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State Capitol - 2016 / 19K & Alley
RCF:
Alley and 19K have four eggs this morning! :)
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on April 06, 2016, 16:59 ---I checked their confirmed dates - first sighting of Alley or first ID of Alley (19K was identified much earlier) and giving them time to get reacquainted, court and get some eggs percolating and my calculations were that we should see eggs by March 31st - first egg was on April 1st. Like to use them as a litmus test so we can more accurately guess when our kids will nest ... if Smiley and Princess are on the same kind of timetable, we could see eggs around April 10th, however that's still a bit earlier than usual - usually incubating begins about April 20th ...
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--- Quote from: Alison on April 06, 2016, 18:08 ---Really close estimate on the date of the first egg, TPC. How do you use the dates of these eggs to judge when Princess and Smiley are likely to start egg laying?
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Alley and 19/K tend to be a pretty close match to Princess' usual schedule. Hurricane and Brooklyn tend to be faster based on their return dates and Joli is often later than expected. Gives me a ballpark to work with at least. Easiest with our resident pairs of course - we know where they are nesting. For our transient pairs who we hope will nest, it lets us look for different behaviours or in different places if we think they have moved from courting to egg-laying to incubating. Whatever works to help us figure out who's doing what and where!
Alison:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on April 06, 2016, 16:59 ---I checked their confirmed dates - first sighting of Alley or first ID of Alley (19K was identified much earlier) and giving them time to get reacquainted, court and get some eggs percolating and my calculations were that we should see eggs by March 31st - first egg was on April 1st. Like to use them as a litmus test so we can more accurately guess when our kids will nest ... if Smiley and Princess are on the same kind of timetable, we could see eggs around April 10th, however that's still a bit earlier than usual - usually incubating begins about April 20th ...
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Really close estimate on the date of the first egg, TPC. How do you use the dates of these eggs to judge when Princess and Smiley are likely to start egg laying?
The Peregrine Chick:
I checked their confirmed dates - first sighting of Alley or first ID of Alley (19K was identified much earlier) and giving them time to get reacquainted, court and get some eggs percolating and my calculations were that we should see eggs by March 31st - first egg was on April 1st. Like to use them as a litmus test so we can more accurately guess when our kids will nest ... if Smiley and Princess are on the same kind of timetable, we could see eggs around April 10th, however that's still a bit earlier than usual - usually incubating begins about April 20th ...
Alison:
Third egg today for Alley and 19/K.
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