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Offline burdi

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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2014 / July
« Reply #169 on: July 13, 2014, 21:39 »

Poor little George that hit his head! :( (and I’m still picturing him as the small little cutie in the banding photos) :) Thanks for your reports RCF

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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2014 / July
« Reply #168 on: July 13, 2014, 11:48 »
Quote from: RCF on July 13, 2014, 08:54
We went and checked on these three last evening.  We saw one chick huddled up close to the west side of the building on the north wall and a little later we saw one fly from the lower roof floor only to circle and then land on the north east parapet.  It didn't stay there long, it jumped down to the lower roof....I think Brooklyn had an evening snack.  ;D   Not much action going on but we were happy to see at least one or two chicks.

Thanks for the report RCF, given high water levels in the area, I'm sure it wasn't as straightforward as usual.  And from your description of your flying chick I think you may be right and at least one of your kids fledged a bit earlier.  It also sounds like the Brandon kids are doing very well so far, particularly given the weather the SW has had to deal with recently!
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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2014 / July
« Reply #167 on: July 13, 2014, 08:54 »
We went and checked on these three last evening.  We saw one chick huddled up close to the west side of the building on the north wall and a little later we saw one fly from the lower roof floor only to circle and then land on the north east parapet.  It didn't stay there long, it jumped down to the lower roof....I think Brooklyn had an evening snack.  ;D   Not much action going on but we were happy to see at least one or two chicks.
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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2014 / July
« Reply #166 on: July 12, 2014, 22:39 »
Quote from: RCF on July 12, 2014, 16:28
It came through Rapid City and was in and out in about ten minutes. The wind blew and it rained with a tiny bit of sleet sized hail and was gone.  Looking at blue sky now! :)

Same thing happened where we are in Winnipeg. Storm blew through with wicked winds & rain, but was over in about 20 mins.
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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2014 / July
« Reply #165 on: July 12, 2014, 16:28 »
It came through Rapid City and was in and out in about ten minutes. The wind blew and it rained with a tiny bit of sleet sized hail and was gone.  Looking at blue sky now! :)
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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2014 / July
« Reply #164 on: July 12, 2014, 15:57 »
Checked the radar and it looks as though Brandon only got the tail end of the current front - seems it dropped down from/through the Interlake to Winnipeg - it is long though - from the Ontario border (where it is quite wide) west to Brandon where it appears to end - but there is active weather in that "end"!  McKenzie Seeds chicks seem to be pretty good at getting out/staying out of harms way during these kinds of storms so going to assume that Frankie, George & Lindy will be like their older sibs and do the same!
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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2014 / July
« Reply #163 on: July 12, 2014, 11:10 »
Quote from: sparkster on July 12, 2014, 07:45
Frankie and George certainly had lots of adventures on their first day of flying!  :o Happy to hear that the evening ended well. Whew!

I think one of the boys has been flying for at least couple of days already, so don't think yesterday was their first day.  ;) 
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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2014 / July
« Reply #162 on: July 12, 2014, 07:45 »
Frankie and George certainly had lots of adventures on their first day of flying!  :o Happy to hear that the evening ended well. Whew!
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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2014 / July
« Reply #161 on: July 11, 2014, 23:23 »
We went to watch the chicks this evening.  Frankie and George were flying quite well this evening or so I thought.  George flew right into the clock tower head first and went down to the lower roof.  :o :(  We decided to stay a while longer to make sure he was okay and it wasn't very long after he was back up on the wall.  :) 

Earlier one of the boys flew off the McKenzie building, made a circle around the mts tower and over to the Scotia building. He tried to land on the top ledge but just missed and was a bit lower so he turned around and flew to the very top roof of the McK bldg.  We didn't see Lindy until just before we left, so all three chicks were all present and accounted for.  :-*     
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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2014 / July
« Reply #160 on: July 11, 2014, 23:05 »
RCF has been watching over the kids this evening and all was fine by the time she left for the evening.

Tomorrow's weather is suppose to be okay in the morning but t-storms and winds gusting to 70km/h in the afternoon.  If the kids decide to try flying again, they better try it in the morning or just tuck down and wait for Sunday when it is suppose to be a much nicer day!
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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2014 / July
« Reply #159 on: July 11, 2014, 22:15 »
Quote from: RCF on July 11, 2014, 17:01
Two have fledged!!

After work today there was one chick at the bottom of the clock tower and on the west side of the building there was one wandering back and forth on the McKenzie roof ledge where the gutter is.  :)

Yikes! Now the excitement begins for you, RCF! :D I'm guessing it's the boys, George & Frankie. ;)
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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2014 / July
« Reply #158 on: July 11, 2014, 19:37 »
Very exciting news. Good for them!
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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2014 / July
« Reply #157 on: July 11, 2014, 17:27 »
Here we go!  Soon the Manitoba skies will be full of juvenile PF's!
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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2014 / July
« Reply #156 on: July 11, 2014, 17:06 »
Quote from: RCF on July 11, 2014, 17:01
Two have fledged!!

After work today there was one chick at the bottom of the clock tower and on the west side of the building there was one wandering back and forth on the McKenzie roof ledge where the gutter is.  :)

Quick little terrors - at least they waited until they were more than 35 days old!!  ;D
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Re: McKenzie Seeds - 2014 / July
« Reply #155 on: July 11, 2014, 17:01 »
Two have fledged!!

After work today there was one chick at the bottom of the clock tower and on the west side of the building there was one wandering back and forth on the McKenzie roof ledge where the gutter is.  :)
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