Manitoba Peregrines > U of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
U of Alberta - 2009 / Damon & Radisson
bob:
Hi y'all. Backwards Bob here. (I like it Carly, can I use it?) We were fortunate enough to see some flying.
I'll pick up where Mr. Bev left off (he was dealing with AMA at the time)
At about 5:45, one of the parents flew from the Heart building, swooped in front of the nest box and then back to the Heart building. About 15 minutes later, it returned bearing food. First it flew into the nest box, then out and came back almost immediatley to the top of the nest box and left food for Froona and Red. Bev said that Red had gorged all day, so he really didn't need any more. About 6:10, there was lots of flapping going on.
At about 6:30, Mama went to the top of another wing of the Clinical Sciences Building and squawked for awhile. Bev thought she was trying to get Froona to fly up to her (that's what she did last year for that female chick). Froona didn't budge. Shortly after 7, Papa flew up to the top of the b and alit behind Mama. She took off and flew over to the Heart buiding. That seemed to wake up the kids for it set off another round of stretching and flapping. Papa followed Mama to the Heart Building a few minutes later.
Part 2 follows:
bcbird:
Thank you so much Mr Bev for the report. It does look like it is a peaceful night. Must be Froona then still on the roof.
Sleep well tonight, Bev! A day of excitement likely tomorrow!
bev.:
Mr. Bev here. The day today started off "relatively quiet". One of the chicks was on the heart bldg. The other was on CSB. I am not identifying them as yet as it got a little confusing. And as usual Froona started the day off flapping and squawking. The adults came in and one of them flew into the nest box and forced Froona out on to the roof of the nest box. Froona went back into the nest box and ate after adult left.
The boys are becoming quite the flyers. Mr. Yellow flew off the heart bldg. and flew around and ended up on the College Plaza. From there he flew over to Father's usual perch where he stayed for quite some time. He eventually flew back over to the heart building.
This is when things got hectic and confusing. The boys were all well fed throughout the day, especially Mr. Red. When Mr. Yellow flew back, Mr. Red started flying and they both ended up in relatively the same place. We confused the two for quite a while as the adults were flying around and feeding them. We lost track of Mr. Red for a while but found him on the side of the CSB. The two flew back and forth and we thought Mr. Yellow was Mr. Red and Mr. Red was Mr. Yellow as we could not see their bands. Finally as you saw in the pictures that were posted today, Mr. Red was identified when he landed on the roof of the nest box and stayed with Froona. We were able to see his band to identify him. Thus ended most of the confusion. As you can see in the pictures, Mr. Red and Froona touched beaks considerably. They were always close as small chicks and seems that this is still the case. Mr. Red stayed with Froona for quite some time.
What was surpising was the way not only Mr. Yellow flew but how strong and well Mr. Red flew. It was quite windy and they managed to fly around with little difficulty. Only once did Bev try and help by flapping her arms from the ground. Don't laugh!! It seemed to work. He made it.
Froona was quite upset during the evening as the boys spent a great deal of their time on the Heart bldg. She squawked a lot. The boys took a few more laps around the building and landed on the CSB. Mom was on the window washer arm on top of the Heart bldg. watching all this. Then, cheeky Mr. Red flew over and knocked her off her perch. She flew around and landed again. Mr. Red immediately knocked her off the perch again. She had enough and left and perched on another bldg. Things settled down a bit, but Froona still flapped on top of the nest box. Finally, one of the boys flew over. We had to leave at this point, so hope everything is quiet now.
I will be gone tomorrow , Bev will be calling some people to post on the Manitoba site as they are familiar with that forum.
Carly if you have the time would you post what these people post on bird cams around the world. If you don't have the time, I will try to post when I go home.
Froona should fly tomorrow so Bev should have an interesting day. Should lose a few more pounds running. What a way to diet, better than Jenny Craig. Doesn't seem to work the same for me though.
bcbird:
Looking at both cam 1 and cam 3, I'm very certain I see one on the far rung, but less certain that one is lying on the roof. So, it looks like someone (Mr Red?) has come for the night to be with Froona.
sami:
Saw Froona in the box earlier - don't blame her for moving out onto the roof for the day. She looked absolutely huge in the box. Is she bigger than Cassie was? It may well be just my memory of last year, but while Cassie was a good size, being an only chick, Froona looks to be even bigger.
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