Manitoba Peregrines > U of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
U of Alberta - 2009 / Damon & Radisson
bev.:
I woke up early and started thinking. Never wake up thinking. ;)
We assumed it was the female tucking in but did not see her land . He?she was just getting organized on the ledge.
Last year if we saw both tucked in on the same side, the male tucked up high and the female was lower down.
The other night, she was tucked in on ledge 6(do not always go to same ledge)
Tonight the falcon was on the 2nd from to ledge.
So did we just see the male last night, or did we just see the female , or did we see both??????
I did leave unsettled last night(probably why I am up so early today) as they have always come in quietly until now and gone to bed quietly.
Last night the falcon was chupping on the corner???
I am just thinking out loud. I did not go the night before so I do not know. :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
bev.:
Hi Tracy,
No one has red the band numbers yet??/ As far as I know. I am just going by what I saw last year and where they are hanging out.
I do not have a scope and since they have not been at nest box really yet, I have not seen the bands.
because of the weirdness so far, they have not been close enough to read bands either.
I went down tonight and got there later than I wanted. I got there about 6:45pm
There was a raven on a light standard on the road that leads into the area(around the field where I saw them) I could not get a good look, as I think the cars behind us would have killed us if we had stopped. Very busy street.
When I got to the top of the parkade, I saw nothing at the nest box. I hope you saw nothing also.
After a few minutes I did see a raven soaring up high just to the east of the heart building. It just soared, made a bit of noise and then just flew east and ended up on an aerial way down east. I could see because of my binoculars. ( I was holding my breath)
Peter was supposed to watch it while I looked around, but the old boy missed it fly off because his nose was in his Suduko book ::) ::) ::)
I am not really watching them but I wanted to make sure they were not at the nest box.
I did not see them there and we left at 9:15 pm
The falcons did not come in together tonight. We might have missed it earlier on. Things change as mating begins. I am assuming they are ready to start.
It was about 8:20pm when I saw a falcon circling high above. Then I am sure I saw another one way above. Unfortunately I did not have Peters eyes as he was checking to see if any were tucked in(when we did not see any) And he did not understand what I was saying as I was shouting to him from the parkade, and pointing up.
Other people probably understood but Peter did not hear it all. ;) ;) (So you people in Winnipeg, do not be afraid and go out and shout nest on the west.)
They already think I am nuts here ;D ;D
Any how I watched a falcon circle high above the clinical science and I thought, as it went west, Here we go. But nothing. It slowly started coming back toward my area and I started watching the other one that was way up there and going more southeast.
All of a sudden I heard chupping and I looked up and there was a falocn on the corner of the Campus tower. My heart stopped. I thought , Oh no, 3 falcons.
The one on the corner belonged there and I thought mom at first. I thought it had food, but I was distracted by the thought of 2 more falcons. The other falcons, I think , soared out of sight.
The one on the corner of the building chupped some more and then flew of and soared around the building a few times and then flew off north.
Now I am really confused.
I can tell falcons from below and I am sure I saw 2 soaring above, but they may have just been passing through. So Peter and I checked out where they tuck in and no one.
I did not want to leave yet so we went to Hortons for a bite and when we came back we checked again and the female had just got in and was tucked in for the night. We did not see the male, but last year we rarely saw him tucked in until the end of the season.
On discussing it with Peter , that may have been the male on the Campus tower because it did look smaller.
So a confusing night. I am praying tonight and have to think how to talk Peter into going down tomorrow night. I know he does not want to but I want peace of mind.
so are you as confused as me???? ;D ;D
The Peregrine Chick:
Do we know for sure it is Radisson - I mean has anyone read her band number to confirm?
And the male - do we have an ID or a name yet?
bev.:
I would be surprised if this was not RAdisson becasue she is sleeping exactly where she slept last year.
and the male is on the same building as he always has, soooo
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: bcbird on April 19, 2009, 18:14 ---What is likely to happen to the left behind egg?
Would the Peregrines ignore it or destroy it?
--- End quote ---
Probably pitch it out even though Radisson is a lousy housekeeper. They may just pitch out the front door or as is usual with peregrines, take it elsewhere and drop it.
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