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Offline debc52

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McKenzie Seeds - 2009 / July
« Reply #593 on: July 25, 2009, 19:11 »
Thanks, BL. ;D Any reported sighting is good - even when you can't get a close-up view. At least we know that they are there! And behaving themselves!!! ;D

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« Reply #592 on: July 25, 2009, 17:36 »
Hey, just got back from a quick trip downtown.  It was an unplanned one so didn't have the binos.   :(

Saw one on the base of the clock tower, one on the lower roof edge, one on the decorative trim on the east face of the building and one on the MTS tower.  I think the three on the building were kids and perhaps the one on the MTS tower was an adult(??).  Kinda hard to tell with no binos, but wanted to report anyway.

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« Reply #591 on: July 25, 2009, 16:22 »
Me three!

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« Reply #590 on: July 25, 2009, 15:53 »
Thanks bl and rose, great updates. Happy to know the family is fine.
Me too!

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« Reply #589 on: July 25, 2009, 14:59 »
Thanks bl and rose, great updates. Happy to know the family is fine.

Ditto  :D

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« Reply #588 on: July 25, 2009, 14:43 »
Thanks bl and rose, great updates. Happy to know the family is fine.

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« Reply #587 on: July 25, 2009, 12:22 »
Another great morning with good friends.  Rose and I met on the parkade roof and couldn't see too much from that angle so did our walkabout.  Discovered our boy on the MTS tower, Hurricane on the Clock tower and one chick (twin) on the east side of the McKenzie Seeds annex.  So we trekked to the north side of the building and found my golden girl, Luck, on the green ledge just having a rest.

Had to up onto the 8th street bridge to get a really good look at her and while there, Fate flew from the MTS tower to the base of the clock tower and Hurricane was displaced by him.  Hurricane went up to the top of the tower and Fate just hung out there for a while squonkin' !  Guess he was hungry but Mum just ignored him so he flew down from there to the ledge where Luck was snoozing.  Must be left overs up there cuz he looked like he was having a snack.

One of the twins got back up on the ledge of the annex and then Fate flew over there to hang out with her/them.  It was getting pretty hot so we figured that the whole family would be laying low for a while.  It's quite humid out there today.

We hung out there for a bit and found that Zeus was sitting on the MTS tower and we hadn't even noticed from the other angles that we looked from.

So, all in all, everyone seems quite content.  Fate is doing very well with his flight.  We assume that the other twin is hanging around on the roof of the annex but only saw three chicks that we know of.  Could have been either or twin that was on the annex.  So we are content that everyone is well.

will report more later.

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« Reply #586 on: July 25, 2009, 12:08 »
0930 or so met birdlover on parkade and went on another walkabout I'll leave bl to tell you about that. Sorry TPC those females just won't show us the right leg (that being the left leg) maybe they are shy. Fate doesn't mind though,his white tape is usually quite visible. Thanks for the good time and coffee Bl. was getting pretty warm by 1130 and chicks were out of sight so morning over.
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« Reply #585 on: July 25, 2009, 11:41 »
Keep up the good work, BirdLover and Rose and Rapidcity, etc. Thanks for all the great updates! Much appreciated! ;D

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« Reply #584 on: July 25, 2009, 08:30 »
Hey Lisa, love those photos.  It must be great to be able to get so close to the nest box and all the action.

I was totally amazed as how close we were yesterday when we went walkabout.  They are much more beautiful close up.  :o

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« Reply #583 on: July 25, 2009, 07:35 »
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It's hard to keep the camera in focus when you have someone swooping at you..

I refer to it as a "Nature Rush"... ;D great captures Lisa.

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McKenzie Seeds - 2009 / July
« Reply #582 on: July 24, 2009, 23:04 »
Reading the reports from Brandon is just like reliving the excitement here as we watched and chased after our chicks. Great to have your updates!

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« Reply #581 on: July 24, 2009, 22:03 »
Lisa, those are lovely pictures!  It was great to hear the description of the lady getting dive bombed and then have the lady's pictures show up.  Phanatics are everywhere!

The reports are fabulous RCMFA, BL and Rose!  Just love the excitement you are able to express.  Thank you!

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« Reply #580 on: July 24, 2009, 21:37 »
I agree and I have all winter to save.   I just can't get close enough with the ones I have now and really want to get closer.

Will be heading up to the site tomorrow and will post what we find.  The wind has died down here so they could be on the move right now.  Should be interesting.

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McKenzie Seeds - 2009 / July
« Reply #579 on: July 24, 2009, 21:35 »
Spotting scopes are nice but they are not as good for watching moving birds, too much time to set-up/move ... my recommendation would be a good pair of binoculars, which will run you a few hundred dollars ...