McKenzie Seeds - 2012 / Brooklyn & Hurricane

[GCG]

   Triplets! Great news for Hurricane and Brooklyn. Now, will they go for quadruplets? Anticipation building. 

[RCF]

Quote from: MayShowers on Today at 05:52:22 AM I took a quick peek this morning, and thought I saw 3 eggs, but it is still pretty dark.

Yes, I am pretty sure she laid the third egg around 9:40pm last night. It was also too dark to see at that time............but definitely three. 

[RCF]

I took a quick peek this morning, and thought I saw 3 eggs, but it is still pretty dark.

I think your right. 

[MayShowers]

I took a quick peek this morning, and thought I saw 3 eggs, but it is still pretty dark.

[moka]

Am I dreaming or do we now have sound on the Brandon site too?

Hopeful in the peg.

[Kinderchick]

Woo hoo! 2 eggs are looking good and so is Hurricane!

[The Peregrine Chick]

Different colored egg  

A few weeks ago, I was reading somewhere on one of the Scotland websites, either Huntly or Falls of Clyde, that some of the eggs are different colours because when the female lays several eggs, the pigment becomes increasingly lighter with each new egg that is laid. I had not heard about this before and have been meaning to ask you about this, TPC. Is this really a natural occurence or is it simply just as you have said?

...The "darker" egg is still wet - like a pebble in a stream.

Eggs get lighter as they get older, ie, days after being laid.  There can/are also differences between the eggs, some are lighter than others, some will have more pronounced markings which can make them look darker overall.  If you are asking if the last eggs laid are always lighter than the first eggs, nope, each clutch of eggs is different and every year is different.  Its like a painter painting the same picture over and over again, they don't all look the same

[Kinderchick]

Different colored egg 

A few weeks ago, I was reading somewhere on one of the Scotland websites, either Huntly or Falls of Clyde, that some of the eggs are different colours because when the female lays several eggs, the pigment becomes increasingly lighter with each new egg that is laid. I had not heard about this before and have been meaning to ask you about this, TPC. Is this really a natural occurence or is it simply just as you have said?

...The "darker" egg is still wet - like a pebble in a stream.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Sorry folks, still just two eggs in the nestbox as of 1015h today.  Princess took a week to lay all her eggs and Hurricane is still on her regular schedule and hasn't started incubating yet, so it looks like more eggs are on the way ... maybe today ...

[Pam]

Great captures, RCF!

[RCF]

I was at the parkade this morning at 11am.  Brooklyn was perched on the east ledge of the nest box preening and Hurricane was on the green pole of the communications tower , which is one of her favorite spots.  I could tell after seeing Brooklyn fly over to Hurricane on the pole that there are going to be more eggs.     I checked on them after lunch and Brooklyn was again perched on the nest box and Hurricane was napping on the east light of the clock tower.

[The Peregrine Chick]

1504h
Still just the two eggs but Mom is parked on the front box edge, so who knows what could happen this evening ...

[The Peregrine Chick]

Different colored egg  

No,maybe just new??

The "darker" egg is still wet - like a pebble in a stream.  The two of them look alike now.  And yes, as of 0940h this morning there are still just two and despite hanging out with the eggs most of yesterday, neither Hurricane nor Brooklyn have been at the nestsite much so far today.  Nice and sunny in Brandon and the eggs are "tanning" in the morning sun.

[SusanE]

Gorgeous picture of the two eggs here.  I like it when they look different, so you can keep track of which one is which.   

[Rose]

Different colored egg  

No,maybe just new??