Radisson - 2021 / Pip & Ella

[RCF]

Here I am in Winnipeg with my hubby, he's having a procedure at HSC. So, from my hotel room looking relatively east from the 10th floor I can see the Radisson Hotel. This morning I could see a falcon (bright white front) perched on the nest box with my long lenses camera. Last evening I thought there was one perched but had it's back to me. I also saw a falcon chasing pigeons and it looked brown like a chick.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Radisson - bunch of napping going on at/near the Hotel. Looks like Ella in her usual spot on the Alt Hotel sign while something not a peregrine is napping on the Radisson sign either under the letters or inside one of the letters. Whatever it is, it is dinner-sized ..#mbfalcons pic.twitter.com/uZ3aZkmjtx

— The Peregrine Chick (@mbperegrines) July 27, 2021

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1420116468730040332

[The Peregrine Chick]

Radisson - sometimes the peregrines remind us that they just tolerate us spying on their day-to-day lives. They mostly ignore the movement of the sky-cam but sometimes they don't. Pip is a very handsome bird so it was worth his dirty look to get this photo.#mbfalcons pic.twitter.com/DfTZEz05yL

— The Peregrine Chick (@mbperegrines) July 24, 2021

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1418723489226412034

[The Peregrine Chick]

Radisson - looks like Leia hanging out on the Alt Sign her mother likes so much. Too far away to be sure, but this bird looks too big to be a male. Notice the drooping wings, its how the funnel air under their wings and across their breast/belly to cool off.#mbfalcons pic.twitter.com/C2uZBLeHu2

— The Peregrine Chick (@mbperegrines) July 23, 2021

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1418662799937527810

[The Peregrine Chick]

Radisson - when the sun takes over the nestbox, the Alt Hotel sign is in shade so Pip has moved over to keep cooler & he can keep an eye on the Radisson ... in case someone should decide to invade his territory when it feels like 38c because of the humidity! 🙄#mbfalcons pic.twitter.com/b9iJ86WzGV

— The Peregrine Chick (@mbperegrines) July 22, 2021

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1418294895580573696

[The Peregrine Chick]

Radisson - Pip is sitting over on the nestbox preening (he's working on his tail feathers in this photo). He too will be heading off for a cooler location soon - who knows, he might even go by and check out Leia's perch.#mbfalcons pic.twitter.com/WkKBfhK0GB

— The Peregrine Chick (@mbperegrines) July 22, 2021

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1418270104874192898

[The Peregrine Chick]

Radisson - that is Leia. 😁
And for folks who are worried - she's fine, doing all the things a young peregrine should and probably just looking for a place that has some breeze to beat the humidity in Winnipeg today. Thank you to S for loaning Leia her balcony railing.#mbfalcons https://t.co/dATW6mtxSq

— The Peregrine Chick (@mbperegrines) July 22, 2021

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1418266048722214915

[The Peregrine Chick]

We are definitely going to keep a close eye on the Radisson cams in case Princess should turn up when Ella or Pip aren't around or have migrated.  Who knows, maybe she will turn up yet again or perhaps she is off looking for more interesting places to hunt. 

[The Peregrine Chick]

🎥 The Shaw Spotlight FalconCam is now offline for 2021. But you don't have to go cold turkey, we will continue to post photos, updates, news & links. The birds migrate in Oct but we post as long as there is news. The FalconCam will return for the 2022 nesting season.#mbfalcons

— The Peregrine Chick (@mbperegrines) July 22, 2021

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1418076880050155522

[ballywing]

Aw, I saw... I guess it was Pip...sitting there on the ledge like that on Friday - for the longest time. 

The cam was still up this morning, but now it's gone - so other than any live sightings, I guess that's it for this year already. 

Glad it all went so well  - SO happy to hear Princess popped in for a visit as well. 

[The Peregrine Chick]

Radisson - Pip is back to keep his empty nestbox safe 😀
He's been scraping and doing some housekeeping, which is typical resident male activity at this time of year, so far however, Ella hasn't been interested in inspecting his hard work. He patiently waits in hope.#mbfalcons pic.twitter.com/5mQkiyGBr0

— The Peregrine Chick (@mbperegrines) July 20, 2021

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1417518725884940295

[The Peregrine Chick]

Radisson - never say the birds aren't around ... reset the camera and there is a bird sitting on the Alt sign. Can't say if it is Ella or Pip ...#mbfalcons pic.twitter.com/Sc1FLgzACE

— The Peregrine Chick (@mbperegrines) July 19, 2021

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1417265793847504897

[The Peregrine Chick]

This was from yesterday ... sorry!

Radisson - none of the birds are in sight, & haven't been for most of the day. Wonder if it could have anything to do w all the smoke in the air. Weather report here is "23c & smoke". The FalconCam images below were taken just now & show south, west & north of the box.#mbfalcons pic.twitter.com/BMO6v3GFeq

— The Peregrine Chick (@mbperegrines) July 19, 2021

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1417264789013901324

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[The Peregrine Chick]

Radisson - interest shot of Pip looking like his great-grandfather Trey with his full black cap, very full white breast with small speckles & a light more pink than rusty/rufous wash on his belly. Nice to think of Trey's genes surfacing in another Radisson male.#mbfacons pic.twitter.com/VSRkBWKHpX

— The Peregrine Chick (@mbperegrines) July 18, 2021

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1416795261377069070

[The Peregrine Chick]

Radisson - nappy kind of morning for Ella and Pip ... she's napping on the Alt sign, he's on the Radisson box edge ... #mbfalcons pic.twitter.com/AUxn0NCbYC

— The Peregrine Chick (@mbperegrines) July 18, 2021

https://twitter.com/mbperegrines/status/1416746527838638080