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NE / Omaha - Woodmen Tower - 2009-21
Alison:
The first chick hatched here yesterday (of course I wasn't online), and the second chick hatched a few minutes ago. I am so happy to see these eggs hatching for Hera and Zeus.
The first chick today:
The new hatchling:
Alison:
Full-time incubation would have begun around April 2, when the third egg was laid. I didn't see the eggs today, but here are pics of a shift change on April 29. Hera came in to take over from Zeus, who decided it was a good idea to leave. Fast.
maggieblue:
--- Quote from: maggieblue on April 28, 2009, 12:11 ---I think that there might be a hatch here. :) Somewhere along the line one of the eggs was lost so they were down to four eggs.
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Sorry, false alarm I think. :-\ I don't know what that white blob was but it is gone now. :-[
maggieblue:
I think that there might be a hatch here. :) Somewhere along the line one of the eggs was lost so they were down to four eggs.
carly:
--- Quote from: Alison on April 09, 2009, 18:54 ---
I just read the article - there is one error in it. Amelia and Zeus's last chick, born in 2005, was not named "Amelia"; her name was Athena. At banding, Amelia would not leave her, so Amelia was also taken inside. Athena was found to have Trichomoniasis; since Amelia was there, she was checked also, but she was fine. Athena was taken to Raptor Recovery for treatment, and Zeus and Amelia waited and waited outside the window for her to return. When she was finally returned, Amelia would not leave her for several days. Athena recovered fully and fledged successfully.
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Wow...the devotion they have to their young never ceases to amaze me...and to wait outside like that until they got her back... :'( :-*
And that photo of Husker is just wicked...thanks Alison!
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