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Offline The Peregrine Chick

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McKenzie Seeds - 2011 / April
« Reply #115 on: April 20, 2011, 10:27 »
Quote from: birdcamfan on April 20, 2011, 09:31
I was thinking about what you said about identification by a very unusual or startling appearance of a peregrine, and got to thinking; are there ever albino peregrines or peregrines with unusual plumage patterns? I found an interesting article. It seems rare but it seems to happen. (Schizochromism in a Peregrine Falcon from Arizona; j RaptorRes.36(3):200-202). What's your experience with this TPC?


Princess has been our most unusual I think with her crown and high breast speckles.  T-Rex had this fantastic full black cap that others have come close to having but his was the best.  The other thing that is interesting is that our birds rarely if ever have the "salmon wash" that is mentionned in the literature.  And Some of our birds get a pale pink (pink not salmon, nor rusty coloured) wash on their white breast feathers later in the year but that's about it.  Other than that, nope, nothing much.
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McKenzie Seeds - 2011 / April
« Reply #114 on: April 20, 2011, 09:31 »
I was thinking about what you said about identification by a very unusual or startling appearance of a peregrine, and got to thinking; are there ever albino peregrines or peregrines with unusual plumage patterns? I found an interesting article. It seems rare but it seems to happen. (Schizochromism in a Peregrine Falcon from Arizona; j RaptorRes.36(3):200-202). What's your experience with this TPC?
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McKenzie Seeds - 2011 / April
« Reply #113 on: April 20, 2011, 08:58 »
Just so folks don't get confused by Allikat's teasing of Eye-Spy  ;) ;D  We really haven't determined who the female is yet.  We think its Hurricane by her behaviour and the pair's quick romance, but remember, Ivy was pretty hot to trot with Sandy at the Radisson and that certainly didn't go anywhere.  We have photos and it looks like her, but plumage changes subtly with each year's moult so we don't rely on plumage unless there is something startling.  Princess' crown is pretty startling but I don't even rely on that to confirm her identity.  So Brooklyn we are sure about and "maybe-Hurricane" and we'll keep trying to entice her to show us her other dainty little foot ...
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McKenzie Seeds - 2011 / April
« Reply #112 on: April 19, 2011, 22:13 »
Quote from: Eye-spy on April 19, 2011, 20:55
Quote from: bev. on April 19, 2011, 19:16


 :-X I'm not allowed to say.............
We don't care what you say or what you don't say!
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McKenzie Seeds - 2011 / April
« Reply #111 on: April 19, 2011, 20:55 »
Quote from: bev. on April 19, 2011, 19:16
Quote from: bev. on April 14, 2011, 23:19
Hope you can detect the owner of the other band soon.

I can tell you that it has been narrowed down to a bird of some type.... Grin

are you sure eyespy ;D ;D


 :-X I'm not allowed to say.............
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McKenzie Seeds - 2011 / April
« Reply #110 on: April 19, 2011, 19:19 »
great photos RCF.

it is good to see where they perch
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McKenzie Seeds - 2011 / April
« Reply #109 on: April 19, 2011, 19:16 »
Quote from: bev. on April 14, 2011, 23:19
Hope you can detect the owner of the other band soon.

I can tell you that it has been narrowed down to a bird of some type.... Grin

are you sure eyespy ;D ;D
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McKenzie Seeds - 2011 / April
« Reply #108 on: April 19, 2011, 19:13 »
Quote from: Eye-spy on April 16, 2011, 08:02
Quote from: bev. on April 14, 2011, 23:19
Hope you can detect the owner of the other band soon.

I can tell you that it has been narrowed down to a bird of some type.... ;D

Are you sure ????? : ;D ;D ;D ;D
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McKenzie Seeds - 2011 / April
« Reply #107 on: April 18, 2011, 22:03 »
Thanks for the slideshow, RCF, looking forward to another banding trip!
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McKenzie Seeds - 2011 / April
« Reply #106 on: April 18, 2011, 19:38 »
Quote from: Kinderchick on April 18, 2011, 18:52
Is that a band we can see, on your last photo, rcf? :-\ Great slide show, by the way! 8)

Yup, it sure is............only thing is it's her left leg.  ::)   Her black band is on her right leg and she wasn't showing us that leg. ::)  :)
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McKenzie Seeds - 2011 / April
« Reply #105 on: April 18, 2011, 18:52 »
Is that a band we can see, on your last photo, rcf? :-\ Great slide show, by the way! 8)
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McKenzie Seeds - 2011 / April
« Reply #104 on: April 18, 2011, 18:22 »
I think your correct, and I just didn't get a clear shoot of that band  :-[
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McKenzie Seeds - 2011 / April
« Reply #103 on: April 18, 2011, 18:15 »
I know we don't have her band numbers yet, but I am pretty sure Hurricane is the female.   ;)
slide show
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61724336@N06/sets/72157626403032403/show/


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McKenzie Seeds - 2011 / April
« Reply #102 on: April 18, 2011, 15:30 »
Well Brooklyn and our Dark Miss weren't too pleased today,2 men were working on the tower so how can there be any hanky-panky with someone in your bedroom???? :P. Brooklyn was on the south light glowering at the tower and Miss???? was on her east light doing the same, then she flew off to the Scotia tower baffles and there she stayed.We could see her silver band quite plainly on her left leg but she refused to turn the other way. Brooklyn went to the nest box and continued to glower at the tower. ::)
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McKenzie Seeds - 2011 / April
« Reply #101 on: April 16, 2011, 10:47 »
Quote from: Kinderchick on April 16, 2011, 10:20
Quote from: Eye-spy on April 16, 2011, 08:02
I can tell you that it has been narrowed down to a bird of some type.... ;D
LOL, good one, E-S! :-*

 ;D ;D


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