U of Alberta - 2008 / Damon & Radisson

[bev.]

I will post Mondays report and pictures later as i am just leaving for the site.  I am so glad you saw dad as we did not see him at all .

Hope one of us sees him tonight.
I am by myself as Peter has to work late.

[bev.]

Sunday night

Sunday was very uneventful.  Mom stayed on the corner jut of the clinical science building all evening.   
dad came in briefly around 6:45 pm and no sound . He quickly flew over to the nest area and then back out and down bu the newton aprtments and stooped a few pigeons and then flew off down behind where  they usually spend the night.
Shortly after mom flew off and she went in the same direction. We went to see if they were both there but only mom was tucked in for the night where they both spent Saturday night.
I felt Dad was saying Good -bye.

these are of mom

[bev.]

The lots of traffic was airplanes.  There are lots of magpies and blue jays in the area but it was the planes I was referring to.

[Elaine L]

Great pictures and great story, Bev.  Thank you for your devotion to the peregrine cause.  And safe sailing on the southern winds to our great Edmonton pair!

[bcbird]

lots of air traffic

As in airplanes, or other birds?

[bcbird]

Beautiful story!  Thank you, Bev.

[dodobird]

Oh, Bev, those are truly beautiful pictures - brings a lump to my throat. Thank you so much!!!!!!

[bev.]

I hope I have not bored you too much with all the pictures but I had a feeling they were saying their goodbyes to each other and i just wanted to live in the moment.   




 

[bev.]

last pictures form Saturday

mom and dad on Newton building(dad on rail mom behind)

mom left as dad flies off

mom

mom leaves shortly after and they are perched for the night on other side of where they usually perch for the night

[bev.]

back to thumbnails
mom

mom

mom

mom has landed

mom

dad with back showing on crane



mom on med science building

mom

[bev.]

I did not use thumbnails here as some of these pictures of mom flying were quite good
mom decides to eat more

mom looking out

mom flies off towards medical science building just up from main entrance to hospital

[bev.]

They both feed and then mom is to left and dad is behind

mom front, dad behind



mom

dad flies off

dad

dad

dad on front of crane

[bev.]

mom telling dad to not eat much

lots of air traffic

[bev.]

I better use thumbnails as I have so many shots

Dad usually sits higher than mom but when it comes to eating mom is first.
dad on left . mom on right

dad

mom finally decides to get busy cleaning supper.  I first thought they were the other way around until I really started watching carefully and dad was smaller.

mom and dad

dad

mom(dad has stepped down and mom is up now)

[bev.]

I am posting the whole picture instead of thumbnails. Hope you do not mind


This is where I first noticed it was the 2 of them

The 2 love birds

 Area where they were flying. The tower is quite a ways out and the building is the outpatient residence attached to the hosp ital(Clinical science building is behind all of this

flying

mom ,with pigeon

mom

dad flies over, on the left

dad and mom

dad