Manitoba Falcon Cam Forum
Manitoba Peregrines => U of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta => Topic started by: bev. on March 25, 2011, 20:07
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I am trying to get them to get cam going. No one seems to know what is going on . Ian (from ECOS) e-mailed me and said he had a call today and someone said they had seen the falcons.
Peter and I are swamped but we will try and go down on Sat or Sun and check things out.
We were going to check to see if ravens were in box, anyhow.
If they are home they will need snowshoes
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Great to hear from you bev. Hope to see your cam up soon.
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Yes, nice to hear from you, bev. Looking forward to your webcam going up and to hearing your PF reports! :)
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I sent an e-mail to the website contacts yesterday, and today I received an e-mail saying that they contacted the biologist who gets things running last week, so they hope it will be up and running right away.
I guess all we can do is wait.
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I sent an e-mail to the website contacts yesterday, and today I received an e-mail saying that they contacted the biologist who gets things running last week, so they hope it will be up and running right away.
Thanks Elaine, I keep checking everyday hoping it's up and we can see if Radisson made it safely home :-*
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What is the date that the Edmonton birds usually come home? Should they be here by now?
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Oh, yes, the falcons should be there. For some reason or another, the biologist has not got the camera working yet, so we cannot see if they have showed up here at this site. I will go down to the U of A this weekend to see if the falcons are around, and I will report back. Otherwise, we are all waiting on the camera on the nestbox.
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...I will go down to the U of A this weekend to see if the falcons are around, and I will report back...
Great! :) Waiting to hear! Will you go with Bev, Elaine? :-\
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I haven't heard anything from Bev, so if I don't hear from her during the weekend, I will go down on Sunday, unless I can get there before then, as I am anxious to know what is happening; darn all those other responsibilities in life!
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... darn all those other responsibilities in life!
I hear you, Elaine! ;) LOL!
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She is back. Spotted her on the aerial on Windsor Place, which is kitty-corner to the Clinical Sciences Building. I think it is Radisson, but cannot confirm. She looked very calm and in wonderful shape. I don't have a good camera for taking photos of peregrines from a distance, so someone with a better camera than mine will have to judge whether it is indeed her, or not. I stayed around for half an hour, but saw no sign of the male.
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Hey, Elaine, that is good news!
Nice to hear the returned bird, hopefully Radisson, is looking in wonderful shape.
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Thank you so much Elaine! Hoping it's our Radisson too!!
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She is back. Spotted her on the aerial on Windsor Place, which is kitty-corner to the Clinical Sciences Building. I think it is Radisson, but cannot confirm...
That's great news, Elaine! :D
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Peter and I were down at the site today for a few hours
I will post picutres tomorrow . I just downloaded them. I will write a report tomorrow also.
there were 2 falcons at first. We saw canoodling, flying and a chase. I cannot confirm if they are the same falcons. I would like to think so but without band confirmation. I did try and get bands with my camera but too far away. We do believe we have the same male as at the end of the season but I am not sure about the female yet.
I have never seen them canoodle where they did.
Will I get a scope or a granite counter top??? ;D ;D(this is a no brainer) Scope
There was a report that one was back end of March but if so , they eluded Peter and I . Geoff, a friend of mine said his wife saw one on Monday so Peter and went down in evening twice and saw no one.
The weekend always seems to be good. We will try and get band confirmations.
Thanks Elaine . I have wanted to contact you and will send you a pm tomorrow. (Lots on my plate)
And the cams. Well do not believe all you hear from the site. It is called passing the buck. I have spent hours trying to get some sort of action. So far no one seems to want to take responsibility.
I have quite a few feelers out there also. My fingers , toes and everything I can cross are crossed.
till tomorrow. Church first , though
But I will tel you that when I saw falocns and heard the echupping and saw the flying, all was right with the world. :-* :-*
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Peter and I were down at the site today for a few hours...
...there were 2 falcons at first. We saw canoodling, flying and a chase. I cannot confirm if they are the same falcons. I would like to think so but without band confirmation. I did try and get bands with my camera but too far away. We do believe we have the same male as at the end of the season but I am not sure about the female yet....
...But I will tel you that when I saw falocns and heard the echupping and saw the flying, all was right with the world. :-* :-*
Great to read your report, bev! :D
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Thanks for the report Bev! Looking forward to confirmation that both Radisson and Miss Edmonton are both home safely :-*
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My report from Saturday april9(finally)
When we got there , female was in box and male across at Maz(health building) . Male then flew across to college plaza(I get this and campus tower mixed up ), right across from us. I f I had scope I would have ID them. We are looking at one now. ( a scope I mean) :egg16: I noticed the male has a white mark on bottom tail feather .I t w s in all pictures.
Female flew off box and around Maz and then back to box. She then started chuppng like crazy(music to my ears) :egg119: She got farther out on box and then flew off and landed on top aerial on Windsor apartments. (right by male) . Male few off eventually and female assumed the position :egg9: and Hanky panky. Missed that picture as I was so excited. :egg9: It was very quick and male flew off and went into box(we need the cam) .
Peter and I were looking around and missed male leave box but female flew off aerial quickly and flew northwest and all of sudden male went flying out southwest calling and after another falcon. WE think it might have been a youngster as it appeared to be just a warning.
When we left we think it was male in box(by color) and then when we were driving out of campus area I saw a falcon on Ed building. sun was shining on it but t could have been a female. Peter stopped in a no park zone , while I hopped out to look and snap a few pcitures. Peter was ready for a quick get away.
We were a little rusty and will step up our actions when down at site. always takes a few times to get in Sinc.
We went down yesterday for 2 hours and we saw nothing.
Still no one at Weber
slideshow of the evening Click to see
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Thanks for the report and the slide show, bev :)
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Yay for the pictures! That male looks different to me....hmmm....cant wait for the IDs!!!
Boo to the webcam. On my lunch travels, Ive seen some action between Maz and Newton place! Saw someone in the nest box at lunch, but none of my falcon tools were with me, so cannot be specific :)
Heres hoping the cam is up and running soon so we can watch egg laying/incubation :)
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Welcome back, Becky. Looking forward to joining you and the others at falcon watch 2011!
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Hi Becky and Elaine.
I have been on line all day communicating with a few people I know and since ECOS is opting out, we have come up with 2 possible plans.
MOre later if they pan out, but I am pushing for this cam.
the male did look familiar to Peter and I. Very white chest. But bands will confirm. Female has black bands, it looks like.
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This morning, I saw a pair of falcons on/beside the Northern nest box mounted below the high level bridge!
So a pair is there for sure, and checking out the new digs!!! <3 the falcons ;D
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... and checking out the new digs!!! <3 the falcons ;D
Oh, oh, sure hope this doesn't mean trouble. :o Do you mean there are 3 falcons, Becky? :-\
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april12 2011.
Peter and I went down with the two pups last nihgt .
there was no one at Weber. While we were there , 9, yes 9 ravens were up on the roof. I believe they were eating last years leftovers but they moved on before we left( an indication , no falcons yet)
Clinical
Swung over to clinical and when we got there the male was on Maz building across from Box. did not see female but shortly after we saw a falocn fly from the east and go out of sight. We followed it and it was on the roof on south west back corner of clinical science.
When Peter downloads our far away pictures, you will see.By size , we believe ti was the female. We did not see the male leave so we walked around looking in haunts.
then female flew off and flew over past Windsor apartments. I thought she was turning in on ledge on north east side but she flew around, hte building.
All of a sudden a falcon flew up onto that ledge and then another one came and flew up on northeast corner of the place where they turn in. (It will make sense when you see the picutres) . someone was chupping and it stayed on corner for a bit and then flew up on antennae of Windsor apartments and the other stayed there on the ledge. I believe the female was on the antennae and male was tucked in. Only because the male has always turned in before the female. But we all know that things can change :egg119: :egg119:
will post pcitures when Peter gets home
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I did not understand what you meant either Becky. Glad someone is thinking of using it. I wonder if one of them is one that was chased out of clinical area on Saturday???.
Maybe O/Y
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Hey Bev
I had good LUCK in Wpg for doing ID...do you want to rent me ??? ;)
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Yes, I would like to rent you Dennis. How much???? ;D
I guess coffee and a dozen donuts would not be enough??????? ;D
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... and checking out the new digs!!! <3 the falcons ;D
Oh, oh, sure hope this doesn't mean trouble. :o Do you mean there are 3 falcons, Becky? :-\
Kinderchick I think she was trying to make a heart. ♥ But on the side <3. Mine is not as nice as hers.
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Kinderchick I think she was trying to make a heart. ♥ But on the side <3. Mine is not as nice as hers.
Ah.......... thanks for enlightening me, Doreen. :-* I guess the lightbulb in my brain had not switched on yet. ::)
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Not to worry Kinderchick............I couldn't figure out what it was either. Thanks for asking as now we both know!!
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I am on my out for the day but I wanted to let you know that things are in the works for the cams. They will be going under a different umbrella it looks like.
the 2 people I was communicating with all day the other day are trying to make it happen. We just have to be patient. Good things always take a bit of time
Have a great day :-*
Bev
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Very Good Luck, Bev :)
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I will be going down this weekend to try and Id this pair. I will at least watch and see patterns etc.
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Old cams are back up. do not know if we are getting better like downtown Edmonton but I will take what I can get right now.
Bev
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Just wanted to let you know Edmonton cam is back up. Old one, but better than none.
It may get better, not at liberty to discuss right now, but at least we have something for now.
Now to try and ID
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Good Luck Bev ;)
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It certainly looks like Radisson on perch right now but I will need to confirm. I will post pictures later
Cam time is out by almost an hour
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I am almost sure it is radisson
male
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female
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female
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Female
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male(whiter chest)
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Female in the nestbox for quite awhile now... :-* Hoping she'll show us her ankles ;)
She's standing on the edge now and I see one silver and one black but that's as good as it gets for now.
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neither of them are cooperating. I will have to go an have a talk with them ;D
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Though they might not like showing any leg, they certainly like showing Dave and I some X-rated activities....
April 22
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April 24 (today - lots of chupping around/during this "encounter")
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Was wondering if this photo on the ledge was showing a female belly swollen with eggs?? Nice pic none the less....
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In other news, have not seen any falcons along the high level bridge for a week now - looks like some Canadian Geese have decided to stake out the pillars where the nest boxes are, so maybe that is why. Have seen "someone" flying around downtown outside our window, so they are still around somewhere....
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Hey!!!!
All that action Dave and I have been seeing has clearly paid off as I see an egg in the nest box this morning!!!! WOOHOOOOO
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Was just going to post Becky. Great shots
I believe it was not long before 8:24am as she was standing in front of it. Becky saw when she posted at 8:18am so sometime between dark and then.
Peter and I got some X-rated pictures on Sunday also. I told Peter first egg early this week and I was right.
I am sure this is Radisson by face but having trouble identifying because of cam.
TPC
I will post picture of egg and maybe tomorrow read up on new way of posting
cam time is off by about 50 minutes
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Hey!!!!
All that action Dave and I have been seeing has clearly paid off as I see an egg in the nest box this morning!!!! WOOHOOOOO
;D
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Cam 2 view in the sun is not easy to see with what looks like a dirty crinkly plastic bag across the lens!
I make out one egg, but can't tell if there is yet a second one.
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The cam is dirty . still one egg.
when clutch is full , Gord will clean cam.
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Looks to me like there are two eggs this morning. Princess (assuming it is her) on the edge of the nestbox just now having a fine preen.
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Looks to me like there are two eggs this morning. Princess (assuming it is her) on the edge of the nestbox just now having a fine preen.
Radisson? or do we have another female in Edmonton?
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Sorry, I am getting my birds mixed up, this is what happens when I have too many birds on the brain. Now I am also thinking that there are not two eggs, it is just a very dirty camera.
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Sorry, I am getting my birds mixed up, this is what happens when I have too many birds on the brain. Now I am also thinking that there are not two eggs, it is just a very dirty camera.
No worries, I've been a bit distracted myself and suddently realized that I wasn't sure who was back though I have been hoping it would be our girl Radisson!
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The egg was laid this morning between 11:09 and 11:17am cam time. I should have written down my time
Subtract 50 minutes so 10:19am and and 10:17am
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yup, subtract 50 minutes . Our cams are out.
I am sure it is radisson TPC
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The hatch was this morning between 11:09 and 11:17am cam time...
Great news about the hatch this morning, bev. :D Too bad the camera lens is so dirty. :( Difficult to see.
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no hatching yet .. eggs are just being laid
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no hatching yet .. eggs are just being laid
Hmm, I thought this was a bit confusing. I didn't think there were eggs yet, but thought I must have missed something. :-\
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sorry for confusion. I am so tired lately.
It was a second egg laid. :-[ :-[ I tried to go back and correct it but for some reason I cannot
Lens will be cleaned after Female has clutched.
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sorry for confusion. I am so tired lately.
It was a second egg laid. :-[ :-[ I tried to go back and correct it but for some reason I cannot...
No worries, bev. It is understandable that you are very tired these days. And I should have been able to figure out what you meant, anyway. ::) 2 eggs is great! :D
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Carol and I are just checking in. It's great to see that the falcons are back and they already have two eggs. We're a bit late this year but we are here and ready to observe the festivities once again.
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YAY!!!! Everyone's back and there are eggs in the nest. Life is great. Bob and I have been driving by the University area from time to time lately and it's an automatic reaction to look up at the CSB and the cranes and antennas -- looking for tiny dots that might be falcons. Of course, it's been a frustration that the UofA site hasn't been functioning until now. I've been very much distracted with "stuff" as well, and consequently it never occurred to me to check here.
I'll be interested to see how this plays out over the next short while, getting the "who's who" all sorted out and seeing how many eggs we end up with. (Am I wrong to hope for just a couple of chicks to watch this year? Peter is saying, no Carol, you're not wrong.)
So good to see you all again. Happy Falconing, everyone!
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good to see you Bob and Carol. Will be in touch
I believe we have egg number 3 . I have the sequence in picutres but I am on my way out
will post later
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Welcome back, Bob and Carol. Looking forward to our falcon watch.
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Great to hear from you this season, Bob & Carol. Looking forward to hearing of your peregrine falcon adventures and reports. :)
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I have been out so do not know for sure if 3 eggs. they are being incubated so cannot tell
Slideshow from April24 (22 picutres)
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We went down on Friday evening and saw female here, right up top to right of nest box(very small)
Pictures are small but it was raining and could not get closer
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And male was on top of antennae on far left of nest box clinical science(new antennae so may be a new perch)
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Finally got good picture of 3 eggs. but I am sure it was laid yesterday morning
almost got band
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Great pics, 8) :-* Love the flying ones........I never seem to be able to get those kind of shots at Brandon. ::)
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RCF:
I just luck out somedays.
sometimes I can be down there for hours and get nothing.
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I finally got a decent picutre of the 4 eggs at Edmonton. Saw them yesterday but could not get good shot.
I am sure it was laid on Monday bet cam was down good part of day
Oops I forgot to do a thumbnail
I will go back and do it
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It will be a slow time now but I am intent on getting Ids as soon as cameras are cleaned.
I would be surprised if they are not same pair. Miss RAdisson and newbie
Peter and went and checked last night and all was well
the thing now si to make sure all stays calm.
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5:28pm
Gord went up and cleaned cam on Wednesday may 11, did you notice???? will probably still get moisture when it rains, but my fingers are crossed for new ones. Maybe too late for this year but....I will take what I can get for now. Almost had none.
Same male as last year. 5/D (H/V)
he is younger brother of our male from 2004 till now. He used to be at High level bridge until he came here last year. Bridge is jsut a spit away from University. Now Gord says there is a lone female. But there is a lone male at another bridge site way across the city. We will see what happens.
Now to try and ID our female. I am certain it is Radisson but...So with clean cams I will try, and if you are watching and get it, it will be appreciated. ;D
Peter and I go down and check , jsut to make sure there is always 2, and no problems. I check cam also. We are not quite used to this male at this time of year so we are learning .
A few shots
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It will be a slow time now but I am intent on getting Ids as soon as cameras are cleaned.
I would be surprised if they are not same pair. Miss RAdisson and newbie
Peter and went and checked last night and all was well
the thing now si to make sure all stays calm.
That would be Newbie, brother of Damon? Or have the AB watchers decided on another name for him? I know the AB project doesn't name their birds ;)
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Yes, the newbie is a younger brother of Damon. comes from good stock, but we will dearly miss Damon. Once in a lifetime you get as good as Damon. But he did a good job last year.
I am open for suggestions for names. they do not name them. I jsut put names to them. Or we could call him Newbie. ;D
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Yes, the newbie is a younger brother of Damon.
I am open for suggestions for names. we could call him Newbie. ;D
or, Bro.
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How about "Newbie Bro"? ;)
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How about we see what his personality turns out to be ... much of the time, the bird name themselves
For example, Loki was not the most voted male chick name last year at the Radisson, but seeing him at fledge, there was no doubt who he was ... and Isis got a hyphenated name because cute and cuddly she was not ... :-X
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How about we see what his personality turns out to be ... much of the time, the bird name themselves
For example, Loki was not the most voted male chick name last year at the Radisson, but seeing him at fledge, there was no doubt who he was ... and Isis got a hyphenated name because cute and cuddly she was not ... :-X
And I can just bet you probably have the scars to prove it!!!
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Someone is up on the roof. The falcon in the nestbox does not look pleased.
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Elaine, Cam 2 was not working and being so close to hatch, I e-mailed my contacts(the ECOS is not responsible anymore)and they went to fix it.
they are hoping that in the fall we will get a whole new cam system. It was too late for this year. Keep fingers crossed.
I am keeping close watch here.
this male is as close to as good as his BRo. they just prove what good stock they came from.
Trying to think of a good name
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Well, regarding a name for our male, we have Radisson here, so how about Razor? (This won't be hard to remember, anyway.)
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Pierre Radisson's partner during his explorations of the Canadian West was Médard Des Groseilliers. How about "Médard" (pronounced "maydar")?
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Or Pierre, perhaps.
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Razor, Medard, Pierre... all sound like they would be good names. :)
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So, Bev, what do you think about the names? Or should we come up with some more to choose from?
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I guess i should look up some background meanings, on names suggested.. this guy is pretty steady.
I will do that in next couple of days.
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Hi, Bev, to reflect our male's steady nature, then, perhaps Constan, coming from the Latin for "steadfast". I thought of Constantinople, but that might be a little over the top.
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Hi, Bev, to reflect our male's steady nature, then, perhaps Constan, coming from the Latin for "steadfast". I thought of Constantinople, but that might be a little over the top.
There was a movie by a similar name - Constantine ...
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Eggs hatching...blue egg shells everywhere!!! The cam is acting up, goes black and comes back on and Radisson is an interesting shade of blue and so are the shells!
But definitely one hatch, possibly two now!! :-* :-*
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Eggs hatching...blue egg shells everywhere!!!...
Interesting, how the eggshells look blue, almost like robin's eggs. Also Radisson's beak looks blue. ::)
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It looks like we have 3 hatches from between befroe 7am this morning to before 6pm this afternoon.
the cam has been a challenge but at least we knwo they have hatched and know when to approx start fledge.
A lot of help here form people all over because of frustrating cam. I am preparing a slide show of some of the picutres..Cooking now.
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So I think 3, but have not seen a feed and have been out a lot today. this male is very good.
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It looks like we have 3 hatches from between befroe 7am this morning to before 6pm this afternoon.
Great news! bev :)
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just caught a feed. slideshow About 14 pictures
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Thanks for the slide show......love the blue eggs and feet.
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Glad we have three little chicks, Bev. And that is a lovely shade of blue in the slideshow!
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3 chicks, that's great! :D Kermit the frog used to sing a song... "It's not easy being green". These guys will have to start singing... "It's not easy being blue." ;)
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Yes, the newbie is a younger brother of Damon. comes from good stock, but we will dearly miss Damon. Once in a lifetime you get as good as Damon. But he did a good job last year.
I am open for suggestions for names. they do not name them. I jsut put names to them. Or we could call him Newbie. ;D
How about Nomad ;)
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Yes, the newbie is a younger brother of Damon. comes from good stock, but we will dearly miss Damon. Once in a lifetime you get as good as Damon. But he did a good job last year.
I am open for suggestions for names. they do not name them. I jsut put names to them. Or we could call him Newbie. ;D
How about Devin?
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I think another hatch a bit ago
Egg shell but have not seen chick
I will post this picutre and then come back and do it the proper way.
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I still see blue, but I don't know if it is the egg, or the shell. When Radisson moved, it looked like it was still three chicks under her.
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There are now four chicks here. Looks like we will have a busy summer.
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The 4th chick hatched on Sunday, we jsut could not see it. We saw the shell but wanted to seethe 2 beaks.
I like the name Devin. It is clsoe to Damon and they are brothers, and he is a close second to his brother.
I will post a slide later. I have so many picutres . can already tell one is a female(well I think) by the feet
I will be sending out a fledge letter in next couple of days.
You may have noticed the cam not being as good. there is a loose cable and they are trying really hard to deal with it.
Have a great day
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There are now four chicks here. Looks like we will have a busy summer.
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...You may have noticed the cam not being as good. there is a loose cable and they are trying really hard to deal with it...
Do you suppose this has been the cause of the blue looking eggs,etc.?
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yes, I am sure that is the cause of the blue looking eggs
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Well I had a real scare today folks. I got a call that one of our peregrines was found dead at the clinical science building. Gord was in Jasper and asked if I would go and ID it. I was a wreck. If it was one of ours , then a plan would have to be put in place to remove chicks.
Off, I went with Peter and grandson , and dogs in tow. I needed a chauffeur.
the security guard said it jsut dropped form the sky right under nestbox area . showed me whee and then they took me to body, which was on ice.
I put on my gloves and it was wrapped in several garbage bags. Every one I unwrapped made me more anxious. I finally got to last one and the first thing I did was look at ankles, no bands (this is good sign) , I looked at body and it was not a falocn but a huge hawk(neck broken). Peter said if I had looked at feet first I would have known . I am not so sure I would have.
I was so relieved but I love hawks so a little sad. Gord figured it got too close to nest box and male probably got it. We have had this before.
Stuck around till now to make sure we had 2 falocns. Never know if he got hurt. Saw 2 feeds by mom and finally saw dad. When you see mom leave and no one with chicks , dad is right at Maz roof or mom is on tower above nest box. They have so many stashes. They will need them .
So all is right here so far.
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Oh, Bev, what an awful situation. And what a grim task! I feel so bad for the hawk on the one hand, and so relieved that all is well with the falcons on the other hand.
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just a wee slideshow of four chicks the last few days . when I was trying to remember which direction to change color form blue , I got a few different colors :o :o
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Yes, Elaine , it was unnerving for me, and while I was relieved , I was sad also.
the hawk is in my freezer till Gord gets back. ::) ::)
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OMG, bev. :o What an experience for you. So glad it wasn't one of your falcons, but still, it must have been hard for you to retrieve the hawk and take it home with you, to keep in your freezer till Gord gets home. I'm not sure if I could do that... Great slideshow, by the way. LOL! Colours go from blue to pink to green. 8)
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Just saw mom feeding the chicks inside the nestbox; looked like all four safe and sound, despite the storm last night. Inside cam is still dead, though. Looks like we are in for another storm tonight.
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I have e-mails into site but if it is a broken wire it may have to wait till banding.
I am glad you saw all 4 Elaine as I have been trying to count them.
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Middle cam is working again, and all four chicks are having a good feed; I think it is dad doing the feeding, while mom in on the ledge watching.
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Good, you saw that Elaine.
Gord has been a busy man, going to all sites and now they have this one up and running.
I wish he would come and pick up dead hawk from my freezer. I do not think it is good for barbecue Ewwwwwwww
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...Gord has been a busy man, going to all sites and now they have this one up and running.
I wish he would come and pick up dead hawk from my freezer. I do not think it is good for barbecue Ewwwwwwww
Oh dear, bev, hawk still in freezer, poor you!
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Well cam 2 is working again but with all the rain the moisture is in there but it is getting better
I will put a few pictures in slideshow. It is easier for me than doing separate thumbnails
I hope you do not mind
sorry I am behind.
have tons of pictures ,but seem to be up to my eyeballs.
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And hawk is still in my freezer. Man , one of us to go.
Slideshow
WE need no more rain.
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Thanks for the slideshow, bev. :-* Sounds as if you are getting as much rain in Edmonton as the folks in Brandon.
... And hawk is still in my freezer. Man, one of us to go...
LOL! Hawk still in freezer! :o ::)
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a little slideshow of last few days. Without inside cam (it will be dry soon though), if it ever stops raining.
I think a few are very feisty. this could give us a few heart attacks
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june23
inside cam good today. Radisson and partner seem to be doing great job here. I know during the long days of rain, regular feedings went on.
Good morning fluffies
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Things going well here . Kids growing quickly
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Radisson's chicks are the same age as the Brandon chicks. 8)
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Radisson's chicks are the same age as the Brandon chicks. 8)
So then I wonder if Radisson's chicks will be banded soon ???
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Gord has been out of town all week but I am thinking they will be banded next week. they are 3 weeks old on Sunday.
I usually e-mail him and tell him the age of the chicks at a few sites.
We were down there tonight . I t was raining but we saw Radisson on the mesh adjacent to nest box. I have noticed they like to use this as a perch.
Dad was on top ledge , 3 over, on Campus tower. I have a few small pictures. the kids are looking good.
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Banding will take place here tomorrow at 1pm. you will not see anything but I thought I would let you know.
And I was able yesterday to positively Id Radison. I knew it was her but I know you need bands
I am watching right now as they have appeared agitated. Hope no one around that should not be.
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Banding will take place here tomorrow at 1pm...
Thanks for letting us know. Will be thinking of you. Will you be there, bev?
...And I was able yesterday to positively Id Radison...
;D :-*
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Yes, Gord e-mailed me yesterday afternoon and asked if I could be there, so Peter and I will go and I will try and take some picutres. The lady I get to post some stuff on the cams will be there also, I am hoping.
Gord does not weigh them. He just seems to know. he tells male from female by the feet.
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Hi guys,
clinical
Just got back. And I have to run out again for a few but I thought I would let you know the sex and bands and then come back and tel you about it with picutres
Female - M39 and green tape
Female - M30 and red tape
Male - D17and yellow tape
Male -D15 and blue tape
Gord says all look good. one male small but good.
I will back shortly and post picutres and things.
Parents were on top of clinical and top of Maz when we left.
Bell
Bell got their bling also but forgot to ask sexes. I was not at Bell , just clinical.
He was not going to take the small male from Bell but thought because it was so much smaller he would put it with the other male at Red Deer. He did this Saturday morning
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Thanks for the update, bev. :)
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Male - D15 and yellow tape
Male -D15 and blue tape
I think you made a typo with the band numbers, both of the males' are the same. ;)
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Thanks for noticing my error. I corrected it ::) Typing too quickly
I am jsut about ready to load pictures to Pb and then do slideshow. It will be done by tomorrow
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When we got to Clinical Science, something had Radisson and male riled up . They were swooping and diving and we were on 13th floor waiting for Gord.(inside) When Gord came, he said someone had to be out there somewhere ,but we never found out who.
So Gord knew they would be fiesty today. But they swooped and never bothered Rick when he went up to get babies. Mom spent most of her item on Maz watching us while dad swooped .
Do not be worried when you see babies on backs etc. they just take them down in their hands and then if they choose to lay sideways Gord just lets them chill. He examined them and all were healthy. The one male is smaller but Gord said not too small. He said he will be a cracker jack in the sky(just what I need :sunsmile: ) I am nail biting already after other site seasons.
I took a back seat and let others hold the chicks while bands were put on and tape. ONe male is huge and so may be borderline. WE will see. Peter held a chick and Becky(who helps a lot) was just beaming . You can see from pictures.
I did 2 slideshows . One of the flying display and one of chicks. Some pictures are hazy. We are not camera experts like some. Peter jsut loves the flying .
The one red band female scooted off right away long by white ladders. They were noisier than usual but i think because parents were spooked before we even got there.
I have some of Becky's pictures to post but I will do it later.
Enjoy.
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Nice pictures Bev. You are going to be busy following after these ones.
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yes, they are feisty ones. :o :o :o
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These are Becky's pictures
click on picture. you can tell female by big feet
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Could they be any cuter??!! P&T's grandkids :-* :-*
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And more grandkids for TPC!
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What great pics! I love the 1st one, with the chick laying on it's back ;D!
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I just love this picture! :-*
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Thank you for all you do for the birds out there bev. and for keeping us posted.
The pics are great! I love the ones of the parents soaring.
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well we had our meeting for our fledge which starts on MOnday. it will be day 37 for oldest and I do not want to take any chances.
It is going to be a long 2-3 weeks. we have two females red and green bands , 2 males, yellow and blue bands.
one male is so big that it may be female??? We will see.
When we got to clinical ,the parents were buzzing the top of the roof, as there were firemen and firetrucks all over. Some firemen were on the roof. I talked to them,to let them, know why they were being buzzed and they were very cooperative. They were not on roof long and it turned out that there was smoke coming from a garbage can in basement. My concern was a chick jumping but they appeared to stay in back of box.
I am going into this with much apprehension but I am hoping for no casualties. ( as we all do) . It has been a rough year this year and i think I am taking a long break after this,.
the mosquitoes may help them through their flights , they are so numerous and big ;D ;D
a short slideshow just showing our big chicks. I have been getting them to work on cam2 but so far no cigar.
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... My concern was a chick jumping but they appeared to stay in back of box.
Oh no, glad to hear there was none of that yet, bev. :o Will be thinking of you next week as you begin fledgewatch. Hang in there. :-*
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Great pictures Bev! Thanks for sharing. :D
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I especially like the one of all four in a row at the front looking out.
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Love the pictures bev. thanks. I can't believe how much they have grown. Just sooo cute.
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Fledge watch down at the Clinical Sciences Building at the University of Alberta starts tomorrow. Bev and Peter have been trying to round up as much help as possible to watch these four young chicks. Many people have to be at work during the day, so it makes it harder to get those "eyes in the sky" during a crucial time period. Plus, there are so many buildings around and close to the Clinical Sciences Building, it is hard to see where the fledgings land. We also have Genesee and the Weber Centre, all set to go about the same time. Busy times here.
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Wow I had forgotten that there were three nests to look out for. You need lots eyes on the sky for sure. All the best of luck with the fledge watching and a good outcome for all the chicks. Will be thinking of all of you and will check in to see how everything is going. GOOD LUCK ALL, INCLUDING CHICKS!
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Thanks Elaine, for posting that our watch starts tomorrow. I really do not expect action till after Wed. but this year has been a strange one and you never know.
It the water tap in the sky ever shuts off, maybe they can get wingzercising.
We are quite short this year but we will do what we can. We will pot when we can.
Eyes to the sky
Bev
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Ugh rain! but if it keeps the chicks grounded a few more days they will be bigger and stronger.
Good luck to all involved with fledge watch in Edmonton and surrounds.
You have a lot of babies to watch this year, Bev!
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we have quite a few fewer people this year and more birds, but will do the best we can.
rain again yesterday and it looks like more of same today. Will someone please turn the tap off ::) ::)
Not even good for farmers now, unless they have rice paddies ;D
Parents did quite a few flybys yesterday ,showing the kids where to fly to and how to do it. No flybys with food yet so they must know they are not ready.
There were 3 food drops before noon yesterday , one of which Radisson fed to chicks and Peter saw one at 8:30 last night and it was just dropped.
Lots of flapping by yellow band male
July12
Christening of grandson today so site will be alone for part of day but hopefully inclement weather will keep them in.
Peter took day off work and so he and another watcher are there now , since 6 am. He will head home shortly as christening is this morning.
there was a food drop after 7:30 , which was partly fed to them.
So hopefully no fledges till this weather smartens up. I do not think they are ready yet.
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Four of us at the CSB last night until about 9:45 p.m. The chicks are very crowded in the nestbox, but no sign yet of wanting to leave. Whenever the parents flew by, they lined up like little troopers, expecting food, and screamed like crazy when it was not forthcoming. Mom caught a pigeon about 8:00 p.m., and was taking her time defeathering it, so dad came over and told her to get a move on, and then the feathers really started to fly. She then flew over and dropped the food in the box for the hungry chicks, didn't stick around, and I don't blame her, the box was very crowded, and those chicks just mobbed her. We don't want to see her get bitten by these rowdy kids, as happened in Manitoba. Later, dad put on a aerial show for us, flying around and over us, while mom stayed on the corner of the heart institute. The kids could see her, but it looked like they were not looking for more food, and were settling down for the night.
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Thanks for all of the updates regarding your fledgewatch activities, bev & Elaine. Very busy time for all of you, with 3 nests to watch! :o Sounds as if you are getting all of the rain we have had here in Manitoba recently, particularly in the Brandon area. ::)
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6:35pm Wednesday july13.2011
Sorry I did not have Peter put in a message but at the time I was alone.( I did have 2 people stop by today and help and Becky came during her lunch so I could........ :sunrolleyes: )
Yellow band went over to mesh at about 11:15 this morning. the other 3 looked on in Awe. He is a stinker. He did lots of flapping and still has quite a bit of white.
With so many in box and all the rain, they have not had the room to flap. Now they do. mom and dad kept doing flybys, without food to get him over there. The adults seem to know that they are not ready as they are not doing flybys with food.
At about 12:30pm RAdisson dropped off a whole bird to Yellow band and the others wre none too happy.
the 3 in the box did not get any till after 3 . And then 20 minutes later she dropped off another bit. Yellow band quickly flapped over there and grabbed it ,as he went into box on right side. Little piggy :sunsmile:
But he soon came back out on wrung and then back to black mesh. :sunsmile: I think he was sstuffed.
the 3 inside seemed to get enough as they all lay down for a bit and wre quiet for quite awhile.
The adults sat on college plaza and Windsor apartments, quite a bit and then after a fly by mom would sit on aerial on clinical science. Dad would stay on Maz after his flybys.
When Peter and Carol and Bob cam I left. I stink Elaine will be there at 7pm. When I left yellow was resting 0n mesh and the other 3 wre n box and Radisson was on aerial on Windsor apartments and I think Dad must have been hunting.
Now for some ZZZZ'z and then off bright and early tomorrow again. I have someone there with me most of day tomography, to keep me awake.
I really do not think any of the are ready yet but yellow may try.
Cheers
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7:11pm
Well mom brought food to Yellow again on mesh. blue was on wrung and decided , not this time and went over there also.
Oh Crap!! Female is now on wrung and she is not ready to be. Whew!!! She went back in. I am not sure I want to go tomorrow. :o :o
Now she is out again. :o :o
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7:46pm
man, oh man,
Now green band female , who has not been flapping, went out on wrung and decided to go over to net also. Hopefully it will hold them all .
I see 2 of them on net and red in box. , but there are 3 on net. I really am not happy about this.
this is day 39 and no females allowed out there. :sunno: :sunno:
this heart monitor of mine is going to get a work over :sunrolleyes: :sunrolleyes:
7:51pm
Oh my, Red band female is out again. Now back inside.
I hope these guys go back for the night
this is all moms fault for giving yellow band his own food again.
I am going to walk away form cam and take a break. Been down all day and i told Peter to zoom them back in box. I keep phoning Peter when I see things happen and he gives me the scoop.
Elaine is down there also.
they may need them all.
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Got back about 9:30 p.m. from the fledge watch with Peter, Carol, and Bob. All four chicks jumped on to the black mesh next to the nestbox, with Miss Red the last to make her move there about 7:30 p.m., shortly after mom made a food drop on the mesh. The mesh sags, but they are still able to move about on it without too much difficulty, even though it looks like they are climbing around on a hammock. When I left to go home, all four had made their way back into the nestbox, with Mr. Blue being the last. It is so endearing to watch how these four wanted to be together in the nestbox, despite the fact that it is so small. It just reminds me of how it is not only humans who form bonds. I hope all four planned to stay there for the night. Mom had already gone over to her building, about 8:30 p.m., for the night, I am pretty certain, while Dad was off on patrol.
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Thanks for posting all of your fledgewatch updates, bev on the webam and Elaine, down on the street. Hopefully, all 4 will stay safe tonight. :-*
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Thanks for posting all of your fledgewatch updates, bev on the webam and Elaine, down on the street. Hopefully, all 4 will stay safe tonight. :-*
I agree Kinderchick. :)
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Wonderful updates thank you.
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Here is Bev's report from tonight at the CSB:
Today the kids spent most of the day on the net. Yellow band and Red band are best buds but they all are very close. It was feeding day. They just got one drop after another. My binder is with Peter, but I am sure there were at least 10 drops, if not more. 3 of them were whole birds, 2 of which were gulls. Mom and dad even beak-fed one of the kids. Could not tell if they all got their share of feed, but with all the drops, I am sure they did. And one of the kids beak fed another. I would not have believed it if another watcher had not seen it also.
I am impressed with these 2 adults of ours. They seemed to sense that the kids just were not ready. Lots of wing flapping and yellow band is by far the most advanced. But they did not run food past them, like they do when they want them to fly.
I hope no one fledges before Saturday, but I have a feeling Yellow will go tomorrow. My fear is if one goes, they might all want to go and the others have too much white. They do look good though. And selfishly, Peter will be there on weekend, with Elaine and Becky and Dave.
It was yellow on roof.
Radisson escorted a hawk out of the air space and dad escorted a set of balloons.
Becky and Peter saw a Juvenile hawk perched, not far from box site, and I hope adults do not tree it.
A lady from the apartments where Radisson and Dad perch, has come down a few times with coffee. She is off till Saturday and watches all the time. She can see what we cannot. This will help us when one flies. She posted here once last year(Jean).
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Thanks for posting bev's very informative fledgewatching report, Elaine. :) Here's hoping none of the chicks fledge prematurely, like some of ours here in Winnipeg this year.
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Thanks, Bev, via Elaine.
Becky and Peter saw a Juvenile hawk perched, not far from box site, and I hope adults do not tree it.
What does it mean, to tree a juvenile hawk?
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Becky and Peter saw a Juvenile hawk perched, not far from box site, and I hope adults do not tree it.
What does it mean, to tree a juvenile hawk?
Yes, what does this mean?
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This is just a guess, but maybe they surround the juvie hawk and not let it leave the tree. :-\
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Just received a call from Bev down at the CSB. Mr. Yellow just fledged. He took off from the CSB and flew north. Radisson did not follow, so Bev were pretty sure that his flight was a good one. He circled back, and made a sloppy landing, but at least a safe landing, on the round part of the white structure next to and below the nest box. Then, he moved up to the roof. Shortly thereafter, his sister, Miss Red, joined him on the roof. So, Bev is delighted that the first fledge was successful, and we hope that the girls and Mr. Blue do not get any ideas about doing the same thing, at least not yet, as they are not ready.
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Glad Mr. Yellow first fledge was good. Here's hoping the other stay put until they are ready.
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Regarding the queries about treeing a juvenile hawk, I don't know for sure what this means, either, but I suspect, like BCbird, that if the hawk is chased by the peregrines and lands in a tree, they will make his life miserable when he tries to leave the tree, by flying down and attacking him. But I will ask Bev and get back to you.
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Got a call back from Bev. Mr. Yellow was knocked off his perch when food arrived. He flew over and landed on a bridge structure on top of the hospital, between the CSB and the heart institute. Dad flew over there to keep an eye on him. Mr. Yellow is in a tight situation: there is not enough room for him to go anyplace but up, and he is not strong enough for that. At least the parents can feed him if he stays there, but the worry is that he will try to fly off the bridge, and will not be able to manoeuvre himself out of these close buildings. Meanwhile, Mr. Blue looks like he wants to join his brother. Bev will try to keep us posted, as events unfold. It is going to be a busy day with these rambunctious chicks!
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Regarding the queries about treeing a juvenile hawk, I don't know for sure what this means, either, but I suspect, like BCbird, that if the hawk is chased by the peregrines and lands in a tree, they will make his life miserable when he tries to leave the tree, by flying down and attacking him. But I will ask Bev and get back to you.
Thank you Elaine. That makes perfect sense. :)
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This is just a guess, but maybe they surround the juvie hawk and not let it leave the tree. :-\
That's what I was thinking, rcf.
Got a call back from Bev. Mr. Yellow was knocked off his perch when food arrived. He flew over and landed on a bridge structure on top of the hospital, between the CSB and the heart institute... but the worry is that he will try to fly off the bridge, and will not be able to manoeuvre himself out of these close buildings.
Thanks for the update, Elaine. Sure do hope that he will be okay. Talons crossed. :-*
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Thanks for the treeing explanation, Elaine.
Poor little Juvie Hawk.
Remember how Princess scared off the crows when they tried to bully Fyfe on his roof.
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...Remember how Princess scared off the crows when they tried to bully Fyfe on his roof.
Yes! That was something to see in person! :o She was not going to let them attack her baby! :o
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This is just a guess, but maybe they surround the juvie hawk and not let it leave the tree. :-\
That's what I was thinking, rcf.
Got a call back from Bev. Mr. Yellow was knocked off his perch when food arrived. He flew over and landed on a bridge structure on top of the hospital, between the CSB and the heart institute... but the worry is that he will try to fly off the bridge, and will not be able to manoeuvre himself out of these close buildings.
Thanks for the update, Elaine. Sure do hope that he will be okay. Talons crossed. :-*
Boy when I hear about all the problems that seem to happen at the Radisson and U of Alberta, makes me glad we live in a quiet backwater city out in rural Manitoba where most years we are trouble free. Hopefully the chick will be fine. As Kinderchick says Talons Crossed :)
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Well, things have gone from bad to worse for Mr. Yellow. Bev reports that he flew off the building he was on, could not get any height, and landed inside a sort of hole on another nearby building. Bev says it will be pretty well impossible for him to get out of this area, and she contacted the biologist, who will come down this afternoon to rescue him. Meanwhile, the other chicks are o.k., as you probably can all see: two are on the top of the nestbox, and one inside. So at least for now, the others are safe.
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Hmm... I was worried that he may not be able to get out of that tight spot, Elaine. Sure hope he can be rescued successfully.
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Well, things have gone from bad to worse for Mr. Yellow. Bev reports that he flew off the building he was on, could not get any height, and landed inside a sort of hole on another nearby building. Bev says it will be pretty well impossible for him to get out of this area, and she contacted the biologist, who will come down this afternoon to rescue him. Meanwhile, the other chicks are o.k., as you probably can all see: two are on the top of the nestbox, and one inside. So at least for now, the others are safe.
Oh no! I hope they can get him out safely and that he is ok. Poor Mr. Yellow. :(
Thank goodness the others are safe.
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Yes, Kinderchick, I hope so! The latest news is that the crew might have to go and rescue him, as they don't know when the biologist will arrive. Peter (Bev's husband) is going down there around lunch time, and they will decide then on what to do.
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Good grief, hope they can rescue the poor little guy.
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Thank goodness for fledgewatchers and all their hard work. I hope that Mr. Yellow can be rescued safe and sound. As previously sais, talongs crossed.
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...He flew over and landed on a bridge structure on top of the hospital, between the CSB and the heart institute...
How on earth would the ground crew be able to get up there on the bridge to rescue him, without scaring him off somewhere else, Elaine? :-\
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Hi Kinderchick. According to Elaine's later post (12:16) Yellow's not on the bridge structure anymore but in some form of hole on the roof of another nearby building. I'm not sure which which building that is, but it might make a rescue easier. Carol and I are going to the CSB for our planned shift after work, in about 4 hours. Hopefully, Elaine can post an update soon.
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Have faith folks,sounds like there are quite a few very competent and capable people there. :)
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I have no further news from Bev, which could mean that they are in the process of rescuing Mr. Yellow.
Kinderchick, to clarify, he fell into an area like a narrow hole, between the CSB and the heart institute; apparently this area is on the ground just beneath the walkway between the CSB and the hospital. It will be possible for humans to get into this area, I believe, but not for a falcon chick to get out of easily. Dad has been doing fly-bys to try to encourage Mr. Yellow, and to show him how to get out, but he is too young to know how to do this.
If I receive any further news, I will let you all know. Later, Bob, Carol, Peter and I will be down there, and we will be able to inform you of what is happening.
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...According to Elaine's later post (12:16) Yellow's not on the bridge structure anymore but in some form of hole on the roof of another nearby building...
Ah, yes, now I recall reading that. ::) Thanks, bob. Well, talons crossed for a positive outcome. Will be thinking of all of you and waiting for updates.
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Just heard from Bev. They did not attempt to rescue Yellow from his tight situation, as the biologist, on the telephone, had discouraged this, for fear of an injury. But Dad, in his efforts to show Yellow what to do, kept on flying through the only area where Yellow could gain altitude and get out, and apparently Yellow was watching closely, as when Dad did a recent fly-by, he followed him up and out, then continued to follow Dad over to the apartment building, Windsor Towers, about two blocks southwest from where he had been stuck, and here he wavered, but then landed on the 11th floor balcony of this building, to the cheers of the watch crew beneath him on the nearby parkade. Bev was thrilled. She had yelled encouragement to him the whole time, and Yellow proved to be a brave little bird.
As it happens, a lady who lives in this apartment building saw all the action, and knows Bev and all about the fledge watch, so she called Bev and said that she would notify the people who live in that apartment to not go out on to their balcony, for fear of scaring off Yellow, of course.
Bev is ready for a rest after all this, and there are four of us heading down there shortly for evening duty.
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Wonderful news!! Dad to the rescue and little one has learned how to get out of a tough situation. Thank you so much for the update ;D
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That is wonderful news. Yeah Dad to the rescue. Thanks you for the update.
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That escape of plucky Mr Yellow with Dad"s assistance must have been thrilling to watch, and especially so after the hours of anxiety knowing the chick was stuck.
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Good ole Dad!!!!
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Wow! This is such good news! I am so glad to hear that Yellow was able to get out of the hole he was stuck in and take flight with his dad. :D I hope all will be well for him on that balcony and that he will be able to fledge successfully from there, without any more mishaps.
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Great to hear. What a great parent :-*
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Friday ,july 15,2011
Well , you have been getting the news from Peter and Elaine. thanks to them both.
One thing I will say first. I am real proud of myself because I did not panic , as I usually do. I kept calm and hopeful.
I knew yellow would go today . When I got there blue started cat -walking on ledge below box. He found a bit to eat and carried it with him to other side of roof ledge. Like dragging a mouse ;D
He hopped down, and shortly after , he popped up. A bit later dad came in and hopped down and brought up a piece of prey. I think it was same piece (blue has trouble self-feeding ,as he is smallest of our 4). He took it to blue and blue tried eating some and then hopped down again.
Yellow was up on roof eating and then hopped down to mesh.
He suddenly left mesh and was in flight to north of Maz (in between clinical and Maz) I was just about to run to ground when he came back and landed on bottom wrung of the circle stairs attached to white structure. Sloppy landing but he was safe and then he dropped to roof ledge below box, with Blue. ( i should have known he was O.K. becasue Radisson did not move from where she was , just watched. she would have seen his every move)
Green band went up to roof for leftovers right after Yellow fledged(little miss Piggy) Red band girl followed not long after.
Once yellow was with blue they catwalked to together along ledge, but I think yellow got too close to blues food and blue started flapping and accidentally knocked yellow off. Yellow tried to recover but he was not strong enough and landed on a lower roof inbetween clinical science and Maz. I thought he would be O.k. but then he slipped down that roof and was quite a bind. Try as he may to get out he could not. kept hitting a wall. (not too hard)
I want to add here. I am so impressed with Radison and DAd. Yellow was dads' responsibility for the day. He kept trying to show yellow how to get out. since 9:30am this morning. And yellow tried.
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Part 2 of post from this morning.
I phoned Gord, which is another story, and Gord told me to phone him around 2pm(he was on his way back to town) and he would come down. We kept a close eye on yellow and thank goodness the others behaved.
Gord came down but he said if he went out on the roof of this other building , he would spook yellow, as he was too close to edge and we would have a bad ending (like happened to our yellow female last year, when people knocked on windows). If we left him , he would try himself and end up on ground or if he could get through small opening, the road or parkade. ( Yellow was surrounded by walls and windows and one small space )
About 4pm, Dad realized yellow could not do what he wanted ( and I am putting human responses here, because you could just see all day what he was trying to get yellow to do) . Dad flew a bit up from yellow ad flew swiftly through the small opening , up over parkade I was on, and right up to Campus tower. Two minutes later , yellow just took off, just as swiftly and flew right over my head and I knew he could not make it to dads building, but he lifted up and went right on a balcony floor of Windsor apartments.(right next door) He wavered as he went in and that slowed him down. I phoned Jean, who lives in those apartments and she went to notify people who lived there to please stay away from balcony and windows there.
So yellow was 11 balconies from top . A good height. And then up he popped on balcony. Dad went over and landed on balcony above him and then flew off .What a great flight he had. I was shouting , go yellow , head for extenison building , but he did one better(by the way, I think the truck from funny farm is coming to get me :) :) ).
So when Bob and Carol arrived I headed home. Peter just called me about 20 minutes ago and yellow flew all the way back and dipsi-doodled and flew right back up to roof ledge with Blue. :-* :-*that was a great flight. Peter said he looked great. :-*
So now , I thank Maggie , who came out and stayed longer , till Gord came. I just love that hubby of mine. He left work at 1:30 pm, so I would not be alone.( and it is our 39th anniversary today) DAve was off work early , and came down to help keep watch. Becky came over at her lunch break and then left work an hour early to help keep watch. . Jean came down and brought me coffee and kept watch from her apartment. We could not have done this without her the last few days. BArb came from work and stayed till Bob and Carol. came. And Elaine heads down at 7pm tonight.
so a big thanks :-* :-* :) :)
And radisson kept watch over the girls and went up and beak fed Blue band male for over 30 minutes.
the end.
now I need a hot tea, a martini , a hot both and finally some ZZZZ's
the back tomorrow.
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Sounds like you had a very good day bev and Happy Anniversary to you and Peter. :)
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Happy Anniversary Bev and Peter, what a great way to end the day with Yellow flying out of his predicament.
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Peter, Bob, Carol and I were at the CSB until about 10:00 tonight. As you already read through Bev, Yellow flew back to the CSB to be with his siblings about 4:30 p.m., and he was fine, apparently flew like a pro. Nothing really eventful happened for a while; mom came over and fed Blue, who had catwalked over to the edge of the building, while his sisters were still on the black mesh, and Yellow was close by, then Miss Green decided she was not staying on the mesh anymore while Blue was eating along with his brother, at the other end of the roof, so she jumped down and walked over to them and stole the food, and the boys did not have much to say about this. But then, Miss Green wanted to get back to her sister, and she catwalked along the edge, back and forth for a while, trying to figure out how to get back up to the nestbox, where her sister had gone, but this seemed a leap too far for her. While she was catwalking, she lost her balance and landed on the top of the pillar below the ledge she was walking on. She scared us, because we thought she was going to fall, but she stuck to that pillar like glue, and it is just large and wide enough for her. Well, she was not happy there, but she didn't move, not even when dad came back to give her sister in the nestbox some food. We watched her until about 10 p.m., when we could hardly see anything anymore, as we were worried that she would try to jump up on the ledge, and wouldn't make it; you could see her looking over the situation, but she was not confident about moving. When I left, I was pretty confident that if she did not move when dad came in with food, she wasn't going to move for the rest of the night. I could be wrong, but I hope not.
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It is really good that such a stressful day had such a happy ending. :)
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Ah poor girl, hopefully she's alright.
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Wow! What fledgewatching adventures you all had.:o Thanks for the lengthy posts with all the detailed fledging updates, bev & Elaine. :-* Very descriptive and interesting reading and I could almost imagine being there. Blue's flapping and knocking Yellow off the ledge, causing a fledge, perhaps prematurely, sounds just like what haped to Fyfe & Carson, here in Winnipeg. So glad to hear that Yellow is now flying well. Hope Miss Green is okay. :-*
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We had a quiet day down at the CSB. When I arrived, Bev reported that Mr. Yellow had taken another flight between Windsor Towers and the CSB, and Miss Green had managed this morning, after some effort, to get herself back onto the black netting below the nestbox, from the pillar below the roof edge, where she had been throughout the night So, from the time I arrived until I departed, the chicks were pretty quiet and did not do anything to really scare us. Their parents made a couple of food drops, and there was alot of cat-walking, flapping and screaming going on, but everyone was reasonably well behaved and not too adventurous, perhaps because of the heat today. Bev and Peter were still there with Dave when I left, so I hope things did not go crazy after my departure. I expect that if anything did happen, Bev will report later.
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Glad you had a quite day with the chicks and happy to hear Miss Green got to vacate the pillar. It was also very hot here in Brandon........32c Yikes!!
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We had a quiet day down at the CSB. When I arrived, Bev reported that Mr. Yellow had taken another flight between Windsor Towers and the CSB, and Miss Green had managed this morning, after some effort, to get herself back onto the black netting below the nestbox, from the pillar below the roof edge, where she had been throughout the night So, from the time I arrived until I departed, the chicks were pretty quiet and did not do anything to really scare us. Their parents made a couple of food drops, and there was alot of cat-walking, flapping and screaming going on, but everyone was reasonably well behaved and not too adventurous, perhaps because of the heat today. Bev and Peter were still there with Dave when I left, so I hope things did not go crazy after my departure. I expect that if anything did happen, Bev will report later.
What a wonderful day you must have had, it's nice when the chicks behave.
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So glad to hear that Mr. Yellow and Miss Green are safe and sound and that you all had a relatively uneventful day. :)
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I hope all is well with the chicks and their watchers, too much excitement isn't good for people or chicks. :)
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Saturday, july16,2011
Well , it was fairly quiet day with yellow continuing to strengthen his flying skills.
After 6pm
Yellow flew around back of clinical science and over top and north through Maz and clinical and then back up to top of Clinical science. (right at the top.) He looked so proud. ;D
Mom came in with a big food drop on roof and green and blue proceeded to eat. Red just screamed , as per usual ;D ;D But she would not leave the box or net. Yellow took a big leap , and flew down onto the roof and he got his share of he food.
Then things went quiet again, and he flew up to visit Red. they are buds. :-*
9:30pm
Everyone started flapping and we thought here we go. :o :o Yellow band did a strong flight over to College plaza. He was on west side just above last row of windows. He catwalked over to south end of ledge and stayed there. Dad went up to aerial on College plaza and then turned in.
Radisson , then came and dropped Red some food and Red shouted while she ate. ;D ;D (she could loose a few pounds ;) )
Red finally finished what she needed and went into box for the night.
Green band female slipped again while cat walking and spent night on pillar below roof ledge again ::)
It was 10:30pm before they all settled down and we headed home. Long day.
WE met some nice people which i will tell you about tomorrow when I am not so tired.
Would love to post picutres with this but no time.
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Sunday july17,2011
Before noon
Peter got there a bit before me and he could only spot one of the kids. My heart stopped . :o
I got there shortly after and Red was on box and yellow on Maz roof facing south. Peter thought that was mom. So he flew real early this morning.
Green band female and blue band male finally popped up. they may have been eating leftovers from yesterday. So obviously green band made it up from pillar with no problem
Yellow then flew off and straight over to college Plaza and made it to the roof for the first time. He chilled there for a bit and then flew over to top roof of Windsor apartments (where mom was) and snoozed for a bit.
then he was off again and flew to back of College plaza and after a bit flew back to clinical and then up on Maz.
Needless to say he did a lot of flying today and Peter has my binder so I cannot account for all of it. He just flies off at a whim.
At one point today, before noon, he was fed by mom over at college plaza. After having a few bites , he flew off with it in his talons to share with kids at Clinical . He dropped it just as he landed. I felt so bad. What a guy he is. I am sure he was going to share, because he would know , that by flying there , the others would want some. But to take of so soon after learning to fly, , with food in his talons ,was amazing. I went and took a look at what he dropped and it was a whole smaller bird. a bit smaller than a pigeon.
I will be back with part 2 soon.
Oh before I go, a hawk dared to enter the air space and the chase was on by mom and dad. It was just incredible to watch. they hit it at least 8 times, They went out of view so we do not know how the hawk fared. It was thrilling to see them circle and climb higher and higher until they got to same level as Hawk.
I really do hope hawk was O.K.
Part 2 in a bit
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part 2july17, 2011(sunday)
Afternoon
We go from rain to heat. we are a little burned . the mornings start cool and then it continually heats up.
After yellow dropped his prey, he stuck around for a bit and went up to keep Red company. then he flew off and spent a few hours cooling off on west side of College plaza. He missed a ledge and just gently slid down on lip below him. It was wide enough for him to chill. Dad was right above him and mom was on the other side of building.
Green and Blue slept in the sun on ledge below nest box, and Red was smart enough to get in shade , at back of netting. Green and blue eventually moved onto roof below nest box and cooled down.
After his siesta, Yellow band flew back over to net with Red band .
About 4pm, mom flew onto top aerial of jut, of clinical science. Red had been flapping for a bit and of course, screaming. Then she just lifted herself up and flew over to jut of clinical science , adjacent to her.
Not a long flight but she moved . And she is huge. I keep calling her Froona , because 2 years ago we had Froona , who was huge. She is just gorgeous. Yellow followed suit. Then yellow flew over to Windsor apartments , on roof below aerial , and then he flew back to clinical , onto net.
yeah REd band feamle :-* :-*
As you can see Yellow band is just flying up a storm.
Mom came in about 5pm with a huge prey on roof below nest box. I thought she was going to beak feed blue but she just defeathered a bit and then left to perch on aerial on Jut of clinical.
no one touched the prey, which was unusual. Eventually yellow hopped down onto roof and started eating.
When I left , yellow was eating, Blue band male was chilling way on west end of roof ledge and green band female was on ledge right below nest box and Rd band was on corner of jut , close to green but not on same ledge( wish i had time to show you with pictures.)
These 4 are very close.
BEcky and DAve came back so I could go home. I am so grateful to them.
Becky and Peter are still there.
And we finally got rid of our frozen hawk in my freezer. ::) ::)
Gord made a meet with Peter today. Dave came and stayed with me for a bit ,till Peter went home to get bird and make meet.
Jean came and brought us banana bread. so good. :-* :-*
Barb came for about 20 minutes so we could get a cool drink.
Been another long day and even longer for Peter so I am out.
I think other 2 will fly tomorrow and I hope Red does not try any long flights , as she is so big.
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Thanks for adding this update at the end of your long day out.
How great that Miss Red had success.
Hope your sunburn doesn't interfere with a well deserved night's rest.
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I forgot to say that if you look at cam 1, that is the roof she flew to. It is a little further than it seems. She was probably on cam
She is at corner of that roof right now by nest box.
all the others are cuddled together on ledge under nest box ,on nest box roof. so they can see each other. So cool :-* :-*
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Oh bev, what wonderful descriptive details of your day! Thank you! :-* I really enjoyed reading it and look forward to photos. I am so glad to hear that they are all doing well. Also glad to hear that the hawk in your freezer has also finally "fledged". ;)
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Oh bev, what wonderful descriptive details of your day! Thank you! :-* I really enjoyed reading it and look forward to photos. I am so glad to hear that they are all doing well. Also glad to hear that the hawk in your freezer has also finally "fledged". ;)
So re my daughters kinderchick. they would not go into freezer. On second thoughts I should have left it in there ;D ;D
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6am to 6pm july18,2-11
Today was day 44 for our oldest which meant all the kids were at least 43 days old.
It was a day of many emotions.
When I got up at 5am ad saw the e storm and skies in St. Albert , i got ready as quick as i could and headed out. Had to check the kids.
It was pouring rain and only one in view. then one flew around top of clincial science and I knew it was YB. That is where he stayed during storm. I saw GG on right ledge of lower roof of nest building. and then on careful looking around I found RG on lower roof of Maz(heart building). but no BB. This means RG had taken a second flight. I checked all around the grounds in area. Got a bit wet ::) ::)
around 9am(3hours later)up pops BB. Radisson brought a food drop for RG on Maz. then she came back with a small bit for BB. BB boy got some bites , when GG popped up from pillar and stole it.
BB had enough of this and poof, he flew over and half way around front of Maz, with yellow guiding him, and then back and up on jut of clinical science. After a few minutes, he decided , the food was on Maz , so back he went and once again YB guided him and he dropped on lower roof of Maz, YB flew back to jut of Clinical science.
We are finding it very interesting that YB is taking on duties. It is as if he has been appointed babysitter. amazing to watch. I learn so much more every season.
Now we only had GG to fly.
BEtween 11am and noon dad came over to YB and off they went. He was giving YB his first soaring lesson. It was amazing to watch and we had an audience behind us watching in awe as Dad guided YB. I took a lot of photos and these I will get posted tomorrow. Just so little time. YB is a natural. I t just fills my heart :-* every time I watch this.
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Part 2 july18/2011
WE saw both adults usher out ravens and shorty after, Radisson had a catch on College Plaza. She did not even get started defeathering , when in flew YB. He wanted it now. ::) ::) Radisson flew off , with YB in hot pursuit. Was he ever shocked to see that Radisson left prey at ledge ;D ;D
A short time later YB flew over to College Plaza and ended up on rim above the ledge ,that had prey. He could not figure how to get in. Dad came over and proceeded to defeather and eat some of bird. YB was not happy :( :(but I am sure Dad did this to get him to get on ledge. About 30 minutes later YB ended up on ledge and off dad went . YB had a good meal.
Then it was quiet for awhile . We watched as RG and BB beaked each other. So cute. YB flew over to top roof of Maz and then over to nest box roof and spent a few hours there chilling.
At about 3pm GG was flap hopping and flap flying on ledge of nest building. And then off she was. Way over to top of college plaza.She was there and just missed her landing and slipped, but she veered off and flew back to lower roof of Maz.( a very good flight for her.) Josephine and I are yelling , up up up . and then a big cheer. ;D ;D This was Josephine s first time witnessing a fledge and she was so excited and I was thrilled she got to witness it.
I phoned Peter and told him the sooner the better to come down. I just could see RG was going to take off, and I was tapped for the day.
Just after 4:30pm. she lifted off but could not get the height for ledge of clinical building. So she gently touched it and then swung around and hit jut of Clincial and then veered off and tried to get back up on Maz but there was not enough room for her to get her height., and she gently hit and slid down . Becky and I just took off running , down 5 flights of stairs ,with Peter behind with box.
RG is huge and just gorgeous.
And as we came out of door , who was staring at us, but RG. She must have flown as she got low, on side of Maz and came to ground across at parkade where we were. now some would have used this for a photos shoot, but I do not believe in this. Our goal is to create as little stress as possible.
Becky stood in front of RG, while I directed people away from her and Peter came up from behind and gently threw table cloth over her. She was walking a bit , a bit but Peter scooped her up , without gloves and put her in box.
WE got right over to place where I had a room booked, where we could keep her and wait for our rehab lady and security. Gord told us what to look for but Patti was very thorough in her exam. After she said RG was good to go , Peter called security and took her up and released her on roof below box.
Radisson went nuts but RG went right up onto ledge.
I got back to parkade and we had another crisis. Radisson had just fed kids on Maz when she was attacked from behind. As she was chasing the intruder away, it took a swipe at YB who just stood still on roof box . there was a few swipes in the air, as Radisson ran it out and perched on College Plaza . She did not see RG go down ,as she was not around. To make matters worse we had not seen DAd in 2.5 hours and all sorts of things were going through our heads , I did not leave till I saw Dad at about 6:30pm
so when I left , RG was on roof ledge of clinical science and YB was on top roof of Maz and GG and BB were on lower roof of Maz. and both adults in sight.
Gord thinks it could be lone female from high level bridge. Her man is with Radisson.
what a day, one of highs , lows , sweating and cheering. and Peter will give you his report tomorrow. It is good(I will keep you in suspense)
bob and Carol are with him singing in the rain.
and now I am going to la la land.
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Wow what a saga. You must be bushed. Thanks for the play by play!
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Oh bev, what a day for all of you! :o So I hope I have this straight...GG fledged, RG hit a building and came down to the ground, Radisson & YB were attacked by an intruder. :o Holy smokes, that's just entirely too much for one day! You put in such long hours for these lovely birds. They are very lucky. I'm so happy that all the birds are fine, for the time being. :)
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BEtween 11am and noon dad came over to YB and off they went. He was giving YB his first soaring lesson. It was amazing to watch and we had an audience behind us watching in awe as Dad guided YB. I took a lot of photos and these I will get posted tomorrow. Just so little time. YB is a natural. I t just fills my heart :-* every time I watch this.
Bev, this description causes a lump in my throat.
Nature gives us some beautiful sights.
Thanks for sharing.
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I am sorry to say we lost Green Girl tonight. When I arrived, all the chicks were accounted for, the two boys on the heart institute, Red Girl on the 9th floor of the Windsor Tower, and Green Girl on top of a 6-story building near by. While Peter and I were watching GG preen herself and shake off the rain, she suddenly took off, flying very low, and went around to the back of the heart institute, where we could not see her. Peter and Dave took off running, while Becky watched the other chicks and I watched for GG from the top of the parkade, then when Dave returned with no sign of GG or Peter, I went to look for her. By this time, Peter had found her, and was on his way back with the bad news. She had hit the window by the Emergency entrance, and broke her neck. A paramedic had picked her up just as Peter arrived. When we got this news, we were all so upset, but we had to focus on the remaining three chicks, who picked this moment to fly all over the place, and we did some more running around to track them down. Eventually we found them all, and by the time I left at dusk, they were safe and sound, Dave had left, and Peter, Becky and Barb were preparing to leave. I hope nothing further happened; we did not need any more distress this evening.
p.s. Becky is taking care of the body until the biologist can come and get her.
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This is sad news to hear, Elaine.
It must be very hard on all of you.
I'm so sorry.
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I"m so very sorry to read this news, my heart goes out to all of you. :'(
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I am so sorry to hear the sad news about green girl :'( :'(
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Oh, Elaine & bev and all in Edmonton who are watching over the birds, I am so very sorry to hear about the loss of your Green Girl. How very sad to hear. :'( I know that you all have been working very hard to protect and ensure that they fledge successfully. My heart goes out to you. :-*
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This is such sad news -- I'm sorry.
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I hadn't read the posts here so I was catching up and read Bev's posts and they were so nice and things looks so good for the Edmonton birds. And then read on a bit further to find that one of the chicks had an accident and died. Just so sad.
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I realize that I was not clear on the details last night about our three remaining chicks. Red Girl did not move from her position on the 9th floor of Windsor Tower, she stayed there the whole time I was there. It was the two boys who kept flying around, as they both left the top of that cursed heart institute and landed on Windsor, then Yellow flew behind Windsor, we couldn't see him, and I went down to the street to look for him, located him, but then he took off again and went over to the CSB; meanwhile, Blue Boy was on top of Windsor by this time, and he then flew over to the CSB, where he was at the time of my leaving. By this time, Dad was on top of an aerial on a building close by, and Mom was gone, either getting food for Red Girl, who had not eaten all day and was screeching her displeasure, or, she was possibly looking for her missing chick, Green Girl.
The boys are flying well, and I am not worried much about them; it is Red Girl who I am worried about. Bev, I expect, is down at the site this morning, and Peter will join her later, and Bob and Carol will be down tonight. I pray everything goes well. We are all so sad about Green Girl's death, especially Bev.
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I am so sorry to hear about Green Girl. My thoughts are with you Elaine and bev, and everyone else who work so hard to watch over these chicks. :'( :'(
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So sorry to hear about Green Girl my heart goes out to Bev, Becky, Bob, Elaine and all the other lovely people who care. Dropped by last weekend to watch the babies and learned many interesting things about these beautiful creatures. Hope to get down again sometimes this week after work. Plan to sign up for Fledgling Watch next year ... take care, elaine/dwight
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Such sad news. I was so hopeful that all would go well for your chicks this year.
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sorry to hear about Green Girl. Hope the rest do well.
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Such very sad news. Fly free GG... hope you meet up with our little Fyfe. :-* :'(
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I'm so sorry, Bev and Elaine! Such sad news.
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So sorry to hear about Green Girl. :'(
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Bev, Peter and Bob reported last night on the BCAW Forum that the three chicks are doing fine, there were no mishaps. Red Girl is flying much better now, and when her brother, Yellow Boy, plays tag with her, she can now give as good as she gets, so she is much stronger than when I was there on Tuesday evening. They say that Blue Boy is also flying well, but he is more subdued, likely because he was very close to his sister, Green Girl, and is coping with the loss as best he can. Peter figures Blue Boy will be a great flyer when he really gets going. The watchers last night had quite an eventful night, though, as four bald eagles ventured into the territory, and our parents went after them, hitting them repeatedly until they left, and then there was a police helicopter hovering in the area for some time, plus the air ambulance landed on the heart institute and everyone was worried because the chicks were on top of this building, but apparently they were fine with this, and shortly thereafter decided to play tag again. The night ended well, and we hope the same for tonight.
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What an interesting evening. So glad to hear that the other 3 seem to be doing well. :-* As you say, BB sounds to be going through an adjustment period, if he had been close to GG. Bravo to the parents for fending off the bald eagles! ;D That must have been quite a sight for the fledgewatchers!
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Good thing the parents know that the helicopter is no threat. Wouldn't want them attempting to chase that away!
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Boy, you've got a busy airspace!!
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I am new to reading about our Edmonton kids and I was wondering why they are not given names?
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Hi, Leana. I think it's a safe bet that most places don't name them -- they try not to humanize them too much.
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So sad to hear about the loss of Green Girl. We have been following your brood along with all of the others, always so heartbreaking to hear of something like this happening. Sounds like all of the others are doing well, while missing their sister. Thanks for the updates...
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bev, I know how much you care about them all, every year. Sorry.
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Sorry bev.
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We had a perfectly miserable time of it tonight. From the time of my arrival about 7 p.m., Yellow Boy and Dad had been missing for over an hour, and Peter was looking for Yellow Boy while Becky and Dave kept an eye on the others from the top of the parkade. Red Girl was on top of the Extension Building on my arrival, Blue and Mom were on Windsor Tower. Peter returned - no sign of Yellow or Dad. Then, it started to rain, not rain, but pour. I went to look for Yellow again as Peter was fagged out, but no sign of him, and when I returned to the parkade, Peter went out again, and it just continued to pour, we could not see anything, we were beyond soaked. Dave had to leave, then, while Becky and I watched, Red Girl decided to leave her perch, she hovered around College Plaza, thought about landing on Windsor, but gave it up and headed back behind the Extension Building, and we could not see her anymore, so I went down to look for her. She was perched on the back, and finding her was the best news we had tonight. Meanwhile, Blue flew over to the CSB and Mom went to the top of the heart institute. I got back to the parkade, and shortly after Red Girl took off and headed for the CSB, where she safely landed on the top corner, which we were so happy to see. Then, some guy apparently goes out on the roof of the CSB, and mom went into full alert mode, swooping and screeching. All I could think of was Scout (in Columbus, Ohio) and what if some some janitor was up there with a broom, so this was an awful moment. While this was going on, and what was especially worrisome, is that Dad did not appear, as he usually does, to help out with the attack. Where was he? Then, the guy left the roof because shortly after, we saw someone looking out the window one story down, but by this time Mom had disappeared. It was now almost dusk, we were all soaked, cold, and miserable, and now Mom, Dad and Yellow were missing. Peter was down on the ground looking for mom, we were all desperate for a sign of the missing falcons, we could hardly see by this time as it was almost dusk. As I left, Peter was still on the ground, and Becky was trying to see any sign of them before it got really dark. Leaving like this was so discouraging, we just don't know where we are at.
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Oh, Elaine, I am so sorry to hear that it was such a rough evening, for birds and humans alike. :( All I can say is that my heart goes out to all of you and hopefully, there will be some sign of the birds tomorrow. Do you suppose they may have all been tucked in somewhere, out of the rain? :-\ Maybe they found shelter some place that wasn't visible to you. :-\ I'm trying to remain hopeful. I thought that TPC has said that they don't fly around in the rain.
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Wow, what a night! Hopefully all will be well when you check today. Edmonton sounds like Brandon this year.............rain and more rain! Hard to do anything in weather like that. Mosquitos still bad also? ??? If the rain has disappeared the kids will be back out to play!
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Hi, Kinderchick. I still feel wet and abit under the weather today after being out in the rain so long last night; boy, you have to be tough not to get rundown or sick after a night like that. Anyway, Peter reported on the BCAW Forum late last night that he and Becky looked around for a little while before heading home, and they think they saw Yellow Boy sleeping on the back of College Plaza, Mom showed up again and went back to her perch on the top of the heart institute, and they believe they saw dad flying around. So, perhaps the evening did end on a positive note.
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Hi Elaine L, it is good to hear that things sound more positive in Edmonton this morning. If your rain yesterday was anything like the rain and wind we had here in Thompson Manitoba on Wednesday it wasn't very plesant out at all :P
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Sure do hope you don't get sick, Elaine, given how soaking wet you all got last evening. Glad to hear of some sightings of YB, mom & possibly dad. Whew! Sure is nail biting action. :P Hang in there! :-*
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I am new to reading about our Edmonton kids and I was wondering why they are not given names?
Leanna, regarding your question, apparently the biologist here is the one who decided that none of the falcons should be given names so that there is no emotional attachment to them. Ha! A fat lot of good that does! As we all know, it is too late for that!
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I am new to reading about our Edmonton kids and I was wondering why they are not given names?
Leanna, regarding your question, apparently the biologist here is the one who decided that none of the falcons should be given names so that there is no emotional attachment to them. Ha! A fat lot of good that does! As we all know, it is too late for that!
Silly, silly biologist ::)
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good afternoon, :-*
I have been staying away for a bit after the loss of GG. :'( :'(After spending 13 hours there on Tuesday, watching her try to get high up on the Maz, I grew very attached. Now I was not supposed to do that this year.
GG on top of roof(click picutre)
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I know others ,at other sites, including Manitoba, have losses but this one hit me harder than most. I spend 13 hours a day there, every day and Peter and others come, at 5 to relieve me :-* :-*,so I can go home, but sometimes I stay later. I am not saying this for a pat on the back or anything, it is just so you understand , that I get to know these kids very well. GG seemed so proud of herself when she ended up on an apartment on Whyte Ave, where she should not have been. I would not have guessed that we would have trouble with her. She made the best first flight of them all. but on Tuesday, she could not get her height. And that is all I am going to say. I am crushed.
By the way others come and watch also, in 3-4 hour shifts. we are very grateful for any help we get. I just want to make that clear , as I am not on a glory trip.
I was out there, before 6am this morning , in the rain, and found all 3 kids and the 2 adults. Everyone is fine. 1 kid was on Windsor apartments(YB) and 2 were on the Maz. Mom was on her aerial and dad on his. Dad made a fly by and got the kids all riled up and so off they went. YB flew over and the games began , for a short while. Dad went out and one kid ended up high on clinical science and 2 on Maz. Marlene came out in rain , and after we had a coffee , I told her she could leave .( not that I order people around ;)) I am under the weather today so after another look , I felt confident that they would not do too much today.
Just before I left ,Dad landed on Newton place and YB flew over and knocked him off his perch and stayed there. Dad came around and checked on the the other 2 and went in out of the rain.
Peter and Bob and Carol will be down there after work. Jean, who lives in the apartments, is keeping an eye on things from her place. As I type this it is still raining.
Our 3 are flying well. Peter just loves this time. I look through my fingers ,at times, as they come so close to the buildings. When the 2 boys were playing tag yesterday, mom came and played with RG. They are so fast. RG has just amazed me, after her struggles on Tuesday, along with GG.
I watched them both glance off the Maz 4 times. they just could not get the height that day. They are so big , that there was not enough room and they had not learned to circle around .
YB is our grown up. Even thought he can be a stinker, the adults seem to use him to help out the others. When BB caught caught by the wind the other nihgt , YB flew out and brought him back, although we had to look for BB . BB was tucked in behind Jeans' building. On TuesdayYB was already in training, trying to catch the food ,dad had in his talons. He learns quickly. BB joined in on the action.
I guess I am long winded ;) ;)so this is continued on next reply
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Monday night , when Radisson was attacked by an intruder, YB was attacked also. He just stood up on the nest box roof and fanned out and cacked like crazy. He did not back down. We were so in awe. That was just after we rescued RG.
These shots are courtesy of Jean(click on pictures
Radisson on aerial on Clinical and intruder attacking
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RAdisson
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intruder knocked down and then it goes over to YB
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intruder takes a swipe at YB and he fans out and cacks
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Our brave YB
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BB is laid back, but make no mistake about it. He is an excellent flier also. We must remember that YB had his first flight last Friday and RG and BB and GG had their first flights on Monday. Well RG sort of had a big leap on Sunday nihgt, but not really a flight.
We also have had a female juvenile come in WEd and Radisson and Dad chased her off. They dive bombed her and she huddled on clinical science , before taking leave. I am thinking she is the young female from Bell. that is the only one that would be flying that strong, so clsoe to Clinical. This happened at same time we were looking for BB , when he got carried off by wind.
So we have had lots of excitement , my heart could have done without ;D ;D
So we will continue to monitor our crew till about WEd. and then Peter and I will go out at our leisure and watch and enjoy.
I will be psoting picutres in the next few days.
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just to make it clear, Edmonton is not the only site that does not name its falcons. RAdisson has a name because she was named in Winnipeg. I named M07 at WEber, Miss Edmonton and the biologists humor me :-* But their names are not on record.
Tracy does not want a young one named after her in case something happens to it, The biologists here have been part of the recovery prospect and so they are used to just calling them by their bands. that makes them no less important, than one that is named. It is their preference and I respect that.
A lot of other sites jsut say RG or WB , by their color band. It is no big deal.
Now I am done ;) ;) :-* :-*
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that makes them no less important, than one that is named. It is their preference and I respect that.
. . . It is no big deal.
Bev, I agree with you completely that "it's no big deal". Here we're used to having the local birds named and, like some others, I do like thinking of them with names. Having said that, though, watching them hatch . . . and grow . . . and fledge . . . and fly is no less amazing if they're not named, though. It's these magnificent birds themselves that keep us coming back to the cams and the forum!
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Thank you Bev for taking the time to post after such long days out watching the young ones. I love reading your reports and it is almost like being there. I hope all continues to go well and look forward to more good news.
Your little YB sounds like quite the character, a real fool around but takes great care of his brothers and sister.
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that makes them no less important, than one that is named. It is their preference and I respect that.
. . . It is no big deal.
Bev, I agree with you completely that "it's no big deal". Here we're used to having the local birds named and, like some others, I do like thinking of them with names. Having said that, though, watching them hatch . . . and grow . . . and fledge . . . and fly is no less amazing if they're not named, though. It's these magnificent birds themselves that keep us coming back to the cams and the forum!
I actually find it much easier to follow the action with your description of them by band color and gender. It's sort of like a name and really the only purpose of a name is to keep track of who's who so it all works.
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Thinking of all of you! I know you have had a lot of rain but was wondering how the Chicks are doing with their flying abilities now. Stress, stress and more stress I am sure. The saying is "No news is good news" so I will believe that and just say "Keep up the good work". ;)
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I am sorry I have not posted here for a bit.
Just very worn out.
I will post more this weekend but the 3 remaining juveniles are dong great. RG is so strong after being rescued. the first day after her rescue was a bit stressful as she could not get height but by Wed she was flying high and never looked back.
YB is jsut a thrill to watch. He is the protector when adults are away. And BB jsut has to get stronger, He is flying great and can now tear his food better. He is the youngest and the runt and has only been flying for jsut over a week.
they have been moving down toward the Ed building but always coming back to nest area and College Plaza. that is why I am annoyed cam is down agian.
I will go and retrieve some of my posts form my other site.
Be right back
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this is from Sat july 23
Saturday july23 Am
Peter and Dave and Becky and I were at the site, Saturday morning.
The kids have moved down to Ed building for first time. They are also feeding and flying around Med Science. I still close my eyes a bit when they come close to the buildings, :o :o but they put on some displays for us.
We like seeing them down there , as we feel it is safer for them, as far as flying goes. And we get more exercise.
Mom was keeping an eye on who we thought was RG and BB ,and we assumed that dad took YB out .
PM
Peter and I went back in the evening. WE only had one kid in view and one adult. I believe it was RG on Ed building, playing around on antennas and flapping her wings, and dad looking over her. .
So I went walking in the rain. I spotted from the campus tower corner an adult on back of another building ,behind ED building and one kid on side. ( we call this an Ed extension. ) As I was walking around back of Ed building, 2 flew over head and there was some squawking. Not sure if both were squawking or not. (Too many trees in my way) . but I love the big trees.
Lots of magpies and ravens and squirrels and rabbits. could do without the ravens.
By now Peter had made his way down with the dogs. We went up on parkade by Ed building and saw no one . but as Peter was walking , he saw one fly over to Med science building.
So we started back. Now we have one on Med science building and dad on Corner of Ed building and that is all. I try never to leave till I see all 3 kids. (for a few weeks anyway)
So up to top of parkade across from Maz building. Mom is halfway down on her aerial, dad has moved to corner of chi-ching building and one kid is eating on corner of Med science building(where Becky works).
Then mom flies off by clinical science and across behind parkade, next to us, and then down by Newton place. We look over to Clinical science building and we have one tucked in, under nest box(we are assuming BB as that is his favorite place). then in comes another and flies up to top ledge on north side of college plaza and one is till eating on Med science . so we have all 5 in view. time to go home.
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sunday july24
Sunday, july24/2011 Clinical science
BEcky and DAve were there before us and they had seen an adult in vent at back of Ed building. this is where Damon always went. We were commenting on that earlier in the week.HMmmmmmm
REd was on corner of ED building and Radisson was on the back part of Ed (extension). Dad was on corner of Med science building.
Peter and I found one on south face of roof of clinical science and then one on north corner of Clinical science.
All of a sudden RG flew, squawking , down to back of Maz. We think Dad made a drop that we did not see becasue now the other 2 kids went flying over there and then we have 3 flying in the air. all kids , or 2 kids and an adult???? Mom was still on back of Ed.
When things settled down we have 2 on Maz and one on clinical science. After a nice breakfast at coffee shop(we can see from there), we went walking down to parkade by clinical.
the parents were way up soaring, 2 kids were on top ledge of College plaza,facing west and one kid was on top of Maz facing south. We could not see parents anymore.
the we saw something big soaring too clsoe to our area. We looked and it was an eagle. Kid on Maz, let out alarm call and all were still. So we think it was YB on MAz, appointed to babysit. The eagle did not stay in area too long and we know if mom and dad had been close by, it would have been run out of there.
so impressed with these kids.
Jean has photos of BB and Dad eating on a ledge . that eases my mind as he is the runt and he had to be beak fed for quite a while, even after fledging. but Jean says he can do it himself now :-*
With 3 kids in sight , we left. :-* :-*
We are getting ready to head down again in a bit.
I will post picutres, as I said later. I will do some slldeshows with commentary. Just too much for me right now.
We had posted picutres a few years ago of the buildings ,so you knew where they were. I am sure you have forgotten, so when I post picutres , I will post buildings again.
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Clinical science JUly26
I have been very much under the weather. Barely moving for the last few days,.
Peter was down there Tuesday night with Becky and all was well. He stayed home yesterday as he was tired also.
We will try and go down tonight as I like to keep track of where they are moving to.
sorry I did not comer back and write report, I jsut have to get more mobile.
On Monday afternoon , while RG and YB were soaring 2 ravens moved into their path and YB sounded the alarms. Along came radisson to move the ravens out.
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July28
We were down there last night for a bit. Becky and Dave were there when we got thee.
RG was on the corner of Suite hotel eating. Opposite end of street from college plaza(more north). I then saw a kid fly to back of clinical science, and jsut lay down. As we were walking we saw the same kid fly onto ledge on College plaza.
Dad had come to a ledge with food and was ripping it apart. we turned our heads for a bit and lost sight of kid on ledge. But then I saw one on Jeans building, Windsor apartments. Peter ID'd him as BB so we thought he had just moved over. But I had an e-mail form Jean this morning and she relayed what she saw , and she said the one on ledge was YB. so we saw all 3.
We saw a falcon flying off west and we thought it was a juvenile ,but flying well enough to be an adult, so it must have been YB.
Anyhow , after defeathering for a bit dad started talking (Chupping) and BB talked back. This went on for several minutes. Then dad flew off north with prey in talons and we knew what he wanted BB to do .BB just stayed there until Dad was halfway down the street. And then he took off. A bit too late as RG entered in the chase and of course she beat BB. WE know this was intended for BB. We are not sure if she got the food out of dads talons or if dad just dropped it on another part of Ed building . but she went down out of sight and BB landed on corner of Ed buidling.
We had to leave as it started raining again. As we drove past the ed building Dad was on an antennae and we are sure kids were eating the prey.
BB just needs to get more confidence.
It is calling for more rain today.
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I was hoping to post picutres before writing a report but still not ready.
Friday, July29th
WE went out and only saw dad at first on the college plaza. the we saw a juvenile come in and land on top west of clinical science roof. I went up to take a look as it was lying down. Could not tell who it was.
When I came back down, it flew over to where dad was and dad flew off. the juvenile was Red. She then flew off west.
so we went walking. We did not see anyone but mom on her louvers on north face of Chi Ching building. Not far from Ed building.
So we went up top of parkade across form Ed building and Peter spotted Yellow Boy, on top of Jubilee auditorium. We have never seen then there before. We joked that he was wanting to see the musical "Wicked" A young falocn flew off north of jubilee and Ed building.
then, as it is with falocns, they all appeared from different directions. all three kids, flying and playing tag, over the building across from Ed and then then around the Ed . the different thing now, is they were quiet. no squawking as they played. What a site. Peter has picutres of 2 of them playing. The camera locked as he tried to get pictures of all 3. The RG landed on the Med science building and the 2 boys took off flying together.
so we saw all 5.
SAt. July30
Becky texted us to tell us she saw all 3 that morning.
Sunday july31
WE went to see "wicked" this afternoon. We had such a good review from YB :) :)
Before we went to supper we went looking around . .
We had TB on the vent that Damon always occupied, on back of Ed building. Mom was on her louver.
Red and Blue were on the college plaza. We got the bands of all of them. We were thrilled to see them all. Peter saw dad on his way to Wicked, as he dropped me off and then parked at parkade across from Maz.
We are hoping to go down again tomorrow. I would have liked to go down yesterday and today but I am babysitting my wee grandson.
I really apologize for no picutres yet, but Pete has to finish downloading.
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Friday,august5.2011
clinical science
We went to check here, after Weber and only had 2 kids in sight. We had Red and blue. Red screeches and that is how you know it is her. she is also huge. I like to see all 3 before I leave but Becky had seen all 3 in the afternoon so it was late and we went home. We saw mom on the north side of Suite hotel (campus tower), dad was in the vent at back of Ed building and Red was on an aerial on back of the building behind Ed building. She seems to love it here. She then flew from place to place , where she knew food is sometimes. When dad flew out north west she followed but did not go too far. She then flew back to college plaza and then to extension building, by Windsor apartments. When we had come into the area , we saw a kid on Maz eating but we do not know who.
Blue was on on aerial on top of College plaza. So we have seen all 3.
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August 6(saturday)
We only have a short time today but saw Red on same building by Ed building ,and mom on an aerial on same building. Then mom started chupping and flew into vent on back of Ed building and then back to where Red girl was. And after chupping some more she was off. Shortly after she came back and perched on same aerial and RG stayed put. We looked around for dad and the boys but they were probably out exploring. We will try to hit here tomorrow after supper. It is the best time. I like to see all 3 kids. :-* :-* :-*
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We have been going to University also but I never see more than 2 the last few days. We always see red and we are not sure sometimes if we see yellow or not. but I know all is well. Yellow and dad are probably learning skills. but I will keep trying to find 3 at a time for the next while. I do realize that one day one or 2 will move on. Usually we have at least one till mid Sept the females usually stay put , although last year red male and blue female were around till i went on holidays.
When I do my shots here I will do one slide show of jeans photos.
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I have gone back and done a lot of reports from July26 to now. sorry I did not keep up here and you may not be interested, but I thought I would put them here jsut in case.
I should be able to start doing slideshows from beginning of f ledge to now.
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I really do appreciate all of your reports, bev and enjoy reading them. I know it is a lot of work for you so thank you. :-* And not to worry about the photos. I know that you will get to them as you are able to.
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Thank-you so much for the updates Bev, I check this forum regularly to see how our feathered babies are doing and drive by their nest area whenever I can hoping to catch a site of any of them :)
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The best time to see our birds is early morning , or evening. They come back to College Plaza area later at night an dare out beyond Ed builidng in daytime.
We only saw 2 yesterday evening, and could not get bands as the light was bad, I believe one was RG , by her call and size.
things seemed strange last evening. I could not put my finger on it, but ....Maybe just that time of year.Or maybe the quiet after so many days of cacking by our kids.
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...things seemed strange last evening. I could not put my finger on it, but ....Maybe just that time of year.Or maybe the quiet after so many days of cacking by our kids.
That's how it seems for us here in Winnipeg now too, bev.
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For those of you who are still keeping track: Our male at the Clinical Sciences Building (CSB) was found injured downtown on a sidewalk on August 24; he had been in a fight with another falcon. He was taken to the Strathcona Rehab. Centre, where he was picked up by the biologist. At first, it was thought he was not badly injured (the report Bev got was that he had "a conk on the head"), but further exam by the biologist proved that he was very badly injured, and infection had set in. He was able to be nursed back to health over the past few weeks, although we heard it was touch and go for a while. The plan now is to release him, likely this week, in southern Alberta, where it is hoped that he will not return to Edmonton, but instead fatten up on the marsh life, and then head south. Meanwhile, a new male (we don't know if this is the same male he fought with), has pretty well moved in at the CSB site, and after some hesitation, was welcomed by our resident female, Radisson. But this male, from reports we are getting from observers, is chasing the kids away every time they come around. Bev and I are hoping that the kids are well-trained enough to manage on their own now with hunting and feeding, as it does not look like they will be getting any help from mom or the new guy. Now, what our concern is, if the biologist releases our former resident male down in southern Alberta this week, will he head back here, or stay put? We just do not know what he will do, but one thing we do know, he is not strong enough for another fight.
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Thank you for keeping us in the loop but that is bad news. I guess all we can do is watch what nature has in store. I hope and pray that the "situation" settles down.
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Thanks for keeping us posted on the situation. I also hope the kids have been trained enough, poor dad just trying to defend his family.
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Oh my goodness, Elaine, I am so sorry to hear of the injuries sustained by Radisson's mate. I do hope that the juvies are well equipped to survive on their own now, without mom or dad's help.
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Thanks Elaine , for coming over and reporting this. I was jsut going to come in today and post. I was waiting till I knew more about dads release.
I have been very busy since Dad was found, observing down at clinical science site and also watching Weber/ Dad was found on MOnday evening Aug15th. Becky saw him at noon and I did not see him in the evening.
Luckily , he was found very quickly.
He was only a few blocks from the Bell downtown site, so Gord thinks, that is who he fought with. Now dad knows not to go down there but maybe a kid of his was being chased. We will never know. First report Gord got was that he had a bonk on his head. But it was much worse. He had several talon wounds and had feathers plucked from side of head and neck.
Gord picked him up and nursed him back to health. It was a long go, as he had septicemia and was badly bruised and underweight. He had no broken bones but had trouble lifting his left wing high at first.
so I spent many hours down making sure kids were O.K. Supplemental food was supplied the first weekend. I did see Radisson come in with prey for the kids on a few occasions. On one I saw her stoop her prey. She had two of the kids chase her for the food from her talons on one occasion.
We know the kids were O.k. up until Tuesday, August 23rd. I could not go down on the Wednesday, but Becky said she saw 2 kids on Wednesday.
On the Thursday was the first time Peter and I saw a different falcon. In my heart I was hoping it was a kid but in my mind I knew it was an adult male.
On Sunday night Jean e-mailed me and an adult was attacking one of our kids. She sent me the pictures and then I went down the next day and spent the day, there. I could see nothing all day and then in the evening, I saw RAdisson on Med science and she then flew to Ed and then the adult male flew over to Ed.
I had to go to southern Alberta last Tuesday till Saturday and so I had Jean observing when she could from her apartment.
I kept in contact with Gord and it was decided that Dad should not be released at Clinical , as originally planned. He would not be able to handle another fight so soon . So sometime this week he will be released. I am just waiting word. this is when we will have to really monitor again, in case he comes back. Gord is hoping he will mellow in the marsh until migration which is not very far off for the males. But we do not know.
so Peter and I have not seen the kids, since Jean saw one attacked. the kid hid in an aerial. Smart kid. It was O.K.
When we came back from down south, we looked all around campus and area. Gord said they may sneak back in and be cared for. Usually our young do not leave the area till mid Sept. In past years we have had them all come back at night. But this male is not letting them. I can only pray the kids were ready . Gord said they may be able to catch smaller things if need be.
I do believe he is a young male. I would like to kick his butt, but such is nature, I guess.
I have taken a break the last few days , chasing grand kids, but will go down again later tomorrow and weekend.
will try and post a few pictures when i can.
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Thank you Elaine and Bev for filling us in.
All this update news is appreciated even though it is not great.
Sometimes our window on nature gives us a painful view.
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The upside folks is that everyone will be leaving from Alberta in the next couple of weeks then its a clean slate come next spring - Radisson's 2011 mate could be back and ready to defend against all comers - he won't be tried after a long season of rearing kids rather hormones on the upswing and he will be ready and fully able to defend himself and his right to hold the territory. And who knows if the "new kid" will even survive the year, he's kinda ::) late making a bid for a nest site and a mate ;) Don't write your boy off yet, age and guile vs youth and optimism (or something similar) and all that
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Sometimes our window on nature gives us a painful view.
What a lovely way to express it, BCBird. We get so attached to the birds we observe and it's sometimes hard to accept when nature follows its own course. My fingers are crossed that age and guile win out this time (thanks for that, TPC -- funny how much more apt that expression seems now than it did a number of years ago!). ::)
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Yes, let's hear it for "age & guile" for our birds, other wildlife and humans, alike! 8)
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I am posting the letter I sent to my group
Good afternoon,
Well what a year we have had. Our adult male got injured a block away from Bell site on Monday evening, august 15th. At first Gord was told he had a bonk on his head, but when Gord picked him up, it was much worse. It was obvious he had been in quite a fight. He had septicemia, no broken wings, but lots of talon wounds and feathers off neck and one side of head. He was very sore, and Gord figured bruised. Gord kept him and nursed him back to health.
The plan was to release him in the marshlands of southern Alberta last week but Dad is not ready. He is not strong enough yet. So it looks like the will be wintered here and if strong enough he will be released in spring. I sure hope he can be released in spring because I hate to lose such a good male. And if this one comes back he is young and we have so many problems because of the Maz.
If DAD is not strong enough, they will keep him as and educator bird and a breeder.
The reason they were going to release him in southern Alberta is because about August 25th a young male moved into our territory gradually. With the pictures I sent Gord, he agreed he is a yearling. The male proceeded to chase off our young ones. We monitored closely and we have not seen a kid since about August 29th. That does not men they are not sneaking back in. Gord is sure they are just fine and probably independent. I hope so. But to release our male back at Uni would not have been good. He would not have been ready for a fight.
So Gord is to send me pictures of our male, which I will send to you.
All appears well at Weber. As of Friday night we saw 3 falcons s, 2 for sure were kids and we believe the other was as well.
Cheers
Bev
I am devastated about this but remain hopeful. I need to get some distance and I just get myself too attached. Hopefully dad can make a full recovery.
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Thank you for the update, bev. It must be a very difficult time for you, where your birds are concerned. My thoughts are with you. :-*
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Thanks kinderchick.I am just a big ham, .
Becasue our kids were chased away we did not get to see them as much as usual.
I will be saying my adieu to Miss Edmonotn and RAdisson on Thursday ,as we leave to get away for 2 weeks. Radisson and Miss Edmonton usually do not leave till first week in
October but in case they are gone when I get back I will do it Thursday.
We never know what the spring will bring.
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The upside - Radisson's 2011 mate could be back and ready to defend against all comers - he won't be tried after a long season of rearing kids rather hormones on the upswing and he will be ready and fully able to defend himself and his right to hold the territory.
So it looks like the will be wintered here and if strong enough he will be released in spring.
We never know what the spring will bring.
It sounds like Dad may have the opportunity to strengthen and be on site in spring without the tires of migration.
We can hope spring will bring a good story.
Have a great holiday, Bev. September is a good month for travel.
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...I will be saying my adieu to Miss Edmonotn and RAdisson on Thursday ,as we leave to get away for 2 weeks...
Sure hope you can enjoy a well deserved holiday, bev! :-*
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Thanks Kinderchick and Bcbird.
:-*
We are going to a B and B at Sooke first and then up island to my dads at Duncan and my brothers at Cowichan Bay. It is a trek we do every year. We love traveling the in September.
Hopefully I will get my picutres posted when I get back.
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Sounds like a wonderful vacation for you bev. I'm sure that Elaine will give us updates of your birds, as she sees/hears anything. Enjoy your time away. :)
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just a quick report.
As of Tuesday, Oct4 , we had 2 adults still on site. Radisson and probably the new one year old male.
I am saying only probably becasue on thursday Sept29, 2011, Gord released our dad in southern Alberta. He came on strong the last 2 weeks of September and was flown on a line. they flew him free about Sept 23rd and he looked good. Once they got hi back they fattened him up on wild duck and drove down to Southern Alberta and released him. So hopefully he headed for migration but he could have come back. When Peter and I checked Wed and Thursday evening we only saw one tucked in. they turn in earlier and earlier before migrating.
I could not go down any earlier the last few days but will head out shortly and stay till dark hopefully.
check out Weber for some news there.
Just editing to add that Gordon changed his band to K97(K over 97)
I will try and do a wrap up report with pictures after Thanksgiving.
I will post a picutre of dad in a few.
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Thanks for the update Bev, looks like Radisson, Ivy and Hurricane all have the same reticience to leave their territories at this time of the year.
Just to confirm, the U of A male's band number has been changed to K over 97? If I have this right, are you wanting to refer to this male by his band number or have you another name you would like to use or is being used by the Edmonton watchers? I know your biologists generally refer to your birds by band numbers. Let me know and I'll update the subject line for this year and hopefully he'll be back next year ...