Manitoba Peregrines > U of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
U of Alberta - 2009 / Damon & Radisson
carly:
Yes their eggs are blue-green in color.
Liz:
That's an egg? I don't see the colour -- I was just being grateful that there was no egg. Rats!
carly:
George just came in for a quick visit and Weezie got up, that egg is a beautiful color - like a blue green color. He is so devoted to her, you can't help but admire him. Such a fascinating bird, I will never look at them the same way again.
Wow..a few minutes later, Weezie looking up at something and suddenly she just vaulted out of the nest..no George, it was stunning!
The Peregrine Chick:
Just occurred to me that if you replace "raven" with "workman" and "peregrine" with "raven" in the last day's worth of posts that it sounds pretty much like the conversation we were all having last weekend ;D
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: carly on April 12, 2009, 12:58 ---TPC will correct me if I'm wrong but I think since the falcons are bonded with this nest site, especially the tiercel who has been here for many years it probably won't happen unless they absolutely fail to drive the ravens out and Radisson gets close to laying eggs. Still early for that though, since both just got home and are now distracted with this issue.
Since they almost killed George yesterday, I'd say they aren't going to give up without a fight. Radisson is a pretty tough girl too, it is assumed that she killed Baltzac girl to take this nest site...and we still have Falcon #3 who is on her way home too. Stay tuned...
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I suspect this could be a hard-fought battle on both sides. The peregrines want this site and are true predators while ravens are in fact songbirds. But the ravens have eggs already which might make them fight harder. But the ravens are already stressed by having their nests dismantled twice, could tip the balance in favour of the peregrines. As the peregrines begin courtship et al, they will be more determined to take over the site so that might give them a bit more of an edge at that point. All in all, going to be interesting to watch - and its nice that we have three cameras to do so!
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