No Roberta. Count from the last egg. If it wasnt real cold, the mother wont brood the first couple eggs until a big clutch is layed. That way the eggs will be synchronized in hatching. I figure by May 12. earliest.
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Roberta
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Tue 24 Apr, 2007 06:28 pm
Thanks. I was afraid that was how it worked. From the time of the last egg. May 12!
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farmerman
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Sun 29 Apr, 2007 03:18 pm
Our Pa Falcon is really scrunching down on her eggs. I saw the other one sitting out on the perch .
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ehBeth
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Sun 29 Apr, 2007 04:29 pm
I like that they're hanging together.
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Roberta
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Sat 5 May, 2007 04:52 am
Something is different at the PA site. I can't see clearly enough, but something is on the gravel near the sitting bird. It could be the remains of a snack. Never saw this before. Also it appears that the mother has moved her nesting spot.
I'd appreciate someone letting me know. My video isn't good enough or big enough for me to figure out what I'm seeing. Phooey. And thanks.
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farmerman
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Sat 5 May, 2007 04:58 am
THE FIRST EGG HAS HATCHED, ROBERTA. Theres a Bulletin board along with the camera. It said that now, the eggs should be hatching over the next few days. Looks like the hatchings arent as "synchronized" as I had been saying. By my earlier estimation this should have happened no earlier than the 8th.
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Roberta
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Sat 5 May, 2007 05:06 am
Thanks, Farmerman. My calculations were for last week. I don't see an updated bulletin board. I'll check around.
And mazel tov to da boids.
Just took another look. Saw a little white fuzzy baby wiggling around in front of the mother.
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ehBeth
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Sat 5 May, 2007 08:23 am
Quote:
5/4/2007 :: First Egg Hatches!
Yesterday afternoon, May 3rd, one of the five eggs appeared to have a white spot on it indicating that one of the chicks was beginning to hatch (pip) out. Early this morning a newly hatched nestling was spotted. The other four chicks should now begin pipping out of their shells. By early next week, they should all hatch. This is probably the most fascinating time in the nesting process for falcon watchers. The chicks (eyases) are fed by both the adult male and female peregrines. The growth rate of the eyases is extraordinary. Within several weeks they will weigh more that the adults. Watch for the next big event- the banding of the eyases on May 24th. The event will be webcast live from the DEP falcon page.
fascinating? you're not kidding!
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caribou
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Sat 5 May, 2007 11:20 am
awwwww. It's so cute!
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ehBeth
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Sat 5 May, 2007 01:53 pm
what a lovely fluffy baby!
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farmerman
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Sat 5 May, 2007 02:11 pm
wheres the kid at? I only saw the broken egg this AM then the announcement and now Im trying to show the other sheep people the pic and I didnt see any peep yet
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ehBeth
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Sat 5 May, 2007 02:13 pm
when I saw the chick a few moments ago, it was to the right of the parent
shell and junk's to the left (from our vantage point)
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farmerman
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Sat 5 May, 2007 02:21 pm
well that would be left for me since were South of Harrisburg
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ehBeth
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Sat 5 May, 2007 02:29 pm
pfffffffffffft
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the large and small pix seem to refresh on different schedules - at least up here in Canuckistan - you might try keeping both open
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ehBeth
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Sat 5 May, 2007 03:07 pm
look right now!
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ehBeth
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Sat 5 May, 2007 03:15 pm
in case you missed it, I grabbed it and stuck it in my webshots shoebox
<click on the thumbnail>
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farmerman
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Sat 5 May, 2007 04:22 pm
AAAAAWWWWW. Ugly little buzzards arent they?
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Roberta
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Sat 5 May, 2007 04:37 pm
Noisy, too. When not covered by mama, da kid PEEPS.
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Roberta
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Mon 7 May, 2007 05:18 am
Two chicks!
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Roberta
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Wed 9 May, 2007 05:02 am
Three chicks. New one today.
The mother just returned to the nest with something in her mouth. Breakfast. All three babies are getting fed.
