OH / Columbus - Rhodes Tower - 2008-16

[allikat]

The projected hatch date is Wednesday so could be anytime as it's not an exact science.  Not sure who is in the box now but they have been listening to the eggs so that is a promising sign!  She/he seems quite into a pebble at the moment and is half off the eggs and no pips yet though.  Reminds me of Trey, eggs?  what eggs?  there's a pebble out of place in this corner and look at this dust!!:P 

I know hey Carly...Trey with those pebbles.  Ooooh, I see that pebble out of place waaaayyyyy over there, what will happen if I just go and fix it, oh there, that's better.  But wait, there's another one, oh and another one.. What Princess, what?  Oh right, the eggs  

[carly]

Thanks Bev, I'm not very familiar with this site although I've certainly heard alot about this pair.  This is my first time watching them.  Last year by the time I discovered them the juvies had already fledged!

[bev.]

CArly,
 Orville has an orange beak and scouts is wider and a light yellow. that is how I tell them apart most times

[bev.]

that is exactly what S2 was doing before each hatch.

[carly]

The projected hatch date is Wednesday so could be anytime as it's not an exact science.  Not sure who is in the box now but they have been listening to the eggs so that is a promising sign!  She/he seems quite into a pebble at the moment and is half off the eggs and no pips yet though.  Reminds me of Trey, eggs?  what eggs?  there's a pebble out of place in this corner and look at this dust!!:P

[maggieblue]

Scout is doing a whole lot of wiggling around over the eggs.  I hope that it means that an egg is about to hatch.   

[bccs]

Where are you??   I need you. 
Looks like a puppy looking for mumma.   Great picture!!!!!

[bev.]

I think Orville was giving them some air as Scout was having trouble keeping them covered and cool. They expect a hatch any day.It was almost as if Scout could hear some peeping and was looking for Scout to come back

Too bad their sound is not working right now. It is so great to hear the peeping in the shells.

Scout

[The Peregrine Chick]

If he's standing, particularly if he's dropped his wing(s), he could very well be funnelling cooler air over the eggs (or his belly) - they, particularly the males since they are smaller, do that alot when the chicks are hatched ...

[Elaine L]

Yes, I see now there was no reason to be concerned; Scout finally left, and Orville has now come in; he is looking at the fruits of their labor like he cannot believe the size of them; I am sure he is thinking, how am I supposed to cover these honking big eggs?  I believe that he feels that standing over them is the best option at this point, and that is what he is doing, and he looks like he is sleeping on his feet.

[The Peregrine Chick]

Now she is all fluffed up and sitting right on the edge of the nestbox with her mouth open; to me, she looks distressed, but I don't know enough about falcons to judge.

All peregrines pant to cool off.  Adults can also go to water and/or shade whereas chicks will sprawl out on their bellies with limbs in all directions - the look like Wiley Coyote after a fall.  And they will do the same when they start flying - I've seen chicks 2-3 weeks after fledging sprawled out on nearby roofs cooling off this way ... very funny, until one starts getting calls about injured peregrines with broken wings/backs that are "just lying there". 

[carly]

It's very hot there today, almost 30c and she's right in the sun so no doubt she's hot.  She was like that yesterday in the heat as well. IF the air temp is 28c, think of it like this, she is surrounded by sides of the box so the wind is diminished and it's probably 35c for her. 

Orville had moved the eggs towards the back a bit yesterday but she seems to like them up front.

[Elaine L]

Now she is all fluffed up and sitting right on the edge of the nestbox with her mouth open; to me, she looks distressed, but I don't know enough about falcons to judge.

[Elaine L]

Scout is on the eggs now, and she is looking around alot, almost standing straight up, is very restless and agitated; I hope she is o.k., and that this is just a sign of an impending egg.

[maggieblue]

Great to see both present and accounted for at sunset. Scout on the ledge and Orville in the box.