U of Alberta - 2009 / Damon & Radisson

[ballywing]

Site looks clear & sunny right now - Can't see much on Camera 2  - but looks to me like Radisson is doing some more 'hunkering' - & she's all fluffed up!

[bev.]

I cannot see out my window it is snowing so hard. hope the net site does not get it

I will pm you ballywing

[ballywing]

Bev, how do you get those pics on here? - I can do a screen capture but can't copy it. 

[bev.]

The biologist that I was with yesterday thought she was a long way off. but I have been watching like all of you I am thinking she is  close.

Once she spends the night in the box, then we are ready.

[carly]

Hopefully she is 'with egg'...hehe..I love that saying   

[bev.]

that is the moisture on the cam. e-mailed about it.
It is hard to see but I believe there is  a piece of prey in there and she was eating.

this is another good sign

[maggieblue]

Is that snow again?  Radisson has been in the nestbox for a while now.  Does she look a little bottom heavy or is that just wishful thinking?

[bev.]

Well this one should be really freaked out

!2:25pm two in box(picture not good but you can see them)

Radisson stayed in box for a few minutes and at 12:30pm she is on inside lip

[The Peregrine Chick]

The birds can be quite tolerant.  The Radisson peregrines (all the pairs) are quite used to activity on the roof and they ignore until they get too close or they just sit up high and watch.  I freaks out the new contractors actually - they just sit up on the towers and stare at them ... 

[bev.]

Carly, the biologist said yesterday that she will be aware of the 2 at the Weber building.

I walked all around the area and no sign of intruders with wings.

But there was a guy with a red hardhat on the roof below the nest box way to the right.  She  flew very clsoe to his head  and  then went into box and then came out.
This is what is bothering her. I think they sew me with my binoculars and they disappeared but she is upset about that.
Then there is some work being done at the helipad on the Heart building. but that is quite a ways from her but they might have come out on the side where she could see them.

I wish they would do this work before the falcons come back. the weather was nice enough a bit ago.

I have e-mailed the biologists because I thought once the falcons were at the nest box they were not to be  on the roof.

I am hoping it remains calm but.... I will go down as much as I can but I have to get some stuff done right now.. I am leaving my cam up.

[ballywing]

Sure wish the camera wasn't always fogging up! - that hunkering looks like maybe some eggs are coming soon! 

[bcbird]

She's landed on the perch, and taken off again shortly at least 3 times in the last half hour.

[carly]

Radisson hunkered down in the nestbox at 11:45 am.  I wonder if Radisson is aware that 2 other females are parked right outside her territory.  That's what the female that unsurped Mariah did - she hung out there for about a month until she made her move.  Makes me nervous.

[bev.]

9:07am
Radisson back and vocal and looks towards the heart building and then is off.

I am going to take a hop down there.

[bev.]

I have e-mailed about the refresh and the condensation . see what they say.

I asked the biologist yesterday what she was looking down at and he said probably some workers at the hospital as no one was on the roof .
Now he did not get there until 7:30am so , jsut a thought, maybe TG was in area and Radisson was just sounding the alarm to get out.

I wish I had the time to get down there more right now.