Manitoba Peregrines > Other Peregrine Sightings in Manitoba
Non-Resident Sightings - 2020
Kinderchick:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on October 10, 2010, 12:36 ---10 October 2010 (Winnipeg)
...Drum Roll Please ..... its Luck, 2009 wild hatch female from Brandon, chick of Hurricane and Zeus. A granddaughter of Trey and Princess (Radisson) and Mufasa and Phoebe (Brandon). Her band number is 13 over X, hence her name, lucky number 13. Silver band on her other leg - originally we put green electrical tape on that band but she has managed to get it off by this point. Luck's sibs are Fate, Karma & Kismet and no, we haven't had any reports on them to date...
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WOW! :o 8)
Rose:
RE Luck: She was the last of 2009 bunch to fledge but only by one day, she was also the biggest of the four and seemed to be a loner like her mother, she was also the prettiest. Glad to hear that she made it there and back and back here again, the same as Ty ;D ;D ;D
RCF:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on October 10, 2010, 12:36 ---10 October 2010 (Winnipeg)
Dennis and I had a play date this morning (half past way too early ::)) but we were rewarded ... one bird where there had been two briefly yesterday. The sun came up and gave us more light but we were far away and could really only hope to appreciate the beauty of the bird and the lovely morning.
When Dennis got home ... don't get ahead of me here folks ;D ... lo and behold, our little shutterbug extraordinaire had managed to catch the band number in one of his 200 images ... we already knew that it wasn't a bird from this year, adult plumage and all that. Also knew it wasn't Ivy (our only black banded adult in town this year) because the black band was on the right leg, not the left. So, could have been Trey who has a black band on his right leg but with Sandy and Ty playing on the Radisson, I would be surprised to find Trey elsewhere. So who else could it be? ???
Drum Roll Please ..... its Luck, 2009 wild hatch female from Brandon, chick of Hurricane and Zeus. A granddaughter of Trey and Princess (Radisson) and Mufasa and Phoebe (Brandon). Her band number is 13 over X, hence her name, lucky number 13. Silver band on her other leg - originally we put green electrical tape on that band but she has managed to get it off by this point. Luck's sibs are Fate, Karma & Kismet and no, we haven't had any reports on them to date.
If you want to see a baby picture of Luck ... http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/image/114990787/
And yes, when the Turkey Daze Pandemonium has quieted down, I will post photos in our gallery :D
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Oh Wow!! That is the greatest news about Luck, our golden girl from Brandon. ;D :-* Sure am glad you and Dennis where out this morning :-* and I can hardly wait to see the photo's. 8) ;D
The Peregrine Chick:
9 October 2010 (Whitewater Lake)
Some local birders took advantage of our amazing weather and made a trek out to Whitewater Lake south of Brandon to do some viewing and although they saw a variety of waders (herons, egrets) and waterfowl (ducks, geese), shorebirds, they also found a peregrine sitting patiently on a fence post near the lake for "someone" to make a mistake and become lunch.
For those who don't know Whitewater Lake (and most folks, even Manitobans, don't) it is a large prairie lake with, I believe 1 tree on its shores, or sort of on its shores. Its flat, open and a mecca for waterbirds through the year but very much so at this time of the year. When its very hot in the summer we have problems some years because the water heats up (its a very shallow lake) and avian botulism becomes a major killer of those same waterbirds that are taking advantage of it now. Two extremes, paradise or pond-o-death. This day, it was paradise for all concerned ... well, except for the prey of that peregrine waiting patiently on the fence post.
The Peregrine Chick:
10 October 2010 (Winnipeg)
Dennis and I had a play date this morning (half past way too early ::)) but we were rewarded ... one bird where there had been two briefly yesterday. The sun came up and gave us more light but we were far away and could really only hope to appreciate the beauty of the bird and the lovely morning.
When Dennis got home ... don't get ahead of me here folks ;D ... lo and behold, our little shutterbug extraordinaire had managed to catch the band number in one of his 200 images ... we already knew that it wasn't a bird from this year, adult plumage and all that. Also knew it wasn't Ivy (our only black banded adult in town this year) because the black band was on the right leg, not the left. So, could have been Trey who has a black band on his right leg but with Sandy and Ty playing on the Radisson, I would be surprised to find Trey elsewhere. So who else could it be? ???
Drum Roll Please ..... its Luck, 2009 wild hatch female from Brandon, chick of Hurricane and Zeus. A granddaughter of Trey and Princess (Radisson) and Mufasa and Phoebe (Brandon). Her band number is 13 over X, hence her name, lucky number 13. Silver band on her other leg - originally we put green electrical tape on that band but she has managed to get it off by this point. Luck's sibs are Fate, Karma & Kismet and no, we haven't had any reports on them to date.
If you want to see a baby picture of Luck ... http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/image/114990787/
And yes, when the Turkey Daze Pandemonium has quieted down, I will post photos in our gallery :D
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