October 29, 2016 Shepnotes
Vim who I believe is the little male is timid, or a gentleman, and waits. He gets fed too.
Rubi is ALWAYS FIRST! Shuda called her Meme
Vim appears a bit afraid of Xavier
Xavier leapfrogs the chicksPublished 29 October, 2016 | By Cilla Kinross
I’ve been re-reading about sexing Aussie peregrines. A methodology has been developed at earlier stage than normal so that a safer banding can be undertaken (less likely to jump). Sexes cannot be determined when the wing is less than 9 cm (about 15 days after hatching), but by taking measurements of body mass, tarsus lenth, head-bill length and tip-cere length (NB not wing lenghth, sex can be determined quite accurately after that (Hurley et al 2007, A morphological model for sexing nestling peregrine falcons….verified through genetic analysis). Interesting reading.
http://www.gumtreecs.com.au/wordpress/x ... the-chicksSue reply 29 October, 2016 at 8:19 pm
He’s a complete nutcase!!! Thanks for the video. I’ve just been watching the chicks on the night-view cam – is this a particularly bad year for mozzies out your way, after all the rain? I’m surprised they’re up so high – and they seem to make the chicks twitchy. I don’t remember them being an issue last year.
On the First day of Christmas my true love sent to me
a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
On the Second day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Two Turtle Doves
3 French Hens
4 Calling Birds
5 Gold Rings
6 Geese a-Laying
7 Swans a-Swimming
8 Maids a-Milking
9 Ladies Dancing
10 Lords a-Leaping -
XAVIER??11 Pipers Piping
12 Drummers Drumming