Manitoba Peregrines > U of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
U of Alberta - 2008 / Damon & Radisson
bev.:
Part 2
After the dust had settled so to speak I saw one falcon fly to the corner of the power building.(An adult) It looks around and then flies off and goes up the street and flies around and then comes back to the power building. My worry lights go on ;D ;D. so we check the area to make sure we do not see any downed falcons, but Peter assures me he has seen them clear the building and come up.
the adult then flies off when we were not looking so we decide to walk around the area.
No one is on the Ed building but as we get closer to the corner where the other parkade is we see a falcon on the Butterdome. We walk right to it and it is Cassie and she has a pigeon under her talon. She just cacks a bit, as if to say, I got one. Did you see that guys, I am a champion!!!
We take lots of pictures as she is so beautiful. Peter sees a falcon fly onto to the building where Cassie was the other night(Thursday night) I am hoping that was Hope. and we see a falcon on the crane.(I believe an adult but not sure.)
Peter decides to go up in the parkade by the Ed building to see better. and I stay with Cassie. Of course he has the camera and now Cassie decides to defeather her prize . she also has a few chunks. I motion for Peter to come down but by the time he gets there he only gets one good shot because Cassie drops down onto the roof with her prey and we cannot see her.
she then pops up without her prey and flies over head and around a few times, to the building where Peter saw the other falcon disappear. and then over to the other crane.
We decide to finally go for breakfast(at 1:00pm) .
what a day!!
As I said I am not sure who we saw when , but I believe we saw both juveniles. and of course we know we saw Cassie. she is one beautiful falcon.
we will go tonight because that is when they seem more mellow now and then I can see if I can spot both together. They probably were yesterday, but it was too hard to tell.
Must go and work out now and then I will post post pictures , honest
carly:
9:14 am and mom is on the roof of the nest box!!!
Great report Bev, must have been exciting to watch them hunting!!
bev.:
i WILL be posting tons of pictures but we had a real treat yesterday.
We went to see the girls after church yesterday. At first we only spotted one falcon on the clinical science building. we think it was mom but it could have been a juvenile also :) :) the girls are so so grown up now that I really have to have a good look or hear them to know. The the one on the building flew around the side and then up to the top.
We then saw a wing flap up and heard cacking and knew that there was a juvenile up top. so either there was a food drop or a juvenile just wanting to be fed. we heard chupping so we figured mom must be up there.
then the falcons flew over to dads building. One landed on top of dads tower and one on moms building. the one on dads tower was a juvenile for sure by the cacking. I believe it was Hope. (the light makes it hard to tell. )
From here on in we are not sure if we were seeing adults or juveniles as things just happen so fast.
After I see the pictures , I may be able to tell more. At one point two falcons went over to the clinical science building and both went to the nest box and there was lots of chattering and chupping and cacking. Who was who was hard to tell. was it 2 jueniles or mom and a juvenile??? then with my binoculars I could tell it was Cassie on the nest box roof.( and she was cacking and yes, chupping) I have a shot of that . the other falcon went flying around the area and before long they were both off flying over the clinical science building and out of site. So it could have been the 2 girls playing around or and adult and Cassie.
We decided to go on a walk and that was a mistake . As soon as we got to the street level , the falcons started flying in from over top of the clinical science building. If we had been on the roof we would have had a great view but... they were flying and vocalizing over the parkade and around moms building and back around the parkade. I am not sure if we saw 2 or 3 . I had thought 3 but not sure.
After all the dust had settled there were only one left on the top of dads tower and one was on the corner of moms building. the one on the tower was a juvenile. the other one we were not sure , but it eventually flew off towards the clinical science building and then out of sight.
After a long while we heard a falcon somewhere around the heart building but could not see it. I went down and checked out the whole area but saw no one.
then the juvenile flew off the tower and went in the direction of the heart building. shortly after we could 2 falcons flying and they seemed to be playing but we were not sure. It could have been 2 juveniles of an adult and a juvenile.
We went down to street level as we thought we would see them better. Peter thought he saw one chasing an adult but was not sure if there was food in the talons or not.
as I said things happen so fast that it is hard to tell. but they were sure active.
Now for the fun and my heart stopped a few times also. We started to walk towards the clinical science building and then the pigeons started flying all over. A juvenile was ,Yes, trying to stoop a pigeon. what a sight. We believe the adult was stirring them up for the babe to stoop one. The falcon would get really close to the parkade and scatter them off the ledges and then down would go a falcon ,so close to the ground , and then up again. I am shouting to Peter , did you see it come up. :) :) ::) ::) Little miss nervous here. Everything was happening so fast that I do not know how many falcons were there. there were pigeons and falcons all over it seemed ;D ;D
All of a sudden one falcon flew over to the Newton apartments on the other side and started in on the pigeons there. It would go so close to the building and chase them off the ledge and then swoop down low and then up again. and then fly around the back and start all over again. I am not sure if it was just one falcon or 2. Peter was at a better vantage point and could see them come back up. If we had stayed on the parkade roof ;) ;) we would have a better view. It was just so amazing to watch. thank goodness the campus was quiet today. I would not want to see that with lots of traffic. I would have a heart attack. Peer is sure one of the juveniles got a pigeon. We did not know if both of the juveniles were involved in this display or not. we are sure one was an adult as it was flying so close to the parkade and the building and we do not think the young ones are that agile yet. But who knows??
My heart was in my throat a few times as I was watching.
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carly:
Nooooooooooooooooooo..I missed it >:( >:( Was playing world of warcraft..*sigh*. I'm keeping the cam up from now on, dang it! I miss my cassie girl :'(
birdcamfan:
Thanks for identifying who it is. I don't know who's who at this site even though I try to keep up with everyone's progress. I often check the webcam and it was a surprise to see someone sitting in the nestbox.
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