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West Winnipeg - 2015 / Ty & Beatrix
dupre501:
Checked out the area this evening before the rain storm. Did not see Beatrix or Ty. But it looks like the nest box ledge is not enough for the chicks. They were out looking at the world today. In the first picture they look a little higher than the other two pictures.
Sorry for the terrible pictures but the air quality in Winnipeg is horrible and the distance is great.
dupre501:
Well that explains Beatrix's shift in perch to the camera box. She did the same last year when the chicks started moving to the nest box edge and doing a lot of flapping.
Yesterday, about 5:45 pm, Beatrix was on her new perch when she took off like a shot with a lot of yelling. She meets up with Ty and does a food exchange with him, then rushes back to deliver the food to her chicks. Ty circled once and landed on the other corner. She didn't stay with the chicks very long and was back on her perch.
The Peregrine Chick:
Dennis just contacted me to let me know the older of the two chicks just figured out what the ramp is for - both up and down!
They grow up so fast :'( ;D
Kinderchick:
Glad to hear that the chicks are relatively safe from being blown off the roof, prior to fledging. :)
The Peregrine Chick:
The girls have figured out how to get up on the box ledge but not out of the box yet. But it won't take them long.
Because this site is our windiest, the box is as sheltered as we could make it. The box ledge is about the height of the box edge at the Radisson but it is still below the roof ledge at the West Winnipeg site. This means that the chicks can't get up there until they are old enough to be able to climb out and therefore old enough to sit in safety even if it is windy - and they can see out, which is usually what draws chicks up onto the edges of their buildings. This way, the chicks can see the world when they are ready but they are still protected from getting blown off until they are ready to go. From the box ledge (might have to find another name I guess) - the chicks can access the ramp we added on to get down onto the roof - we took the idea from the McKenzie Seeds roof box - lets the chicks climb in and out a bit earlier than if they didn't have the ramp. Chicks like to return to the nestbox at night and this way they can start exercising their muscles running and flapping about on the rooftop at an earlier age and where they have more room and more protection from the wind before they actually fledge. Having siblings makes it even better since they tend to chase each other around the rooftop just like they do after they fledge. More training for the real thing.
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