I should mention that the Radisson chicks are behemoth's this year - much larger than chicks under Ivy or Trey!! I think that Smiley may have given this batch no babies a super-sizer gene and I think a gene with Terminator's attitude which when combined with Princess' somewhat dominant genes may have produced chicks who if they survive the next 12-18 months will be let's say, challenging, for whomever needs to work with them or band their chicks. Nice to have peregrines that stand their ground in the face of all comers, but they can make your life difficult in the process and even as they are creating dynasty in the peregrine world.
So banding all done, we did a quick clean of the nestbox - we got a couple of bugs on us during the banding - the chicks weren't infested just living in a very messy nest-box. We'll be changing out the gravel at the end of this year! So we chatted with whomever was viewing the nestbox while we worked. And then we popped the chicks (blood on heir toes and all) back into the nestbox and back into the care of their parents.
A bit of packing up and we were out of there and off to band the Logan chicks - and I'll continue that story over on the Logan thread in a little while - must make dinner.