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Radisson - 2014 / Smiley & Princess
The Peregrine Chick:
All quiet in the nestbox, Princess seems quieter this year, perhaps it's that she's more relaxed with Smiley? No idea, she just seems, at least right now in the middle of incubation, less agitated, less control-freak, less diva-like. Maybe she will morph back into Scary Princess as it gets closer to hatch, we'll have to wait and see ...
The Peregrine Chick:
interestingly Smiley comes to visit Princess when she's on the eggs. She barks at him and he hangs out on the box edge nonetheless. On the other side of things, when he's had enough OR if he hears her when we can't, then he hops off the eggs and sits on the box edge until she turns up or leaves and she comes bolting in a minute or two later. And they both seem to feel protected enough so sleep pretty deeply by all appearances. Hopefully he's a more relaxing presence, last thing our "grand dame" needs is more a hyperactive youngster for a mate.
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: birdbrain on May 12, 2014, 19:48 ---So very glad the eggs are in a protected place this year! It was so awful to watch Princess in that horrible rain last year. Although I will never forget it, her determination to protect those eggs was one of the most incredible things I have ever seen.
--- End quote ---
I agree, it is nice to watch her sound asleep with her head in the gravel in the nestbox ... she's been a bit fussy arranging the eggs when she takes over incubation, might be a function of a shallower nestscrape (don't know for sure, just a thought) but once she's on, she seems to settle nicely.
birdbrain:
So very glad the eggs are in a protected place this year! It was so awful to watch Princess in that horrible rain last year. Although I will never forget it, her determination to protect those eggs was one of the most incredible things I have ever seen.
The Peregrine Chick:
1150h - Princess is dozing on the eggs out of the rain in the nestbox; she was a bit fussy earlier, took her about 90 minutes to get the eggs the way she wanted them. Smiley looks to be doing a decent job incubating, guess the proof will be when we have chicks hatching. Then he'll have to prove he can keep his growing family fed - bringing home the food & technically feeding chicks. But any male after Pop, T-Rex, Trey and Ivy was going to have to work hard to prove himself!
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