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Offline Liz

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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2012 / Sawatzke & Elke
« Reply #3373 on: April 25, 2012, 18:06 »
Lonely egg still visible!  :)
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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2012 / Sawatzke & Elke
« Reply #3372 on: April 25, 2012, 17:59 »
Thanks for the info, Elaine!  I wonder how long it'll take Sawatzke's girl to lay another egg... ::)
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Offline Elaine L

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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2012 / Sawatzke & Elke
« Reply #3371 on: April 25, 2012, 17:01 »
Here is some news today from the people at Great River Station:

"This is a new pair to our nesting box. The male falcon’s name is Sawatzke. He was banded at the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant near Monticello, Minn. in 2009. The female falcon is unbanded."

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Offline Kinderchick

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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2012 / Sawatzke & Elke
« Reply #3370 on: April 25, 2012, 14:22 »
Quote from: Elaine L on April 25, 2012, 10:21
To my eyes, it looks like she has two eggs!  And is working on the third!  These two have gone from "when is something going to happen" to what looks like 3 eggs in the last 24 hours.  Maybe I am seeing things, I don't even know if this is possible.
I just checked the nestbox and all I can see is 1 lonely egg and no bird in sight.
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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2012 / Sawatzke & Elke
« Reply #3369 on: April 25, 2012, 12:11 »
Woo Hoo!!  An egg!!  Thanks for the photos, rcf - I'm at work today and can't access the cam, so it's nice to be able to see that elusive first egg on your pics!

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Offline MayShowers

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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2012 / Sawatzke & Elke
« Reply #3368 on: April 25, 2012, 11:30 »
Quote from: Elaine L on April 25, 2012, 10:03
The egg has landed, and once again, I have missed it.  I watched her lots yesterday afternoon and last night, but I just have not been lucky enough to see the happy event.
I'm in the same boat Elaine L.  I'm always in the wrong spot at the right time. :-\
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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2012 / Sawatzke & Elke
« Reply #3367 on: April 25, 2012, 11:05 »
Super video, Rapidcitymbfan! Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2012 / Sawatzke & Elke
« Reply #3366 on: April 25, 2012, 11:03 »
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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2012 / Sawatzke & Elke
« Reply #3365 on: April 25, 2012, 10:56 »
Empty nestbox now, and it looks like still just one egg . . . perhaps the second egg we thought we saw was the shadow of the snack that Dad brought earlier? She didn't seem to eat much of it; she was slowly picking away at it for over an hour . . .

But yay for egg!  :D
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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2012 / Sawatzke & Elke
« Reply #3364 on: April 25, 2012, 10:29 »
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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2012 / Sawatzke & Elke
« Reply #3363 on: April 25, 2012, 10:22 »
Quote from: Elaine L on April 25, 2012, 10:21
To my eyes, it looks like she has two eggs!  And is working on the third!  These two have gone from "when is something going to happen" to what looks like 3 eggs in the last 24 hours.  Maybe I am seeing things, I don't even know if this is possible.

I think you are right Elaine ...
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Offline Elaine L

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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2012 / Sawatzke & Elke
« Reply #3362 on: April 25, 2012, 10:21 »
To my eyes, it looks like she has two eggs!  And is working on the third!  These two have gone from "when is something going to happen" to what looks like 3 eggs in the last 24 hours.  Maybe I am seeing things, I don't even know if this is possible.
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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2012 / Sawatzke & Elke
« Reply #3361 on: April 25, 2012, 10:15 »
Just think, 24 hours ago there were concerns that this pair weren't going to nest here at all ...  ;D
Nothing like keeping their viewing audience in suspense!  :D
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Offline Elaine L

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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2012 / Sawatzke & Elke
« Reply #3360 on: April 25, 2012, 10:03 »
The egg has landed, and once again, I have missed it.  I watched her lots yesterday afternoon and last night, but I just have not been lucky enough to see the happy event.
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Re: Minnesota / Elk River - 2012 / Sawatzke & Elke
« Reply #3359 on: April 25, 2012, 09:33 »
We have an egg!

And I just saw a food exchange, so Dad's making sure that Mom has the energy she needs after that long night of "labour"!
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