Other Peregrine Projects > USA Peregrines
AZ / Phoenix - 2016-17
burdi:
Thank you for your comment regarding the solo chicks, TPC. I also hope the box will be redesigned as you suggested.
Perhaps even a small adjustment with a ledge that extends outwards would have helped, and then some boxes also have ramps to help prevent accidents.
burdi:
Chick appears ok after the fall. :)
The poor parents are definitely not looking comfortable today ... it's way too hot for everyone!
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: burdi on June 04, 2016, 14:50 ---They just put the chick back in the box.
--- End quote ---
That is excellent news!
burdi:
They just put the chick back in the box.
The Peregrine Chick:
One of the problems with solos is that they tend to try to follow their parents not having siblings to anchor them in the nestbox. We've had this problem a number of times. Sherpa (our little climber) was our scariest - not dissimilar to this chick - he climbed out of the nestbox and I managed to snag him from the ledge before he went anywhere. Solos also tend to fledge way too soon.
Hopefully they will look at redesigning that nestbox some to prevent the chick from accessing the ledge until it can fly. Or at least that is what I would be looking at and that pre-supposes that there wouldn't be a technical difficulty doing so.
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