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Kinderchick:

--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on May 04, 2010, 16:17 ---I should say that the eggs look shiny .... too shiny  ??? to my eye ...
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What exactly does this mean, if eggs look shiny?  :-\ Is that how one can tell that  eggs may not be viable? ???

Linder:
The eggs at this site did not hatch after the male went missing. The female tried for several days but had to give up in order to keep herself fed. A new male entered the picture and it is apparently from a 2006 hatch and he is the offspring of the male that went missing. Quite an interesting turn of events, he gets to keep the site in the family. There could be another clutch as the female and male have been courting.

carly:
This is the site Alison told us about last year where the chicks were found dead on the ground and they thought a new female had possibly killed them. Then this year the female again gone, new female and then now the male is gone after he wins his own territorial battle. 

I know it's nature but I am not sure about binding a 2 year old to this specific nest site.  I almost want to say if the eggs don't hatch, let her go and see where she goes.  She'll either find a new male or move on to bigger and better - she's still young and she comes from impressive lineage so no doubt she will thrive where ever she ends up! 

On the other hand I feel for her having this as her first experience..they sure don't have an easy life and she has such a fan following already from people who watched her grow up in Harrisburg and who are rooting for her - I really hope something positive comes out of all this.   

bev.:
I really do  not think they are going to hatch but REd girl has not deserted them. she does leave them but does come back and incubate for quite awhile. the people there says weather is warm.

We have all been helping out in the monitoring. Not getting much work done ;D ;D

I sure hope they put in a foster chick soon.

there have also been reports of a falcon in the area, so who knows. As long as it is not femlae.

The Peregrine Chick:
Its now 1616 hrs (Wpg) and the eggs are uncovered again but they have been moved a bit, don't know when or who came by in the last hour.

I should say that the eggs look shiny .... too shiny  ??? to my eye ...

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