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The camera on the peregrine
falcon nest box on the summit of Assumption Place is now live. When
checking the link to watch the activity, scroll down to the first large image,
which shows what is happening in real time.
The action in the
peregrine falcon box on the summit of Assumption Place has now become nonstop,
with two very busy parents tending to the insatiable appetites of four
teenagers.
Https://www.zoodemagnetichillzoo.ca/nest-cam
**George Brun adds a bit
of spice to the peregrine falcon box nest!
Looking at the peregrine
chicks, Georges suggests that the first three are female and the last is a
male. The first two that were hatched are the size of females. The third is quite big, and potentially, he would place it with the first
two. The last bird, or the runt, is developing quite fast even
though it was hatched four days after the others.
Development from yesterday
is just amazing. They were all huddled up together yesterday, and today they all
want to be apart.
**Bob Blake maintains daily
weather statistics from his Second North River home to include morning low
temperatures, daily high temperatures, and monthly precipitation.
Bob submits a table to
compare those statistics from May 2025 with May 2026.
The comparison (from this
one site) suggests that May 2026 was, in general, a cooler month than May 2025.
The sudden rainfall on May 1st made a significant bump in the monthly precipitation comparison.
June could have some real
surprises!
|
2025 |
2026 |
||
|
morning temperatures |
daily highs and rainfall |
morning temperatures |
daily highs and rainfall |
|
+19-1 day +17-1 +16-5 +15-1 +12-1 +11-2 +10-2 +9-3 +8-5 +6-6 +4-2 +3-1 |
+31-1 +30-2 +26-1 +25-1 +21-4 +20-2 +19-1 +18-3 +17-2 +15-2 10 cms. snow 148 mms. rain |
+19-1 +13-6 +12-1 +11-2 +10-3 +9-4 +8-3 +7-5 +6-2 5-2 +4-2 |
+29-1 +24-1 +23-2 +22-2 +20-1 +19-2 +17-4 +16-1 +15-4 2 cms. snow 199 mms. rain |
Nelson Poirier
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