Canada. UdeM. Spirit (b/g 93/E) ~ Arthur (geen ringen) ~ Eole.

bericht en foto's van Chad.
Cam operator found her today, lounging. She is obviously the victor in the battle, for she was not in "her spot" yesterday or the day before, when the cam operator panned around searching for her. She tried a stint at incubating, but wasn't on long. I imagine she is sore, and she is putting all her weight on her right leg in most of the pics in the archives. She has a two blood spots on her chest, but the feathers conceal whether it is her wound or prey blood. She IS preening so that is an excellent sign. The drawback to her hanging out near the nestbox is that Eole won't incubate...The eggs have been uncovered alot today... At the stage they are in, it isn't necessarily going to hurt them, but it can weaken the chicks at this stage, and they may not have the strength to successfully hatch. Compounding that is that these offspring are highly inbred, which can make or break a chicks immune system, as we see with all types of "purebred" animals that were created by inbreeding/line-breeding. You can also get an idea of all the areas another peregrine can set up shop, in Montreal, to become territorial, before either of the pair knows about it, by the one pic of part of the city from the cam. Then there is the second female that Eole has had last year and earlier this year. This is the same set up as with the Archer-Beauty-Unity love triangle, at Rochester NY, all over again, It never ends well for one of the females For now it appears to be over. Spirit obviously won this two day battle.

clipje van Krystyna

Paring van Spirit met het nieuwe mannetje<---Klik

eitjes zijn weggehaald. tja was toch een verloren boel...

Melding van Anniet op facebook.Foto van Julie Olivier-Vaillancourt
Montreal - Nu Spirit een nieuwe partner heeft (eitjes zijn van Eole) is zoon Eole teruggekeerd op de verbrandingsoven, een stuk verderop. Hopelijk heeft hij daar zijn vriendinnetje Eve weer gevonden.
Eole

Foto Richard Dupuis.
Eole en Eve

De eitjes die toch al geen kans meer hadden van Eole en Spirit, zijn voor onderzoek weggehaald en om Sprit en haar nieuwe partner Bret een kans te geven, om samen opnieuw te beginnen.