Manitoba Peregrines > Logan Peregrines
Logan - 2016 / Hart & Jolicoeur
The Peregrine Chick:
Our three chicks have returned - I say three because the chick that fledged first has yet to return so far as we can tell, but sometimes it is hard to see the tape on their bands. And it is not unusual for one chick to just take off - Hurricane and Alley were like that and they did fine.
So, our lone female who fledged just as I was putting chick 3 back on the roof took all day but it wasn't the time, it was the incentive. Joli and a very plump dinner item was the real reason she came home. She's wanted to for much of the day but it has been too high and she hadn't figured out yet that she just needs to circle round and that would get her up there. So it looks like Joli used the food as a very effective lure and our girl was not graceful but she stuck the landing like a pro - and then she scarfed all the food and would not share with her brothers. She is still picking at the bones (there is absolutely nothing she hasn't eaten) and the boys are napping a few feet away. All in all, a happy little picture and I suspect they will all stay together tonight - today's fledgers don't seem inclined to venture out again and fledger #2 very much prefers company.
The Peregrine Chick:
Chick three fledged but couldn't get back to the nestledge and dribbled down to the ground. Picked him up and returned him to the nestledge but not before his sister made her first flight - and a very nice flight it was, maintained her altitude, made a bit up at the end but didn't quite manage to reach the ledge she wanted to land on. Instead she landed on a wide ledge about 3 feet below without a problem. When she screws up the courage to try again, and if she does as well then as she did the first time, she'll be back on the nestledge in no time flat. And her brother (fledge #3) is waiting patiently for her - these two are very much best buds.
burdi:
Thank you for all of your updates, TPC.
burdi:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on July 04, 2016, 12:27 ---Yup, we definitely had a second fledge yesterday ... only two left on the ledge - male and female and they are not so willing to head out at the moment - they are sound asleep nose-to-nose on a ledge in the shade.
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Nice to know the female and one brother are resting comfortably; I hope her other two brothers are somewhere safe.
The Peregrine Chick:
Yup, we definitely had a second fledge yesterday ... only two left on the ledge - male and female and they are not so willing to head out at the moment - they are sound asleep nose-to-nose on a ledge in the shade.
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