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Offline LouLouBelle

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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2009 / ? & ?
« Reply #2098 on: May 19, 2009, 22:42 »
ahh, the 11:40 train... momma doesn't even flinch, babies tucked in for the night, breeze has picked up a bit, light illuminating mom's upper half and all is good for the night...
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Offline LouLouBelle

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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2009 / ? & ?
« Reply #2097 on: May 19, 2009, 20:26 »
great shots Alison, thank you! yaaaaaa, finally!! I raise a glass  ;D
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Offline allikat

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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2009 / ? & ?
« Reply #2096 on: May 19, 2009, 20:24 »
And yet again....I missed everything!   >:(
Oh well! This is the fun part...watching the little ones!

Again...we watch, give the token head tilt and awe with an enormous grin on all of our faces. 

I LOVE FALCONS!
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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2009 / ? & ?
« Reply #2095 on: May 19, 2009, 20:09 »
Four chicks hatched . . . what a beautiful day. Mom is nibbling on a bit of eggshell now.
There's still one chick that keeps peeking out from under Mom. Wonder if it is the same chick that was doing that this morning?
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Offline Pchemist

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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2009 / ? & ?
« Reply #2094 on: May 19, 2009, 19:49 »
well, I dug around on the 'net and there are places that say peregrines will eat rodents, but it is very rare and usually what people think is a rodent is a headless wingless bird torso (ummmm.. yummy?) with possibly some entrials dangling.

and with that, now I have to go decide if I still want to make my own dinner...   :P
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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2009 / ? & ?
« Reply #2093 on: May 19, 2009, 19:49 »
Absolutely glass of wine time! Witnesing four chicks born in one day aftern many months of watching here.  Whoo Hoo  ;D ;D ;D
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Offline JL

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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2009 / ? & ?
« Reply #2092 on: May 19, 2009, 19:42 »
Yes, cheers, everyone!  Glad to see Mom back.   :)
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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2009 / ? & ?
« Reply #2091 on: May 19, 2009, 19:40 »
Yay..glad mum is back!  I've never heard of a peregrine eating mice or the like, they don't usually go to ground unless they are juvies and don't know better.
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Offline maggieblue

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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2009 / ? & ?
« Reply #2090 on: May 19, 2009, 19:39 »
Thank goodness. A parent returns and all tucked up  ;D  Whew
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Offline Liz

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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2009 / ? & ?
« Reply #2089 on: May 19, 2009, 19:39 »
It could be.  But we got a really good close-up this afternoon, from a different angle, and it looked the same but was a bird torso.  TPC will let us know, I'm sure.  
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Offline Loriann

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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2009 / ? & ?
« Reply #2088 on: May 19, 2009, 19:38 »
parent back now........... tuck in mode ....
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Offline carly

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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2009 / ? & ?
« Reply #2087 on: May 19, 2009, 19:37 »
By the way other boards say the dinner had 4 legs and a tail too...
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Offline Liz

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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2009 / ? & ?
« Reply #2086 on: May 19, 2009, 19:35 »
OK, mum - 15 minutes is enough time to have a shower and get dinner! 
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Offline Liz

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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2009 / ? & ?
« Reply #2085 on: May 19, 2009, 19:32 »
I don't know if I should be worried that it can't get out of the egg and will exhaust itself, or grateful because a parent isn't there to dry it off and it needs to wait.  
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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2009 / ? & ?
« Reply #2084 on: May 19, 2009, 19:32 »
Not worried but it is kind of weird.  Usually the first few days you have to pry them off with a crowbar.
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