Radisson - 2015 / Smiley & Princess

[allikat]

Great to see her royal highness basking in the sun!

[The Peregrine Chick]

I must admit, I'm just happy seeing her dry!

[moka]

Thanks for the fix. She looks good.

I imagine that her having the summer off, will help her health and stamina.

[The Peregrine Chick]

For those of you needing a fix    (and we all do)

This is Princess this morning ...




Will see if I can get a nice close-up of Smiley when he next visits the nestbox

[sparkster]

I know that it is now "old news", but I am so sorry for Princess, Smiley, and all of us that the eggs were lost in the horrible weather on Sunday. It is such a disappointment.    I hope that Princess will be back next year and has success.

[Stormy]

Maybe this was covered during the Info Radio interview, or another time, but would it be viable to place a proper nest box on the east ledge?  This was done at another site so wondering if it would work at this site. 

It wasn't included in the interview but it has been brought up before and the problem is that we don't have access to the ledge and anything we put there has the potential to hurt someone or cause major damage if it were to blow off or become damaged and blow off.  Not to mention it would like be a hazard to the birds before that.  We check our nestboxes spring and fall each year give that our weather can be so extreme.  So while it seems the simplest idea, it has a few problems ... like everything on this darn ledge!!

That's too bad.    Darn that ledge.

[GCG]

Thanks for sharing this burdi.

[burdi]

Link to CBC News article:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-s-peregrine-falcons-lose-eggs-nest-in-rain-and-wind-1.3077980

[bev.]

Of course, didn't hear interview.

but glad you are seeing Princess and Smiley.

[moka]

Glad to hear P&S are ok....... later in the week they'll be basking in the sun & warmth.
My reaction yesterday was purely emotional - was mad - needed to count to 10 - or maybe 1000 before posting! 
That said, I still hate that ledge - but hopefully the idea that Tracy had of just removing the gravel and making a smooth surface will deter nesting, but still be good for hanging out!!
Hope to hear the other Wpg nests ended up better after yesterday's monstrous weather. 

You just vented what we all felt. We know you're not a quitter

The idea of removing gravel sounds very interesting.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Maybe this was covered during the Info Radio interview, or another time, but would it be viable to place a proper nest box on the east ledge?  This was done at another site so wondering if it would work at this site. 

It wasn't included in the interview but it has been brought up before and the problem is that we don't have access to the ledge and anything we put there has the potential to hurt someone or cause major damage if it were to blow off or become damaged and blow off.  Not to mention it would like be a hazard to the birds before that.  We check our nestboxes spring and fall each year give that our weather can be so extreme.  So while it seems the simplest idea, it has a few problems ... like everything on this darn ledge!!

[Stormy]

Maybe this was covered during the Info Radio interview, or another time, but would it be viable to place a proper nest box on the east ledge?  This was done at another site so wondering if it would work at this site.

[ballywing]

Glad to hear P&S are ok....... later in the week they'll be basking in the sun & warmth.
My reaction yesterday was purely emotional - was mad - needed to count to 10 - or maybe 1000 before posting! 
That said, I still hate that ledge - but hopefully the idea that Tracy had of just removing the gravel and making a smooth surface will deter nesting, but still be good for hanging out!!
Hope to hear the other Wpg nests ended up better after yesterday's monstrous weather. 

[The Peregrine Chick]

Yes because if Princess believed the eggs to be viable, she'd be on them, n'est-ce pas?

I don't know ... in doing research on eggs and getting wet during incubation I found an article about a chicken whose coop got flooded who then went back on the eggs for a few days and then abandoned them.  Figure it is like when it is a normal year and one egg doesn't hatch but the adults keep incubating it anyway until at some point, they just know and it gets pushed out of the way.

[susha]

Yes because if Princess believed the eggs to be viable, she'd be on them, n'est-ce pas?