nestbox though - hard to know where they are going to nest. Yesterday they both defended the roof/box when we had to drop by to clean the in-box camera. Hopefully they are just hanging out out of the wind, at the moment the closest weather station is showing winds gusting from the NNW downtown - that makes the nestbox much windier than the east side sign and the nestledge. I've noticed that Princess has done a bit more comfort seeking the last couple of years, she's actually spent time in the nestbox getting out of the wind - that is something she never did before, she used to only tolerate the nestbox when she had eggs/chicks to tend.
The Peregrine Chick:
Princess has been back for 3 weeks now and she and Smiley are familiar with one another so there wasn't as long a "getting to know you" period as last year so I'm keeping an eye on both sides of the Radisson for the first egg. Not sure when it will happen but at least Princess isn't avoiding the nestbox which is often a positive sign that she has ruled out the nestbox for this year.
Also, watched them canoodling on the nestbox edge last night .... surely if it is good for canoodling it is good for raising chicks?
GCG:
With this post all bunnies should be afraid, be very afraid. Turn tail and run!
sami:
Had a little brown bunny in my back yard - but no Easter treats. Maybe he was running for his life!
soaring west:
Glad to see another season is on the way. But, Easter bunny never came to my house to. :(
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