Manitoba Peregrines > Radisson Peregrines
Radisson - 2017 / Pip & Princess
burdi:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on August 27, 2017, 13:13 ---
--- Quote from: burdi on August 22, 2017, 04:09 ---Thank you for replying with the info I requested, TPC.
I find the tape colours serve an excellent purpose, though not for long. Initially, I couldn't find leg band info for the chicks, but thought I should at least ask about the band colours tape colours - sorry about the poor wording.
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Past the first year, having colour on the silver band doesn't really serve a purpose. When they are chicks and based on where they are seen we can tell with a certain level of confidence who a bird might be - so a chick at the Radisson nestbox in July is likely (99%) the red Radisson chick. In September a chick with red tape could be any of this year's red taped chicks because the chicks are travelling further away and returning irregularly. A bird next spring with red tape on its leg will have adult plumage and could be any of the red taped chicks from the last 10 years - or could e a bird from any other project that also uses tape to mark their birds, and many do. So, the tape works well because it sticks long enough to help us through fledging and usually through until the chicks migrate. After that reading the leg band is best for the ID.
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Yes, I understand this. Thank you, TPC. :)
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: burdi on August 22, 2017, 04:09 ---Thank you for replying with the info I requested, TPC.
I find the tape colours serve an excellent purpose, though not for long. Initially, I couldn't find leg band info for the chicks, but thought I should at least ask about the band colours tape colours - sorry about the poor wording.
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Past the first year, having colour on the silver band doesn't really serve a purpose. When they are chicks and based on where they are seen we can tell with a certain level of confidence who a bird might be - so a chick at the Radisson nestbox in July is likely (99%) the red Radisson chick. In September a chick with red tape could be any of this year's red taped chicks because the chicks are travelling further away and returning irregularly. A bird next spring with red tape on its leg will have adult plumage and could be any of the red taped chicks from the last 10 years - or could e a bird from any other project that also uses tape to mark their birds, and many do. So, the tape works well because it sticks long enough to help us through fledging and usually through until the chicks migrate. After that reading the leg band is best for the ID.
burdi:
Thank you for replying with the info I requested, TPC.
I find the tape colours serve an excellent purpose, though not for long. Initially, I couldn't find leg band info for the chicks, but thought I should at least ask about the band colours tape colours - sorry about the poor wording.
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: burdi on August 15, 2017, 15:13 ---I wasn't able to find a list of band colours for our 2017 Radisson chicks ??? (maybe I missed it ???).
Perhaps adding their band colours to the "News" could help as a temporary (but quick) reference.
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Chick "band" (actually tape) colours this year are:
Porter - is silver - no tape on left leg(all our males were silver this year)
Purdy - green tape on left leg
Pippy - red tape on left leg
We don't really expect the tape to last longer than a few months, so if you see a bird with no tape, likely it is one of the males but maybe, just maybe, one of the girls may have removed the tape already.
burdi:
--- Quote from: ballywing on August 18, 2017, 10:20 ---Yes I think he is a newbie Dad - He's done a pretty good job!! ;D
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Yes, I would say Pip has done a great job, and I suspect he's carrying most of the load right now! :)
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