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Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
Baffled:
Princess has been very restless on the eggs in the last half hour--lots of changing direction, shuggling of the eggs, and nest cleaning.
The Peregrine Chick:
2108h - photo of Princess gathering up her eggs to tuck them in under her for the night ....
Finally, Smiley didn't leave the eggs uncovered before Princess arrived to relieve him. Usually he just takes off and she turns up a couple of minutes later. Might just be the cooler temps tonight or he's learning or perhaps the chicks are making their presence known ... only time will tell.
Baffled:
How great to come back after ten days without internet to see that the webcam is up and Princess is on the eggs! (well, mostly on the eggs--there was some nest cleaning going on and the eggs were visible every time she leaned forward) Thanks again to the Manitoba Peregrine Falcon Recovery Project and CBC for this excellent and informative opportunity to see nesting birds.
The Peregrine Chick:
1157h - Smiley stayed on the eggs until Princess came to relieve him - that's a first. He was talking to her but she was dead silent coming back into the box and settling down. Couldn't see any sign of pips on the eggs but often hard to tell in this kind of light (it's overcast outside today).
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: RCF on June 02, 2014, 11:21 ---
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on June 02, 2014, 11:00 ---She does talk to them and them back to her (or Dad) and the adults spin round with the eggs a lot. To us it looks like they can't get the eggs in the right place or that they can't get comfortable on/over the eggs.
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Some call it shuggling the eggs. :)
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I always think of shuggling as being the more gentle rearranging during incubation than the spinning just before hatching. Or maybe it is just that the frequency goes up and they seem a bit rougher when I know the babes are about to arrive. I'll have to watch a little closer ...
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