Radisson - 2017 / Pip & Princess

[susha]

Banding time already?!?  Every year, time flies by faster! 

[ballywing]

Any news on whether we'll get the 'Outdoor Terrace' view this year? 

[The Peregrine Chick]

Another pile of fluff photo before they start their transformation ...

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/876865721543929860

[The Peregrine Chick]

Looks like we will be banding these tots sometime in the next week - should have a date for you in a day or two. 

We are having problems with our recorder which affects more than just our recordings so while Eye-Spy is working on the tech, I am making no guarantees that we'll be able to stream it live but we are working very hard to get there!!  More news on that later too. 

And yes, we will be having a "Name the Chick" contest again this year!!  More news on that after the banding when we know what mix of genders we've got.

[moka]

Feeding just finishing up, boy can those chicks eat!

[The Peregrine Chick]

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/876170616185008128

[ballywing]

Every time I look at those chicks, I'm gobsmacked at the SIZE of them - Woah!! - Good thing humans don't grow that fast! 
The chicks sure are looking great! - Healthy and Strong!   

[GCG]

Two chicks have butt scooted their way to the patio and enjoying an al fresco meal. There's no stopping them now. The little one inside has a very full crop.   

[moka]

I worry too, each year, I worry. Mostly for no good reason, but luckily TPC is there to hold our hands. They are adorable in that fluffy chick pile.

[susha]

Fluffy white buddas all in a food coma

[ballywing]

Thanks for checking TPC!  = He just looked really uncomfortable and acting totally different than the others - as usual, probably fretting for nothing. 

[The Peregrine Chick]

Just ran back the couple of hours that the webcam buffers and the chicks looked fine - napping and hanging out with one of the adults (not sure who it was because of the light) and didn't see anything that causes me immediate concern.  None of the chicks were "gagging" and I couldn't see anything on any of the chicks that looks like it doesn't belong but they keep dropping back to sleep which is probably a good sign.

I should mention that I see the same behaviour with chicks in all the nests I have cameras on and I assume on any other nests we don't know about and probably in the McKenzie Seeds nest when the chick is older.  I think we don't have anything to worry about but I will check periodically tomorrow ....

[The Peregrine Chick]

All the chicks do that "gagging" behaviour - it can be that they ate a lot or they are attempting to yak up a pellet - as they get older more indigestible material gets into their diet - which sounds like a bad thing but yakking up a pellet is a kind of self-cleaning system from the stomach up.

Our PVR at the Radisson has finally given up the ghost so I'm afraid I can't go back and check recordings I'm afraid. Will keep an eye on them and see what I can see ...

[ballywing]

One of the chicks looks in distress    - I may be wrong but it looks like he's breathing funny, keeps coughing or burping, like he's trying to gag something up - and there looks like something sticking out of his stomach - My sister thinks a feather tip stuck into him. (Rewound to approx. 4:55pm and watched for several minutes. )
She saw one of the chicks swallow and choke on a full feather earlier today and gag it up, then swallow it again, maybe it's stuck in his throat.  - Are we just paranoid TPC or is he acting strange? 

[The Peregrine Chick]

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/874626951624962051