Manitoba Peregrines > U of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
U of Alberta - 2009 / Damon & Radisson
msdolittle:
what an exciting day bev .. and mr bev. the reports are great. i love watching and hearing about Radisson and Damon and the kids. :)
bev.:
Part 2
Then mom came around flying by with food. We believe she fed red band but not sure.
that is when the kids started squawking up a storm.
Now Yellow band quickly is up and flew onto the same roof as red band. It was such a good flight that I thought the adult had flown there. He started cat walking like crazy,as if he had been doing it for years. Took years off my life that is for sure. :)
Then mom came with food for yellow band and he grabbed it and went off the ledge onto the roof. I hope red band got some too.
Well a little bit later , I guess white band thought he wanted some of the food also and he up and flew over.
We were gathering quite a crowd of lookers by this point and everyone cheered and clapped.
Then both kids were cat walking and one was behind the cam
Eli thought this was so cute.
mom came over and beak fed Yellow band by the cam. It was an AWwww moment.
and then yellow band went back on the roof and white band came over and mom beak fed it.
All the time Froona is watching and we were hoping mom would go and give her some love also , but I guess mom knew Froona wa safe and wanted the boys well fed.
So I came home to get cleaned up and Peter is stil down there as he said the boys keep coming back on the lede and cat walking.
I t was quite the day. One incident a day should be the rule ;D
so now we have to really watch that the boys fly well and that they get fed.I think it will be a few days before we see red band fly. but if I do not see him , at least on the ledge tomorrow I may ask Gord to check him.
And my wish is that Froona waits at least until Sunday before she takes the leap of Faith. :-*
Eli may have more to add as my brain is fried.
Adn thanks Carly for taking our calls. We just did not want anyone wathcng the cams to worry :-*\
Night all
bev.:
Man oh Man. this kind of excitement , I do not need. ;D ;D
When I got up this morning and saw Yellow band on the roof , I rushed down there. We will see how many photo radar tickets I get later. ::)
white band was still on the white platform .
So it seemed like it was going to be a quiet day. Yellow band was given a bit of a meal very early this morning. Mom came in and made a food drop to White band mid morning.
the 2 in the box were brought a small meal.
We sweltered in the heat as did the kids.
The one on to of the roof was a bit of a ham. White band lay low most of the day but he did some wing flapping when the shade took over . Then he came to life and kept looking down the roof.
I had a bit of a bet with one of the construction workers that no one would fly today.
so after 4 pm I thought , I won.
Just then a falcon went straight down from the nest box and I thought veered up. so I thought it was an adult , Peter said he saw it go into the parkade but I did not. I thought it lifted up and over. (never thinking it was one of the kids) I have never seen one do anything like this on a first flight. All of a sudden the construction workers are shouting , one down in the parkade.
Well I froze at first and then we ran. Thank God for Peter.
Poor little thing just stood there and Peter approached slowly and put the towel over its head and he lifted it into the box. We put it in my car and Gord Court arrived in 10 minutes. He checked it over and all was well . Just a little nick on the beak.
But Gord said he was a small little guy and was not ready to fly. so I think this is the youngest one.
We could not put it on the nest box roof ledge as the door was jammed so Gord said it will be O.K. on the other roof adjacent to the nest box and it would get fed first.
I held it while it was in the towel with its little head peeking out. My heart melted but I felt so sorry for it, going to be alone.
we went down and Gord left and that is when we noticed that below band was don with white band.
We need to watch more carefully tomorrow.
I think tht gold band knocked red band out when she went onto the white platform.
that is the only thing I can figure out.
Part 2 on nest page ;) ;)
allikat:
Exciting!!!!! Very exciting!
carly:
I can see one of the boys now on the roof!!! Lol and refresh and he's gone! He was right next to Froona in the distance :P
Night everyone! Bev and Peter and Eli, thanks for all your updates today ...it's such a relief to know what is going on! Get some rest ;)
Oh and he's back <wave> :-*
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