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Manitoba Peregrines => Logan Peregrines => : The Peregrine Chick March 30, 2019, 16:00

: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
: The Peregrine Chick March 30, 2019, 16:00
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1112095649124753408

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1112096543610454017
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: The Peregrine Chick April 04, 2019, 22:34
Another two-parter ...

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1113957650616733698

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1113958795397488640
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: The Peregrine Chick April 22, 2019, 20:03
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1120419066907385857
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: photosbydennis April 24, 2019, 06:42
(https://pbase.com/photosbydennis/image/169101394/medium.jpg)
Even if there wasn't a band number I would be pretty sure Spencer had returned to Logan for a second season.
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: photosbydennis April 24, 2019, 06:49
Few more photos have been added https://pbase.com/photosbydennis/peregrines_2019
Cheers !
Dennis
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: The Peregrine Chick April 28, 2019, 18:44
April 27

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1122642795641090049
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: The Peregrine Chick April 28, 2019, 18:45
April 27

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1122644279434862594
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: The Peregrine Chick May 18, 2019, 01:23
Finally an image from our cam to share!

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1129533186604773376
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: irenekl May 19, 2019, 13:02
 :)
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: The Peregrine Chick May 22, 2019, 18:19
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1131337796235481088
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: The Peregrine Chick May 24, 2019, 15:44
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1132024025851551745
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: The Peregrine Chick May 24, 2019, 21:51
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1132116354906099712
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: The Peregrine Chick May 28, 2019, 13:16
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1133432114328875009
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: The Peregrine Chick May 29, 2019, 11:44
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1133775961344925698
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: Cathy179 May 29, 2019, 11:47
Just doing a random morning check and behold, a baby!!!  With more to come...Beautiful weather, too. 
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: carly May 29, 2019, 12:10
Congratulations  :-* :-* :-*
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: dupre501 May 29, 2019, 12:13
Hooray!
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: The Peregrine Chick May 29, 2019, 12:44
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1133791260387532802
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: bcbird May 29, 2019, 15:49
Great news! :D
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: Shocka88 May 30, 2019, 02:08
Congrats to Spencer & Hart!
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: The Peregrine Chick May 30, 2019, 19:29
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1134196571736870915
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: The Peregrine Chick May 31, 2019, 18:45
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1134605007599349761
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: irenekl June 01, 2019, 11:29
I’m enjoying all the hatching going on.  So glad for these posts.   Makes me smile every time.
: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
: The Peregrine Chick June 03, 2019, 16:42
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1135631078591516673

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1135632233203720194
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: The Peregrine Chick June 03, 2019, 16:43
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1135646009214873600
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: carly June 04, 2019, 05:22
Very sorry to read about the loss of the 3 chicks, hopefully the last little one survives.  :'(
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: dupre501 June 04, 2019, 12:31
So sad to hear, hope the lone chick does well. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Many thanks to the PWRC for all of their efforts.
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: The Peregrine Chick June 04, 2019, 19:38
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1136063657048190976
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: carly June 04, 2019, 20:08
 :-* :-* :-*
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: The Peregrine Chick June 07, 2019, 19:10
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1137149172161896454
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: Alison June 07, 2019, 22:21
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1137149172161896454

Unfortunately, the links don't work.

The first link shows only a blank page, and the second one produces a "page can't be found" message.

Almost impossible to access this forum most days. Only a partial version of the home page has been showing up.
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: The Peregrine Chick June 08, 2019, 02:06
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1137251077064204288
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: The Peregrine Chick June 08, 2019, 02:08
For those using the old link posted on Twitter, please note the direct link to the website - www.species-at-risk.mb.ca/peregrines ...
You can bookmark whichever of the links you like from there.

Enjoy.

PS - crazy thing, triple-checked that tiny url link on four different platforms and three different devices and still Murphy beat me to it!!  ::)
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: The Peregrine Chick June 08, 2019, 09:20
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1137363397056630784
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: The Peregrine Chick June 08, 2019, 20:09
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1137526284328800256
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: The Peregrine Chick June 09, 2019, 12:34
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1137772703581122560
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: GCG June 09, 2019, 12:59
LOL! Shortly after the A.M. feeding, this little one did what little ones do after a meal....."poop shoot!"
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: bev. June 10, 2019, 14:15
have been away so , I was sorry to hear about her other chicks. but that i s the challenge a lot of new moms have.  a lot of itmes , the male steps i and saves the day.  but this is nature, an d she is learning, and next year will be better for her. so now to enjoy this chick. It will be special.

we could have had thishappen at MIs last year, but our male, came in and fed kids till she got the hang o f it, and he was aways there to top up. so far she has 3 chicks and is doing well.

each falcon, each  nest is different.
 :-*
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: The Peregrine Chick June 10, 2019, 19:55
Hart I think is too conditioned by Joli - his previous mate for those who are new here.  Joli was very good at "telling" him what she wanted and when. He didn't always listen but mostly.  Spencer doesn't really ask him for anything when it comes to the chicks - she seems to wait for him, and he waits for her, or at least with the chicks. When she left the eggs he turned up, same with the chick(s). Last year when the chicks got older and more vocal he seemed to respond with more food. Will be interesting to see if the same thing happens this year or in the future.  His instincts are spot-on though when he does get involved.
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: The Peregrine Chick June 12, 2019, 14:58
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1138897390117765121
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: The Peregrine Chick June 13, 2019, 18:44
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1139281093759254529
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: The Peregrine Chick June 13, 2019, 18:44
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1139313061083451392
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: GCG June 14, 2019, 15:11
 ;D I agree that he/she will be a force to be reckoned with. Growing by leaps and bounds. I'm guessing female. Will need an appropriate name to reflect her size and stamina. Something Amazonian perhaps.  ;)
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: GCG June 14, 2019, 15:31
;D I agree that he/she will be a force to be reckoned with. Growing by leaps and bounds. Butt scoots and faceplants galore. I'm guessing female. Will need an appropriate name to reflect her size and stamina. Something Amazonian perhaps.  ;)
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: Monarch June 14, 2019, 16:40
I was watching the cam and one of the adults had their back to the camera, it looks like a transmitter.  what kind of info do you collect from it and how do you put it on?
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: The Peregrine Chick June 14, 2019, 20:15
I was watching the cam and one of the adults had their back to the camera, it looks like a transmitter.  what kind of info do you collect from it and how do you put it on?

The backpack was custom fitted so that the teflon straps slide without chafing where there are no feathers and where it won't interfere with any of the bird's movement.  Spencer's transmitter was attached the year she hatched - so 6 years ago in 2013.  The data collected was purely geographical - where she went basically.  It was part of a PhD research project.  Last year her transmitter stopped working just before she settled down with Hart, so now it is purely an accessory until such time as the straps give way due to time.  The other way is if she were injured and rescued, at which time we would take the transmitter off her.  We prefer to let her live her life without getting injured however.  Makes it easier to tell her from her mate ... or any other peregrine in town for that matter.
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: The Peregrine Chick June 15, 2019, 15:53
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1139999155596812290
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: The Peregrine Chick June 16, 2019, 16:29
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1140369914479423488
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: The Peregrine Chick June 17, 2019, 10:50
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1140594831225434112
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: The Peregrine Chick June 19, 2019, 01:14
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1141227033864921088
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: Monarch June 19, 2019, 11:14
Great information about the transmitter.  I have been watching the lone chick on YouTube, glad we have close up TV this year!
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: The Peregrine Chick June 19, 2019, 22:11
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1141488883911340032
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: The Peregrine Chick June 20, 2019, 18:10
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1141845317547167744
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: The Peregrine Chick June 21, 2019, 19:34
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1142211895983783937
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: Alison June 22, 2019, 22:56
A few pics from late yesterday. The little beauty had a huge crop.

(https://i.ibb.co/VwRkqBH/logan-june-21-4a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3R2PChf)  (https://i.ibb.co/6X1642x/logan-june-21-6a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VwQXvdZ)

(https://i.ibb.co/cLnN8h8/logan-june-21-8a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/X8Rz5x5)  (https://i.ibb.co/ZRjNzJs/logan-june-21-9a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vCFD4B5)

(https://i.ibb.co/mJF7T18/logan-june-21-10a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/SN7pyWr)  (https://i.ibb.co/qg7V9J4/logan-june-21-12a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/wQBjCcb)
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: Jazzerkins June 23, 2019, 10:08
Tot just got "kidnapped".  Guess will come back with some bling.
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: Jazzerkins June 23, 2019, 10:24
And she's back!
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: Alison June 23, 2019, 10:49
Hard to believe it's banding day already. The time goes much too fast.

Just saw Tot back in the nest, in the corner in the shade.

(https://i.ibb.co/LQXQj9D/logan-june-23-3a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3f9f6S5)
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: The Peregrine Chick June 23, 2019, 11:50
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1142810331812683777

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1142820278185185280
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: The Peregrine Chick June 23, 2019, 14:07
CLICK ON THE TWEET TO SEE THE PHOTOS BETTER


https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1142871063333888005
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: The Peregrine Chick June 25, 2019, 15:42
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1143614368971669504
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: GCG June 25, 2019, 15:51
 :o It's not even July, yet I just saw this chick "wingercising"! Too soon!  :'(
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: GCG June 26, 2019, 10:20
 :o My husband just notified me that "TOT" is MIA. I have also looked. She is not there in the nestbox. After wingercising yesterday, I wondered if she would soon hop out and wander.  ::) TPC HELP!
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: The Peregrine Chick June 26, 2019, 11:12
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1143914585512128512

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1143914618206785536
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: GCG June 26, 2019, 11:40
Thanks TPC!  ;) :-*
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: GCG June 26, 2019, 13:02
 :-\ As I continue to call our little Logan resident TOT, I was thinking this name needs to stay. The letters could represent her full title...…………………… T of T. Just a thought!  ::)
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: Alison June 26, 2019, 13:17
Tot early this morning:

(https://i.ibb.co/xGpLd70/logan-june-26-2a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/zbyxD4Y)

She had food firmly clasped in her feet, and was self feeding. She ate the whole thing.

(https://i.ibb.co/7Xyf2JR/logan-june-26-5a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/hy86DRZ)

Standing tall: I can't quite read her band numbers:

(https://i.ibb.co/F3gpxx8/logan-june-26-6a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/W5gCxxB)

(https://i.ibb.co/YtjCQfY/logan-june-26-10a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Q6mgQYz)

(https://i.ibb.co/C8k8jFs/logan-june-26-11a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/tK7K05P)
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: The Peregrine Chick June 26, 2019, 14:40
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1143947803405803521
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: photosbydennis June 27, 2019, 07:24
If interest prompts you...Logan Banding photos have been added at this link
 https://pbase.com/photosbydennis/logan_banding_2019
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: Alison June 27, 2019, 12:57
If interest prompts you...Logan Banding photos have been added at this link
 https://pbase.com/photosbydennis/logan_banding_2019

Your banding photos are outstanding, Dennis! I really enjoyed seeing them. Thank you so much for sharing these great photos.
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: Jazzerkins June 27, 2019, 17:34
Absolutely gorgeous photos, Dennis.  I am looking forward to the 2020 calendar.
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: Shocka88 June 28, 2019, 01:31
Great photos! Thx for sharing.
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: The Peregrine Chick June 28, 2019, 10:16
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1144615636540301312
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: The Peregrine Chick June 28, 2019, 12:01
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1144651872537665536
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: The Peregrine Chick June 28, 2019, 20:55
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1144754321944436737

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1144755623512477696
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: The Peregrine Chick June 28, 2019, 20:56
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1144785114477371392
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: The Peregrine Chick June 29, 2019, 16:19
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1145073840298635269
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: The Peregrine Chick July 01, 2019, 00:37
Tot spent most of today away from the nestbox - just a couple of quick peeks in from the edge of camera range.  Then like with the other chicks at other sites, she was back at bedtime.

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1145565758845534215

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: The Peregrine Chick July 01, 2019, 01:06
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1145572744937050112
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: The Peregrine Chick July 01, 2019, 16:51
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1145761488688340998
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: BirdLover July 02, 2019, 20:10
Haha, that's hilarious!
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: GCG July 03, 2019, 07:04
I just thought I would take a chance to see TOT and lo and behold, there she is, up close and personal. It looks as though she is peering into the camera staring at me. We are eye to eye, literally! LOL!
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: Alison July 03, 2019, 12:47
Tot is changing so fast each day now. Yesterday evening:

(https://i.ibb.co/NFvs0v0/logan-july-2-3a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/9pDNxDx) (https://i.ibb.co/7zvNWkW/logan-july-2-4a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/X4XksYs)

(https://i.ibb.co/8rfrBXR/logan-july-2-7a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/48X8fJD)  (https://i.ibb.co/5vxRD6T/logan-july-2-9a.jpg) (https://ibb.co/1KJmVLZ)
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: susha July 03, 2019, 13:13
Sitting on the edge of the nestbox now, looking so grown up ;D
Harkens me back to the Radisson kids (in the preferred nest box) at this stage in their development, when we'd watch with bated breath especially when someone would attempt sitting with one foot on the edge, scratching or just resting :-X
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: irenekl July 03, 2019, 17:37
I miss those days. 
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: GCG July 04, 2019, 15:42
No live stream currently. https://youtu.be/NCaMbYPKv0w
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: The Peregrine Chick July 05, 2019, 15:05
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1147233154098507776
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: RCF July 06, 2019, 07:33
I just thought I would take a chance to see TOT and lo and behold, there she is, up close and personal. It looks as though she is peering into the camera staring at me. We are eye to eye, literally! LOL!

I was watching at that time also! 

(https://i.postimg.cc/Nj8F5HRV/TOT.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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: The Peregrine Chick July 06, 2019, 23:10
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1147719414785224704
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: The Peregrine Chick July 08, 2019, 10:17
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1148223463229939718
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: The Peregrine Chick July 08, 2019, 10:20
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1148223463229939718
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: The Peregrine Chick July 08, 2019, 10:21
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1148248169811185666
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: ballywing July 08, 2019, 15:42
haha - Just look at the cam and saw an empty nest box.  :o - Glad she has other options to wander around but wish she had a buddy to keep her company.  ;)
: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
: The Peregrine Chick July 09, 2019, 15:55
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1148688135116775424
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: The Peregrine Chick July 09, 2019, 23:07
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1148785751666110464
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: The Peregrine Chick July 10, 2019, 12:06
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1149001839922307073
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: burdi July 12, 2019, 13:59
Thank you for your many updates, TPC.

Hopefully Tot is safe in her "rooftop playpen". I think her parents are busy caring for her (wherever she is) because I haven't managed to catch a glimpse of them since Tot disappeared.
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: The Peregrine Chick July 12, 2019, 20:13
Thank you for your many updates, TPC.

Hopefully Tot is safe in her "rooftop playpen". I think her parents are busy caring for her (wherever she is) because I haven't managed to catch a glimpse of them since Tot disappeared.

Tot is fine, she's been bopping around and her parents have been watching over her closely so all looks good. Was just about to tweet about it ... 😁
: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
: The Peregrine Chick July 12, 2019, 21:31
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1149862340873150465

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1149862789281964033
: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
: burdi July 13, 2019, 13:18
Thank you for your many updates, TPC.

Hopefully Tot is safe in her "rooftop playpen". I think her parents are busy caring for her (wherever she is) because I haven't managed to catch a glimpse of them since Tot disappeared.

Tot is fine, she's been bopping around and her parents have been watching over her closely so all looks good. Was just about to tweet about it ... 😁

I'm happy to know that Tot is doing well ... and thank you to the spotter for reporting.
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: bev. July 16, 2019, 10:05
glad all i swell here. :-*

 I have just  finished updating 2 pages of photos and documenting on  Bell nest in Edmonton.
I am  posting  here, because  our female there, is from this site . one of Joli's

hope  all continues well here.
: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
: The Peregrine Chick July 21, 2019, 20:21
https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1152988000399351808
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: The Peregrine Chick October 06, 2019, 23:27
Sad news - we lost Spencer.  She was found grounded and injured a few weeks ago. Apparently she was transported by someone from the Humane Society to the Pembina Vet Clinic and then off to rehab.  For those who don't know, injures wildlife can be dropped off at WHS during working hours and Pembina Vet Clinic anytime (they are open 24/7) and they will be picked by volunteers and transported to the wildlife rehab centres. And that's what happened to Spencer. We don't know any of the details of where she was found or by who though. The thought is that because the first to transport her were from WHS, that WHS would have a record of the call/drop off but it seems not.

What we do know is that when she came in she appeared to okay but the rehabbers were concerned about head trauma perhaps from a collision. She didn't like being in care and head trauma resolves itself on its own or it doesn't so they let her rest and kept an eye on her. Good news was that head trauma was ruled out as time went by but she wasn't flying. Sometimes birds who really really don't do well in care can be stubborn - we've had a couple of those over the years.

After a bit more time hoping she just get frustrated and start to fly and she still wasn't they wondered what else might be going on since she appeared to be "fine" except for the not trying to fly part.  So despite her extreme displeasure she went off the vet and it was found she had a broken wing and a broken leg - which shocked the heck out of every one because she'd been standing on both legs with no apparent injury - the wing was the same - no droop or asymmetry. These are serious injuries so her chances of recovering well enough to be released went down markedly. But no one likes to write off a bird with attitude and willpower so now it was a waiting game until she healed or healed more.

That's when it got worse. I mentioned that Spencer was not a happy camper in care ... well she disliked it so much that she buggered up her broken wing so badly the only option was going to be to amputate it and given how much she hated being in care, we couldn't consign her to a life trapped in captivity with one wing and potentially arthritic pain in her leg. I don't know that I've ever used the word "trapped" when we have had a bird in captivity. Most have settled into a partnership with their keepers/handlers and there has been dignity and purpose and enrichment for them. Spencer was never going to tolerate captivity, healthy or impaired so while the decision to euthanize is always based on the best interests for the bird, it is usually based solely on medical reasons. For Spencer there was literally nothing we could do for her - IF she healed she was going to be in pain and because of personality she was going to be trapped. We couldn't do anything else for her, we couldn't make any part of that equation tolerable.

I had hope that her third time nesting with Hart at Logan would be the charm and she would finally raise all her chicks without our assistance or intervention. Instead we had to intervene on her behalf and give her the only assistance we could.  I do hope her chicks will reappear somewhere, it took her years to finally have chicks, and I can't fault her maternal skills once she got into the proper headspace. She had to work at motherhood unlike many of our females, it would be nice to know that hard work paid off for her.  That is the memorial I'd like to see for Spencer.
: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
: GCG October 07, 2019, 04:00
 :'( This is so very sad to hear. The forum is the very first site I go to in the A.M. Although it is never anything you want to read, sometimes a post such as this one reminds me that nature happens. Spencer was a very feisty falcon. Perhaps a trait she grew up in with her transmitter????? I can recall one of Dennis' photo of her staring him down. TPC, thank you for telling us know how she was found and the who, what and where that led to the decision to euthanize.  :(
: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
: RCF October 07, 2019, 06:52
Sad to hear about Spencer!   :'(
: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
: dupre501 October 07, 2019, 13:24
Sorry to hear this news :(
: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
: carly October 08, 2019, 12:32
Oh no  :'(  So sorry to read of the loss of Spencer.  Like everyone else, I too hope we hear of her offspring thriving in the future with nests and mates of their own.  Fly free Spencer.
: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
: Monarch October 08, 2019, 16:15
 :'( so sad, sitting here at work trying to hold back tears.  she will be flying free now! :'(
: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
: bcbird October 11, 2019, 00:05
Thank you, TPC, for giving us all the details about Spencer's medical condition and difficulty tolerating being in care. 
This is a very sad story.
: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
: irenekl October 28, 2019, 16:00
Really disappointing.  I imagine it was a sad day for all involved making this difficult decision. So sorry Tracey.
: Re: Logan - 2019 / Hart & Spencer
: MayShowers October 30, 2019, 21:19
Sad to hear about Spencer :'(