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Radisson - 2008 / Trey & Princess

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bev.:
Not so far fetched. Just watch how the eagles start  rooting in the nest and bring in more materials to make nest deeper and build it up higher as their eaglets get bigger

eagle63_1999:
We all were probably thinking in human terms when we saw her shoring up the pebbles there.

The Peregrine Chick:

--- Quote from: bev. on June 03, 2008, 14:22 ---Princess ,bless her heart, is trying to build a mound around them with the pebbles
--- End quote ---

The ledge doesn't have very many pebbles, most of them are in the corner the birds are using in fact, other parts of the ledge are practically bare.  If there were more pebbles, she would have made a hollow in the substrate for her nest scrape.  Because there aren't enough, she's laid the eggs pretty much on the actual roof material and she's pulling the pebbles around to make a bowl or hollow.  Because every time they move they screw up the "walls" of the hollow, I think that is why Trey has been so frantic about fixing the ledge every time he's there with the kids!

Marie:
Thank you......I'll have to go back to the photo gallery and study some more!!!!!

Cheers
Marie

Baffled:
She certainly is busy fussing with the pebbles in the next right now. The chicks are exposed, but the wind isn't ruffling them too much, as they are much closer to the surface of the ledge.
Ah, now she's setting back down on them again after some house-cleaning.

It looked almost as if she was using nest pebbles to build a wind-break around the chicks, but I'm sure that is my human brain talking . . . is that far-fetched in terms of falcon behaviour?

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