Manitoba Peregrines > Logan Peregrines
Logan - 2015 / Hart & Jolicoeur
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: birdnut on April 21, 2015, 20:26 ---Drove by site about 7:30 p.m. Monday evening. Joli was sitting minding her own business; Hart came sweeping by,
it's time for some canoodling. Did his thing and he flew off. Joli just went back to minding her own business.
--- End quote ---
Oh man does that ever sound like Hart! On our first sojourn to Logan this year, he was quick to defend the site and Joli just hung back until we got too close. Will be interesting to see if that continues or if he is the magnificent vanishing male again this year ;)
birdnut:
Drove by site about 7:30 p.m. Monday evening. Joli was sitting minding her own business; Hart came sweeping by,
it's time for some canoodling. Did his thing and he flew off. Joli just went back to minding her own business.
The Peregrine Chick:
Hart was on his game this morning when we went to check the nestbox - he was up in the air kakking at us until he was sure that Joli wasn't concerned about us, then he settled but he was still on-guard. Not as much of an assassin as Cowboy but he was making sure we knew he meant business. (Business is relative however when Cowboy is the benchmark!!) Joli didn't even get off her tail feathers until we got close to the nestbox then she too came to scold us. We didn't stay long of course, enough time to confirm a nice substantial scrape in the gravel and for Dennis to grab some flight shots. Not expecting eggs until end of the month ish, but we like to check sites to see how they are being used each spring.
The Peregrine Chick:
Dennis and I did a run around on Saturday and we didn't see Hart or Joli at all anywhere in the Logan territory where they know they like to hang out. This isn't a concern, it isn't unusual for pairs to disappear for hours or even a day or two during the pre-nesting period. Jules and Beau used to do it all the time, kept thinking they were going to find some equally terrible to nest on but then they would return and go back to their original horrible spot. Hart was like a ghost last year, almost never found him around the nestsite, didn't mean he wasn't paying attention, just that he like to hang out further away than Cowboy did. Beau was like this when Jules was nesting - hard to find him anywhere near the nest or her until we moved their chicks at banding, then we had no problems finding either of them.
photosbydennis:
A few more photos have been added to the galleries in Peregrines 2015.
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/peregrines_2015
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