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Radisson - 2016 / Smiley & Princess
The Peregrine Chick:
We decided to start with the lone male chick well because he was the lone male chick and seemed somewhat feisty. So on went the video camera, Dennis was ready with his camera and I retrieved him from the pail and that is when the bloodletting began. He latched onto both Dr Bob and me and had no intention of letting go. It was just one more scratch and a wee puncture for me but the little so-and-so got hold of Dr Bob and really scratched him so off when the video camera and down went Dennis camera and back into the pail went miscreant and we set Bob up with a styling bandage consisting of Kleenex and some purple, owl-patterned duck tape I bought for Dennis a couple of Christmases ago. We were just starting a banding double-header so we wanted to make sure Bob's hand stayed clean - peregrine chicks are not clean little beasties much of the time. So when are watching the video (no it hasn't been posted yet - haven't been home long enough - and more on that later) if you see something odd on Bob's hand you will know what and why ...
The Peregrine Chick:
So, we had all the gear to band and record so that was all good. Busy morning at the Hotel so we needed to wait a bit until we could get access to the roof. Then we set everything everything up and got ready to go out to the box but checked the camera first so we had some idea where everyone was - and we could only see 2 chicks and had to seek expert advice from EyeSpy who fortunately can multitask like a pro! Should have known that was going to be the first of many hiccups. So small tech tweak and we couldn't see the third chick on the balcony so that meant it had to be under its siblings somewhere. So off we when and opened up the box and 1, 2, 3 - perfect. That's when the bloodletting began - all three little darlings (not) hacked and slashed as I scooped them out of the nestbox. since the Twitter feed does fun along with the cam image I left a note for the chicks' fans about their absence. And off we went back inside. Had the camera all set up and tested so all we needed to do was get the bands prepped by this point we knew we had 2 ginormous females and 1 ginormous male (all relatively speaking of course). Now we were ready to go ...
RCF:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on June 14, 2016, 18:20 ---It was a long day of banding at Radisson and Logan - not as smooth and easy as in previous years so first chance to post any thing was after a shower to get sweat, blood and some sort of cleaning product off me (yup long day)
Prairie Sailor may have heard when we were returning chicks to the box - I was talking to folks and chicks as we put the little terrors back in the nestbox. Moo star and RCF are correct the first time I posted anything was on Twitter, then had to chat with the folks at Up to Speed on CBC then find the power cord for my phone to get here ... Finally!
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Here's the interview chat with Tracy on Up to Speed on CBC this afternoon..
https://soundcloud.com/carolyn52/tpc-banding-interview-june-14-2016
The Peregrine Chick:
It was a long day of banding at Radisson and Logan - not as smooth and easy as in previous years so first chance to post any thing was after a shower to get sweat, blood and some sort of cleaning product off me (yup long day)
Prairie Sailor may have heard when we were returning chicks to the box - I was talking to folks and chicks as we put the little terrors back in the nestbox. Moo star and RCF are correct the first time I posted anything was on Twitter, then had to chat with the folks at Up to Speed on CBC then find the power cord for my phone to get here ... Finally!
RCF:
--- Quote from: PrairieSailor on June 14, 2016, 15:56 ---
--- Quote from: Moonstar on June 14, 2016, 14:46 ---Has anything been posted on number of girls / boys yet.
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2 female - 1 male.
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How did you know? Were you at the banding? If you were, lucky you! Tracy only posted on her Twitter feed at five the gender of the chicks.
The Peregrine Chick
@mbperegrines
Radisson - and 3 blood-thirsty chicks - 2 females, 1 male - all loud as heck & ready to rumble right from the start (= scratches) #mbfalcons
5:05 PM - 14 Jun 2016
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/742840500562972675
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