Part Three: Answers to Your questions (July 20 - 21)

Q: gay sex games (...) If Chinook and Mistral had been grounded in adult sex personals wild without anyone adult sex personals help adult sim dating games before yahoo adult personals were capable of vertical flight, would they be likely to survive? I guess that misadventures while feeding would be one of the reasons for the high mortality rate for falcons in their first year. Would they be vulnerable to predators (if they have any) or would they just wait it out until they can manage to take off? It would depend on whether they were injured too.
Jennifer / Winnipeg (July 20)

My Answer:
Good questions Jennifer! First-year survival rates are generally assumed to be between 40 and 50% of fledglings but there aren't reliable estimates in North America. Based on sightings of banded birds, survivorship in our area is estimated to be a minimum of 23% (2-3 out of 10 fledglings) but researchers believe the actual percentage must be much higher. As for mortality among "wild" peregrines, the Radisson peregrines are wild peregrines. A better description would be urban-nesting and cliff-nesting peregrines. Urban peregrines may have a greater variety of causes of post-feeding fatalities but they also have a better chance of being rescued, re-hab'd and re-released into the wild. Cliff-nesting peregrines don't get second-chances often. They may be killed online sex games other raptors (particularly Great Horned Owls and Gold Eagles) or by mammalian predators. In addition, they can suffer from disease and accidents. Here are some stats on mortality I found in the literature. According to researchers at the University of Minnesota, "of a total of 455 recorded fatalities among Midwestern Peregrines (that includes Manitoba), 78 were caused by collisions with buildings, 50 by vehicle collisions, 33 by miscellaneous accidents, 28 by disease and starvation, 19 by adult Peregrines, 15 by predators, 10 by shooting, and 10 by storms and lightning and lesser numbers of other causes".

Q: Missed Tracy bringing the falcons back to the nest box. Will you be replaying the "return of the babies to the nest box"?
Joan / Winnipeg (July 21)

My Answer:
We did not tape the release. We do have photos however, and will post them.

Q: Tracy you mention that it will be interesting to watch Mistral and her survival of the next 11 months. Do you have tracers of some sort on her to be able to determine her survival? We are adult phone dating interesting in keeping in touch with all 3 chicks to see if they do survive the year.
Barry / Winnipeg (July 21)

My Answer:
No. I'm afraid nothing to track the chicks. Radio telemetry equipment is very expensive because it needs to be very small (the birds can't carry much) but very powerful so that the satellite can track their position. Not something we do or afford if we wanted to. Anyone who reads a band number will probably notify the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) or the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) who in turn will notify us and we will keep track of the sighting. From the information we have received over the years, we know that our birds use a variety of routes south, some south to Florida and then across the islands while others choose the land route down through Mexico. We also know that our birds have gone down as far as Brazil. We also know that our birds have been found breeding from Alberta to Manitoba and south to North Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska. If we get any information on Hurricane, Chinook and Mistral we will certainly publish it here on the blog and on the Project's website.

Q: Thanks Tracy and your team for all you do I have enjoyed the whole journey and look forward to next year. Will they return at all to the nest or are they on their way to start their new lives?
Island Val (July 21)

My Answer:
They probably won't return to within camera range before we turn off the webcam for the season, but it is a possibility. No way to guess when they would come back if they were I'm afraid.

Q: I hope someone got a least one pix of them on the ledge?? Missed everything...waited all a.m. in Eastern USA???
Joanne (July 21)

Q: Darn...missed it. Got up to get a coffee! I look forward to updates.
Pat G. / Winnipeg (July 21)

Q: Darn. I blinked and missed the release. Are you going to show it again?
Jim / Winnipeg (July 21)

My Answer:
Dennis and I have some photos from the release fish adult games including photos of both birds on the ledge before they took off. Dennis has a very (very) fast trigger finger!! Will post them this week on the Photo Gallery for all of you who didn't get enough time to look at them before they bolted. Actually, did anyone get enough time to say good bye? I didn't!

Q: I have to say that was awesome seeing the two of them released from home. I think Chinook was first to be released and he looked mighty bewildered as to how he got back to the nest box and took off almost right away. (...)
Louise / Winnipeg (July 21)

My Answer:
You are correct Louise. Chinook did go first. Mistral was giving Dennis and I a suspicious once - over before she too bolted.

Q: Has Hurricane ever come back to the nesting sight since he fledged? Has he been seen around?
Shirley (July 18)

Q: I am looking forward to seeing Chinook and Mistral for what will most likely be one last time. Have you any information on Hurricane? Are Princess and Trey still around the nest box to feed the chicks if they do not decide to fly right away? If they do decide to fly they will still need help from Princess and Trey? Will they still teach Chinook and Mistral the art of hunting? The two chicks have been separated from them for awhile now. I know I am most likely worried for nothing because I am sure you would not release them if any of my fears would happen. Thank you Tracy, Shaw, CBC and all others for this great opportunity.
Gail / Winnipeg (July 21)

My Answer:
Hurricane was waiting for us on the east side ledge of the Hotel when we arrived. I think Dennis got a couple of photos. He was gone when we came back down, so he's up and flying and that is all we can wish for. He's safe, still protected by his parents and still in the area. As for Mistral and Chinook, yes, Princess and Trey will take care of them. That was one of the reasons for getting them back up as quickly as possible. We didn't want Princess and Trey to get "out-of-the-habit" of providing for the chicks as Hurricane will be starting to try hunting on his own shortly and Mistral and Chinook are at least two weeks behind him. And don't worry, they haven't been separated long enough to cause problems - barely two days - and Hurricane is still around and their responsibility.

Q: Tracy, you did a wonderful job, A BIG, BIG Thank You. Do you know if their are any more live webcams of wild birds that you can watch? (...) A devoted Kansas (USA) fan.
Paula Mason / Eudora, Kansas (July 21)

My Answer:
When we shut down the webcam for the season, I will be sure to let you all know where you can keep in touch with me and where I will have information I find out after the birds have gone. So no worries. For now, feel free to keep posting any questions and sending in any photos / screen captures. I will be around for a bit yet!

Q: Oops! They think they're all grown up and want nothing to do with a nest box. Hope they land in a tree for the parents to find them.
Debra (July 21)

Q: Just saw both birds released and they both flew off...kind of sad..hope Missy doesn't crash land on Portage Ave again...waiting to hear what happens...
Pat C. / Winnipeg (July 21)

My Answer:
Hope they land on a building, easier and safer for them. Peregrines aren't woodland birds so trees can be a wee bit dodgy sometimes, particularly for the young ones. One of the males did manage to land on a communications tower which was pretty clever of him. When last I saw Missy, she was safely tucked up on a window ledge on the Hotel. I'm pretty sure it was her by the size. In any case their first day was uneventful, hopefully they will stay airborne over the next week at which point their risk of crashing decreases sharply. Not out of the woods, just improved.

Q: going, 100% free adult personals gone...What a treat to see. Thanks for the update this morning or I would have missed it. We're all looking forward to seeing / hearing what happens next. Thank you.
Diane S / Winnipeg (July 21)

My Answer:
You are welcome but hopefully nothing happens for the next 11 months. Ideally, I would like to get a report next year saying that all three chicks are fat and happy and safe on territories with eggs / chicks!

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