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State Capitol - 2016 / 19K & Alley
RCF:
Touchdown! Touchdown! Touchdown!
Joel Jorgensen May 17, 2016 Nongame Bird Blog
Earlier today (5/16) I posted a blog stating the game was all but over. The apparent facts were indisputable and we were at the losing end. The only chance was throwing a Hail Mary pass in desperation. Beating the odds, our team came down with the ball only to score the winning touchdown. In other words, one of the Peregrine Falcon eggs hatched late Monday evening.
More at this link
http://magazine.outdoornebraska.gov/2016/05/touchdown-touchdown-touchdown/
RCF:
First hatch for Alley and 19K :-*
The Peregrine Chick:
At the moment 19/K is parked on something (egg/chick) in the nestbox in a patch of sunshine.
Can't see any eggshells but he looks perfectly content. Also no updates posted on their twitter or blog feeds.
Think this is Alley given the size and distance distortion with the camera but whomever it is, they were taking great care of these two eggs this morning.
RCF:
Joel Jorgensen Nongame Bird Blog
Time, decreasing probabilities and hope
So here we are on 12 May and there are no obvious signs either of the two remaining Peregrine Falcon eggs are hatching. I originally stated I expected hatching would commence and/or occur during 7-12 May. Over the weekend (7-8 May), the female disposed/ate three of the original five eggs (see this post and this post for more details). Ally, the female falcon, and occasionally the male have continued incubating the two eggs leaving hope that a fluffball would emerge
http://magazine.outdoornebraska.gov/2016/05/passing-time-decreasing-probabilities/
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: RCF on May 07, 2016, 22:09 ---There are only two eggs left, she ate the third one this evening.
--- End quote ---
I'd love to know how they can tell ... only thing I can think is that, aside from breaking or smelling, that they move differently from their compatriots in the same way that we humans can tell a raw egg from a hard-boiled one. And no, I'm not saying that's how the peregrines tell, just that I wonder if they can tell how the interior of the egg feels as they move them around and as they move around them. And what/when is the point when they know for sure that the egg isn't or is no longer developing. Yet another one of those very cool things that we humans will never be able to comprehend how a peregrine knows something even if we could explain it simply because we aren't a peregrine and can't replicate peregrine senses and sensibilities.
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