Manitoba Peregrines > U of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Radisson in San Antonio
carly:
Thank you TPC and Alison for the update on who Radisson is hanging out with and his history.
The Peregrine Chick:
Triumph's mate has a name? Cool!!!! I could only find her band number no name 😁
Would you know if it is an official name? Or one that was given to her more informally by volunteers, supporters, fans, etc?
Alison:
It's good to know who both the birds in San Antonio are. Triumph, then, is the male who replaced the long-time resident tiercel, Younger, at the Multifoods nest in 2016. Younger was found dead on March 17 of that year. His injuries were consistent with a territorial battle.
Younger was a two-nest tiercel for some years. In addition to his nest at the Multifoods Tower, he had a second nest across the street, only 100 yards away from Multifoods and 38 floors lower. After the loss of Younger, his mate at Multifoods was also gone and a new female moved in.
But she was not really new; she was Younger's other mate from his second nest, and she is now Triumph's mate. She is banded black/red 22/X, and her name is Genie.
The Peregrine Chick:
Well as much as Radisson companion looked like a female, "she" turns out to be a "he". He's still a big bird with yo-honking big "lady peregrine" toes.
Anywho, "he" is a 2013 wild-hatched male from the Mayo Clinic nestsite in Rochester Minnesota with the name of Triumph. Triumph has been nesting with a banded but unnamed 2012 female from the Mayo Building at the U of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Triumph and his unnamed mate had 4 chicks in 2016 and 3 chicks in 2017 on the Multifoods Tower (now the City Centre) in Minneapolis.
Interestingly, 30 years ago our first female and matriarch of all the Radisson Hotel-related peregrines hatched from the Multifoods Tower and 15 years ago, Princess hatched from the Excel Riverside Power Plant just northeast (~7miles) of Multifoods. The Tower was the first wild nest in Minnesota if I recall correctly and the first female there (and Maud's mother) was a captive-bred bird who was known as MF-1.
Even though there is no reason for two females to fight on migration (other than they are annoying one another and that's not gender-dependent), it does somehow make me more comfortable that Triumph is a male not a female. Radisson still has 2 months and 3000km to go until she gets home. Probably more than 3000km actually as it is unlikely that she would fly in a straight line from San Antonio to Edmonton. No idea if she goes up the same way the Manitoba birds (Texas - Oklahoma - Kansas - Nebraska - South Dakota - North Dakota - Manitoba) or if she might go west and use the foothills of the Western Cordillera - don't know if the western peregrines do that but its possible.
carly:
It's interesting that Radisson might be hanging out with another female . They are off on migration, having fun in the sun and no territory to squabble over!
Great detective work on the bands everyone!
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