Radisson - 2008 / Trey & Princess

[Enraptured]

But moving them would make all the rest of us Chick Parents happy!   

Double Ditto!!!! 
Just think, maybe P and T would then realize what a great home the nest box is and be very motivated to use it next year!!   

(...in a perfect world where moving does not cause stress!...

[Liz]

But moving them would make all the rest of us Chick Parents happy!   

[The Peregrine Chick]

"So need volunteers willing to get up at the crack of dawn and hang around until sunset trying to keep their eye on birds for the first week. "

"Crack of dawn" isn't in my vocabulary, but I can do sunset if you need.  Off work at 5 at the windy corner (so, close). 

(Yesterday is locked, so I couldn't say this there....)

Today is fine    And thanks for volunteering, may be a big deal, may not be a big deal.  Will be sure to set up a post asking for volunteers with information on what it would entail and when.  If it still works with your schedule you are volunteer numero uno.

If I could I would shift the little beggers to the nestbox when we band them.  Trey and Princess would find them, but don't want to stress them liike that. 

[Liz]

"So need volunteers willing to get up at the crack of dawn and hang around until sunset trying to keep their eye on birds for the first week. "

"Crack of dawn" isn't in my vocabulary, but I can do sunset if you need.  Off work at 5 at the windy corner (so, close). 

(Yesterday is locked, so I couldn't say this there....)

[Liz]

lol.  You beat them all to it!

[The Peregrine Chick]

Morning Early Birds! 

[The Peregrine Chick]

my two cents...  I also don't think there are any night feedings, but TPC will tell us.  And, prob Trey spends the night on the Radisson sign.  I keep trying to see him from my window at work during the day, but three blocks away and no binocs, kinda hard.  Get a good view of Princess when she's on the JR sign, tho.  Well... a smallish view, but I can still tell she's there and that makes me happy!  
And, I can't see anything either anymore -- It's dark here!  

One or the other adult will spend the night on the chicks or sitting on the nest ledge when the chicks are older all night.  The other adult is usually not very far away just in case.  As for feedings, nope, no food for the babs when its dark.  That's why there is a late feeding in the evening and as soon as they can catch something in the am - that's the feeding most folks miss. 

[The Peregrine Chick]

Holy smokes!   I haven't seen our babies for a couple of days and, WOW, have they grown.  I guess that means that mum and dad are doing a great job.  Keep up the good work Princess and Trey!!!  

FYI - the chicks have in fact doubled in mass since they were hatched.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Tracy.. do you recruit 'falcon catchers' when they are fledging from this ledge?  I know that the 'watchers' in Hamilton are recruited when the babies are expected to  take flight as they are also right downtown.  Volunteers are signed up to wait at strategic points and watch for falling lumps of feathers from above.   I seem to remember the Radisson people scooping someone off the street last year.. ( thank goodness they were there and willing to help out).

We do sort of.  Most our birds take their first flights early in the morning (4-6 am) or in the evenings (just before dusk) and that's not an easy time to get folks to want to hang around in downtown Winnipeg.  And it isn't just their first flight that is the problem, they are actually in danger for the first week.  So need volunteers willing to get up at the crack of dawn and hang around until sunset trying to keep their eye on birds for the first week.  Not an easy thing.  The location is also difficult because no matter where you stand, it takes the birds a second (literally) to fly out of sight, usually around a building and it will take 20 minutes to get into position where you can see them where they have landed, meantime, they have moved again.  That's the problem with being right downtown, lots of high buildings.  Usually what ends up happening is that evening flights we generally just make sure they are safely off the street when the sun sets because the chicks won't fly anymore.  In the morning, we'll make a sweep to see if we can find them all and again make sure they are safe.  And we wait for calls of downed birds (happened twice last year).

And a bit off topic for here, but I see that we have more and more 'new' people joining us.. welcome one and all, but this also peaks my curiosity.. one small request.. if everyone could just post where they are watching from the next time they post. I am interested to see just how far and wide we all hail from.

You are welcome to ask, and folks are welcome to participate or not, though the Peregrine Room is a better location for this.

[Liz]

I don't think that happens.  Guess you were just lucky!

[bcbird]

weird. Did I get a replay of earlier today somehow?  Just relaunched the webcam site, and of course all is dark.   

[Liz]

my two cents...  I also don't think there are any night feedings, but TPC will tell us.  And, prob Trey spends the night on the Radisson sign.  I keep trying to see him from my window at work during the day, but three blocks away and no binocs, kinda hard.  Get a good view of Princess when she's on the JR sign, tho.  Well... a smallish view, but I can still tell she's there and that makes me happy!  
And, I can't see anything either anymore -- It's dark here!  

[bcbird]

Yep, she has them tucked well in.  Looks like a wing firmly over each bottom of the front two in the huddle, keeps her head down and seems determined to ride out these gusts.  What a devoted mother.  She did haul off a fair bit of leftover, returning quickly. Maybe there is a night cache afterall.  whew, camera shaking again in the gusts!

[Enraptured]

Great night vision you have, bcbird!  I can't see a thing, so thanks for the update!

It will be interesting to hear about night feedings. Good point about babies.

[bcbird]

Is it ever windy!  Trey just had a brief try at the nesting.  He was repeatedly being blown over.  He's just gone off.  Oh good, Big Mama has arrived with a sizable bed time snack.  Bet this will be another quick feed and then cover time from this night wind.