McKenzie Seeds - 2010 / Brooklyn & Hurricane

[RCF]

Thanks TPC, We were wondering if there was another hatch. YAY!!! 

[Ellie]

Wonderful.......two fluffies!

[The Peregrine Chick]

Brandon banding is set for June 28th - will let you know the time when it is finalized.  There are two chicks.  We will again be putting coloured tape on the FWS bands to make it easier to identify them from the ground.

Same as last year for those who want to observe - top of the parkade is the best vantage point. 

When I have more details, I will post them here ...

[des]

I haven't posted on this site before ( Winnipeg, only) but I'd like to see the banding in Brandon.  I can certainly take my car.  Let me know if you need a 2nd car.

[bev.]

Beautiful picutres RDF.

I keep thinking Brooklyn i s  the female

[bev.]

How do you like your scope KInderchick. I am getting one next year

 , and the biologists are lending me one when they get back form the field.

I hope you have 2  healthy chicks.
Great reporting.

[RCF]

Hurricane just before she left the nest.

Brooklyn on MTS tower... I think he has lunch 

[Rose]

Has there been any confirmation yet as to whether there is only one chick or two?

So far no information that we have seen or heard Kinderchick

[Kinderchick]

Has there been any confirmation yet as to whether there is only one chick or two?

[Rose]

today it was musical nest box,at first Hurricane was in the box and Brooklyn was hidding on the mts tower,then Hurricane flew out with a used carcass and Brooklyn flew in then Hurricane came back to the nest box and Brooklyn flew out. This time he tried to stoop a pigeon x2 and missed then Hurricane yelled at him and flew out of the box,Brooklyn flew in and Hurricane went off hunting, she came back about 15 mins later but we didn't see what she brought back to the nest box and Brooklyn went to the tower. We're pretty sure Hurricane was feeding chick or chicks,didn't look like there was any incubating going on

[Rose]

Thanks, Rose.   I was actually wondering if she could see into the nestbox with her sight scope from the roof of the parkade?   What do you think? I know that you go there alot to look for the peregrines.

No she won't be able to see any more than you can see with binocs except she will be able to see in more detail, cause you can't see through the edge boards, what we need here is a periscope(perigrinescope)that's about 8 stories long lol,lol,lol . Rcf has a little camera with a 26x zoom optical lens,with it we can see much more detail but not through the edge boards also the parkade is the only place that you can see into the nest box at all for us lowly mortals. Dan can go up to the window under the eaves and look directly into the box but no one has offered us a key LoL

[Kinderchick]

Thanks, Rose.  I was actually wondering if she could see into the nestbox with her sight scope from the roof of the parkade?  What do you think? I know that you go there alot to look for the peregrines.

[Rose]

BirdLover:  "I got a spotting scope this weekend! 
Will be trying it out the next nice afternoon here." (May 9/10)
Haven't heard from you in awhile, BirdLover. How is your spotting scope doing?
Was wondering if you can see right into the nestbox?!     

Haven't heard from Birdlover for a while either but to answer your question you can only see things that are above the edge boards east and north sides of nest box(see pictures in photo gallery). I don't expect to see the chicks until they are tall enough to stretch their heads above the edge, probably a couple of weeks yet?

[Kinderchick]

BirdLover:  "I got a spotting scope this weekend! 
Will be trying it out the next nice afternoon here." (May 9/10)
Haven't heard from you in awhile, BirdLover. How is your spotting scope doing?
Was wondering if you can see right into the nestbox?!     

[Rose]

Back from parkade,adult was in nest box looked like feeding was happening, while I was still looking Hurricane flew out of nest box with remains of a carcass,a couple of minutes later Brooklyn flew off mts tower and disappeared into the nest ,sure would like to know if the second egg has hatched but feeding was certainly occuring.