Other Peregrine Projects > Canadian Peregrines
QC / Montréal - l'Université de Montréal - 2009-19
Alison:
An update from December 1:
I have not seen Algo since mid-October. It seems that he has left his parents' territory, or at least he no longer visits the Tower.
On the other hand, to my great astonishment, young Polly comes to perch on the Tower regularly. She still has the problem with her right foot; however, I see a slight improvement when she is in flight. At first her foot hung down like a dead weight, while now it is bent back a little. She can also move her toes and use them a little bit, as you can see in this video taken on November 19.
It seems clear to me that her handicap has slowed down her ability to learn to hunt, and thus her departure has been delayed . . . I am nevertheless hopeful that she will be able to fend for herself during the next few months, because she seems to be in good condition. I am fairly sure that she is now able to catch prey for herself.
Roger and Spirit show absolutely no aggression towards her, but neither do they show any particular interest in her . . .
As before, any errors in translation are mine.
http://fauconsudem.blogspot.com/
Alison:
This Canadian nest has been somewhat neglected -- I'm not sure why.
There were two chicks this year; one male and one female were banded. The male was named Algo and the female was named Polly. There are some beautiful photos of them on Eve Bélisle's blog.
Later, Polly was injured somehow: :'(
From August 17:
As I mentioned last week, poor Polly still has an injured foot. I have made several attempts to capture her with the intention of taking her to the rehabilitation centre for birds of prey at St-Hyacinthe, but without success. Still, I have not given up . . .
From September 19:
In spite of numerous attempts to capture Polly and have her cared for, my efforts failed and I have had to give up on the idea, due to lack of time. The good news is that she seems to have adapted to her handicap fairly well, since she has managed to survive so far. I see the juvies less and less; I am really quite surprised to see them still in the area. I would have thought that they would have left long before this!
There is a video of Polly on the blog. She can barely manage to get around at all, as of September. It's hard to tell, but this looks like a leg fracture or possibly even a hip fracture. Poor little Polly -- I hope she will be okay. I think about Mariah in 2006. when she had a serious leg injury, and she made a complete recovery. Hoping for the same for Polly.
Any errors in the translation from the French are mine . . .
http://fauconsudem.blogspot.com/
Alison:
From the blog on May 19:
"This morning, I was able to see two pretty little white heads in the nest box. Spirit fed the babies once again with a pretty yellow goldfinch. What can you do, the babies have to be fed!" (translated by me, not by Google)
Alison:
It seems there is more than one chick in the nest, but I'm not sure how many. According to the blog, the chicks are well fed.
allikat:
Great news!!! One is better than none! ;D
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