Manitoba Peregrines > West Winnipeg Peregrines
West Winnipeg - 2015 / Ty & Beatrix
The Peregrine Chick:
1914h CDT
It has started to rain in West Winnipeg and the female at the box has decided to make it hard for anyone to get into her box. She's moved out of the rain and into the box - another bird still flying past at semi-regular intervals ...
The Peregrine Chick:
1858h
Bird is back - can't say if it is female 1 or female 2 - think female 1 though ... another bird sped around the building a few minutes ago, no idea who it was though ...
The Peregrine Chick:
Went back to check the recorder and first sign of a bird was at 1402h today. There must have been at least two because the bird on-camera was yapping at someone in the air above. That bird had a black band on its left leg - same as Beatrix. The second bird also has a dark band on its left leg but couldn't say for sure if it was all black or black and something else. Wind is brutal at the moment, too much for the birds (they were getting blown right off their feet and off the box/building) and for cameras - both the webcams and Dennis and the Wowzers. Next few days look to be pretty much the same (windy) so may take us a bit longer than usual to ID new arrivals at this site. But these birds are back pretty much bang on time so we have 3-4 weeks before they begin nesting.
The Peregrine Chick:
Nothing this morning at this site then as Dennis and I were chatting we were wondering if the south winds would blow more birds into town and then we both logged onto the camera at West Winnipeg in time to see a bird, then another bird then a third bird. Wind is blowing like stink but there are two females have a tiff over the nestbox. Too windy for a real fight, we have seen all the birds get blown right off the building - without any help from their opponent. So figure it will be mostly aerial flights and some careful sparring in the box.
We can see that both the females have bands, we think they are black but can't tell for sure, the light sucks as it is overcast.
More news as we have it ....
dupre501:
Thanks for the update TPC.
Just curious. It was definitely easier to watch the chicks at the new nest site.
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