Other Peregrine Projects > USA Peregrines
VA / Cobb Island - 2009-14
Ellie:
Mama is keeping the wee ones warm but it looks like #4 hatched while I was out. (o/@o?> &*) I missed it!! At least I saw the little beak trying to crack the shell open! Oh well, c'est la vie. ::)
Ellie:
2010 NESTING SEASON
We have 3 little chicks with the 4th egg in the process of hatching. A pip in the egg and can see the little beak! Mom is off the babies at the moment. Clear and bright picture with a 1 to 2 min time lapse
webcam link: http://ccb-wm.org/vafalcons/falconcam/falconcam_cobisland4.htm
carly:
Funny thing is it's the falcons nest box and they were preparing it for eventual eggs and then suddenly this barn owl shows up! Mind you given no one was watching before the past two weeks I'm betting, so the owl could very well have been around. When darkness came last night the owl was still inside and it's still dark there this morning so we shall see what happens! Hopefully owl will be ok and leave peacefully. After seeing what Radisson and Damon did to crows in Alberta last year...I hope the owl makes it out okay.
photosbydennis:
Not familiar with Barn Owls...owls will puff themselves up when threatened to make them look larger than life and perhaps this was enough to scare the Peregrine off ?? They could also be defending their nest site and be more aggressive even towards a Peregrine.
Perhaps TPC might have a comment on this.
carly:
Uh oh..falcon vs barn owl showdown!! One inside and one out! Dennis, will a barn owl fight a falcon?? Do you know or would they vamoose?
http://ccb-wm.org/vafalcons/falconcam/falconcam_cobisland2.htm
Whew okay the falcon left again!
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