MANITOBA (Winnipeg & Brandon) ~ 2011

SusanE · **Posted:** Fri Dec 31, 2010 3:35 pm

PLEASE START YOUR NEW 2011 POSTS HERE! :canada

WINNIPEG---------->Cam Links:

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Nest Location: The Radisson Hotel -- Downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
1. One is a nestbox (west side of the hotel, 30th floor);
2. Second is an exposed roof over a window (aka "the ledge" on the east side, 14th floor).

Trey (previous male)
Ivy (current male)
Princess (female)

BRANDON---------->Cam Links:

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Nest Location: On the side of the McKenzie Seeds building in downtown Brandon.

Hurricane, hatched 2007 on the Radisson Hotel in Wpg (female)
Brooklyn, hatched 2007 on the McKenzie building in Brandon (male)

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64757

Alison posted this over on the Cleveland forum...some very sad news..

Very sad news from Winnipeg; Vesper, one of the 2009 juvies and the only female, has been killed in a collision with a plane at San Antonio International Airport.

From the Winnipeg site:

Hate to start off the 2011 Radisson with sad news but we have had a report from the/a state biologist in Texas that one of our Radisson chicks was struck and killed by an aircraft at San Antonio International Airport in San Antonio, Texas on Tuesday, January 18th. The band number confirms that the bird that died was Vesper from the 2009 wild-hatch at the Radisson Hotel. And the last female chick hatched to Trey and Princess.

Her siblings:

2004 - Infinity (f unknown), Alley (f nesting in Lincoln, Nebraska) & an unnamed male sibling

2005 - Ivy (m nesting at the Radisson), Lucy (f unknown but did nest once unsuccessfully in West Winnipeg) & an unnamed male sibling

2006 - The Little Daredevil (m died at fledging), Bandit (m unknown), Radisson (f nesting in Edmonton, Alberta)

2007 - Hurricane (f nesting in Brandon), Chinook (m unknown), Mistral (f unknown), Taku (f died before fledging)

2008 - The Lost Chicks (died before fledging)

2009 - Ty (m observed at the Radisson Oct 2010), Tupper (m unknown), Vesper (f died in San Antonio, Texas 2011)

It is especially sad, since Vesper made it through the critical first year and beyond, so she was obviously doing very well. She was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

SusanE · **Posted:** Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:42 am

Oh so sad. She sure made it a long way south. :cry:

bev. · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2011 2:32 am

This deeply saddens me. I remeber Vesper well. the year of the tupperware box. Vesper was so vocal and quite the gal.

but on the bright side. We at least know the young falcons are successfully migrating through their first year. We do not hear of our Edmonton young ones.

ljames · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:42 pm

I am so sorry to hear about little Vesper. I watched this nest very closely that year, such a sweetie. :cry:

You just can't believe that they hit planes, but it's happened before, at one of the Canadian nests too I think.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64757

carly wrote:

ljames wrote:

I am so sorry to hear about little Vesper. I watched this nest very closely that year, such a sweetie. :cry:

You just can't believe that they hit planes, but it's happened before, at one of the Canadian nests too I think.

Good memory ljames! We lost all three boys 2 years ago at the Toronto Residential Site - all at or around the airport.

OH wow...I had totally forgotten about that tragedy, Carly...

Here's irony for you...I saw a news segment (or was it a documentary) on an airport (or was it a waste receiving station...geeeeeeez...my memory) that was having problems with gulls. So, they hired a falconer and his falcon to clear the airport (?)throughout the day...

ljames · **Posted:** Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:22 pm

That's right Carly, but I had forgotten that it was all 3. I remember now how sad it was that not one survied. :-(

Interesting job for the falcon SGB.

bev. · **Posted:** Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:48 pm

Falconers are hired quite often by the airports and waste sights.

I remember that Carly. Some people were quite cold about it also. Matthew was quite upset about their opinions.

SusanE · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2011 2:14 pm

Princess and Ivy have been spotted around this nest recently. They haven't chosen which one they will use yet.

bev. · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:52 pm

Tracy posted a video of Ivy scraping nest box and Princess has been there also, so I guess we will wait and see. part way down th epage

http://www.species-at-risk.mb.ca/projec ... 22.90.html

I hope it is not the tupperware ledge

Carolyn · **Posted:** Sat May 07, 2011 11:55 pm

This a pic of the McKenzie Seeds Building in Brandon, Manitoba, two hours west of Winnipeg. I used to work here until they moved to a new location on one level. It is now a heritage site and being turned into apts and condos. Its about 13 stories to the top of the clock tower. The nest box is pretty much in the middle of the brick wall to the left of the clock tower.

bev. · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 12:03 am

thanks Carolyn. that gives us a good perspective of the site.
You must be so excited. :sunsmile:

kittenface · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 12:04 am

Oh my that is a very beautiful building, its nice to see from different angles.
Thank you for all your pictures they are great.
Looking at the pictures just takes me back to my childhood the town I grew up in looked very
much like that

SusanE · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 7:58 am

Here is a copy of Carolyn's post in Breaking News:

Carolyn wrote:

Brandon,Manitoba is my hometown and I have been reporting and taking a lot of photos and posting in the Falcon Cam Forum in Winnipeg for a couple of years. I am very excited about having live steaming here :sunsmile:

They put in a camera today and I made a slide show. The female is Hurricane,hatched 2007 on the Radisson Hotel in Wpg and the male is Brooklyn, hatched 2007 on the McKenzie building in Brandon. Hurricane laid her fourth egg on April 30th.

SLIDE-SHOW
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61724336@N ... 7028/show/

SusanE · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 7:58 am

Thanks, Carolyn! Your slideshow is AWESOME!

obxbarb · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 8:34 am

Thanks for all your pics Carolyn! How nice for you to get a cam on your pair!

SusanE · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2011 7:07 pm

Carolyn wrote:

Winnipeg Falcon Cam is live streaming now. :sunno:

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/features/falcon/#

Beth · **Posted:** Wed May 11, 2011 3:30 pm

Post from Tracy today on the cam forum...
A few dates to help folks get a sense of where we are in the nesting season
Manitoba Falcon Cam...

Mar 15 - Sandy from Fargo came to visit the nestbox
Mar 18 - Ivy returned to the Radisson territory
Mar 21 (estimated) - Princess returned and evicted Sandy from the nestbox
Apr 15 - first egg laid at the Radisson
Apr 17 - second egg laid at the Radisson
Apr 19 - third egg laid at the Radisson
Apr 20 - Princess and Ivy began incubating
Apr 22 - fourth egg confirmed at the Radisson

We estimate that hatching should begin about May 20th
We will set a banding date once all the eggs have hatched

Enjoy watching the CBC Manitoba Falcon Cam!
Tracy, Project Coordinator
Peregrine Falcon Recovery Project (Manitoba)

SusanE · **Posted:** Wed May 11, 2011 10:00 pm

Thanks for those dates for Winnipeg, Beth!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64757

Gotta be getting close to a hatch...

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