Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess

[The Peregrine Chick]

Ya just never know ...

[Moonstar]

Moonstar, looking at the Family Tree - seems that Trey wasn't with Madame in 2003 - I wonder if TPC  knows where he was..

2000 - Trey & Madame
2001 - Trey & Madame
2002 - Trey & Madame
2003 - Madame alone on territory
2004 - Trey & Princess
2005 - Trey & Princess
2006 - Trey & Princess
2007 - Trey & Princess
2008 - Trey & Princess
2009 - Trey & Princess

Thanks for the answer Ballywing.  There is a possiblity then that he might be taking a year off.

[des]

Thanks, Tracy for answering my questions.  Very interesting about Madame especially.

[carly]

From TPC's 2008 post:

In 2003, Trey didn't return to the City but Madame had the company of a ghostly white, very young male peregrine at the Hotel.

http://www.species-at-risk.mb.ca/projects/pfrp/forum/programs/index.php/topic,16.0.html

[ballywing]

Moonstar, looking at the Family Tree - seems that Trey wasn't with Madame in 2003 - I wonder if TPC  knows where he was..

2000 - Trey & Madame
2001 - Trey & Madame
2002 - Trey & Madame
2003 - Madame alone on territory
2004 - Trey & Princess
2005 - Trey & Princess
2006 - Trey & Princess
2007 - Trey & Princess
2008 - Trey & Princess
2009 - Trey & Princess

[Moonstar]

Tracy, maybe you have answered this before and if you did sorry for repeating the question. 
Has Trey ever not come back to Winnipeg before?  Has he ever taken a year off before?

[The Peregrine Chick]

1043 hrs - and now everyone has vamoosed ... will check again later ...

[The Peregrine Chick]

1014 hrs - Princess is still on the ledge, Ivy is off somewhere doing peregrine-only-knows-what!

[Stormy]

Sorry, should have been clearer - the key word in the sentence is "generally".  Most peregrine don't live into their teens, heck half don't make it to their first year.  Most that do make it to year 2 don't make it past 10 years old.  That applies for males and females.  Oldest bird in the wild is I believe a male who made it to 19 years plus some months I believe.  Survivorship for Falcon peregrinus anatum is about 80% per year after second year.  That means that at year 10, 11% of all the birds hatched that same year are still alive, at year 20, only 1% are still alive.  Median age is 4.5 years for both genders.  Most of our breeding birds last a wee bit longer than that. 

All of our Manitoba-hatched birds breeding outside the province are female.  Our Manitoba-hatched males have only been found nesting in Manitoba, none outside the province.  We have had some captive-bred males released from Manitoba that have gone on to nest elsewhere, but not males hatched in Manitoba, or none that we have had reported to us. 

All I can say is, our wild-hatched chicks have some great genes!

[bccs]

but it being bunny day, the population here at chez TPC is going to increase temporarily, sort of like the peregrines there will lots of screaming, hunting and eating 

no heat sensors and no common sense either (at least for me  ) should have been napping with the birdies ...

Perhaps after today, you just might sleep.

[The Peregrine Chick]

0930 hrs - Ivy on the first "s" snoozing, Princess is sitting on the nestledge edge.  Have rarely managed to catch the two of them at the same time with the cam.  Maybe it just "their" way of courting or maybe he's not bugging her right now.  Or maybe she knows something we don't, who knows.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Tracey and Pam, I did a double take when I saw that you were bloging in the middle of the night!
Have you guys got heat sensor binoculars to find birds in the dark?  Am suitably impressed.

no heat sensors and no common sense either (at least for me  ) should have been napping with the birdies ...

Anyway, just wanted to say that I hope that Easter proves a fruitful holiday for our Trey. Think eggs, sir, think eggs, Princess, Radisson. 

I like the poetry Moka, but hopefully he's dyslexic and its Radisson, then Princess and then he can count his eggs   

[The Peregrine Chick]

Tracy, can you confirm my captures today were Ivy?

Hey Pam - yup, Ivy the Junior Rockstar    Hope to get them loaded into the Gallery today but it being bunny day, the population here at chez TPC is going to increase temporarily, sort of like the peregrines there will lots of screaming, hunting and eating 

[moka]

Tracey and Pam, I did a double take when I saw that you were bloging in the middle of the night!

Have you guys got heat sensor binoculars to find birds in the dark?  Am suitably impressed.

Anyway, just wanted to say that I hope that Easter proves a fruitful holiday for our Trey. Think eggs, sir, think eggs, Princess, Radisson.

[Pam]

Tracy, can you confirm my captures today were Ivy?