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Offline photosbydennis

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / March
« Reply #186 on: March 28, 2011, 21:39 »
TPC forgot the garbage bags and I had to put all the stuff in my pockets...then we just dropped it out at Portage & Main...just kidding !
We will be bagging it and selling it on e-bay...stay tuned !

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / March
« Reply #185 on: March 28, 2011, 21:09 »
TPC, you could add official supplier of home cleaning to HRH on your name! You deserve no less than a royal patent for your great work at nest cleaning for her royal highness.

It will need to be a REALLY big title!!!  Wait 'til you see the crap that came out of that box ... I'll be putting the photos in the gallery tomorrow!    :o

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / March
« Reply #184 on: March 28, 2011, 20:27 »
HOORAY! Princess is back! What great news!


It is such a relief to see her in Dennis' photo.

TPC, you could add official supplier of home cleaning to HRH on your name! You deserve no less than a royal patent for your great work at nest cleaning for her royal highness.

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / March
« Reply #183 on: March 28, 2011, 20:08 »
... it's like the banjo bowl, but every day  :-[  Just like Regina.

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / March
« Reply #182 on: March 28, 2011, 20:05 »
SO glad to hear that Princess is back!!! ;D  ;D - Now just to learn whether it'll be another 'Mother & Son' season? - They sure did a great job last year!  :-*

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / March
« Reply #181 on: March 28, 2011, 20:00 »
Don't you get any work done  ???  ;)

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / March
« Reply #180 on: March 28, 2011, 17:25 »
Pretty quiet day today, except for yet another round of x-rated activity, this time on the tower atop the Radisson....

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / March
« Reply #179 on: March 28, 2011, 13:11 »
Hard to say when it happened, if it is over for good BUT so far, no injured or dead peregrines found or reported in the Winnipeg area.  And the nestbox didn't look like a slasher movie so probably an eviction rather than a fight.  Princess is a tough bird and this is her nestsite so Sandy was always going to be at a disadvantage.  Sandy will probably find somewhere.  She was here a bit early, and perhaps she intended to move on after a wee break.  Not that she wouldn't have taken over the territory given half the chance, but she knows its occupied, she is very careful to only appear spring/fall when none of the resident birds are around.

And she wouldn't have gotten very far with setting up a "home" in the nestbox, it was frozen solid last Wednesday and has thawed down about halfway as of Sunday.  Should be ready for a bit (more) redecorating come mid-week if the temperatures really are above zero as forecasted.  Regardless of the temperature, the sun shining into the box all afternoon is really what is doing most of the work.

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / March
« Reply #178 on: March 28, 2011, 10:31 »
Wonder if that was the squabble heard the other day with 2 in the nestbox and feathers down?  If it was then sounds like just some attitude and a quick kick in the tail feathers was all that went down as one did return to the nest box...assuming that was indeed the time it happened.

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / March
« Reply #177 on: March 28, 2011, 10:11 »
Yay...Princess is home safe.  Now she just needs to pick the nest box on the west side of the building.
So do we know for sure she just chased Sandy away and not something worse?  I hope Sandy finds someplace to nest.

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / March
« Reply #176 on: March 28, 2011, 07:47 »
7:45 and somebirdy just flew the west nest and headed west.

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / March
« Reply #175 on: March 28, 2011, 07:15 »
 :) Welcome home, Princess! Your loyal forum has been awaiting your return. Spring has truly begun.  :-* 

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / March
« Reply #174 on: March 28, 2011, 04:55 »
I'm thrilled to read that Princess is home... :-* :-* 

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / March
« Reply #173 on: March 27, 2011, 20:18 »
Now that they are both here and in the mood:

NEST ON THE WEST!

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Re: Radisson - 2011 / March
« Reply #172 on: March 27, 2011, 20:16 »
Excellent news!  I thought she looked pretty, shall we say, 'practiced' at the deed!!   A true pro!