Other Peregrine Projects > USA Peregrines
MN / Elk River - 2008-22
deedream:
Hi everyone, just got back in gone most of the day. Thank goodness everyone is eating. To TPC there was 100 percent something stuck on her beak ,all the way around,,, like what ever it was had a hole in it and it was right over her beak. Like her beak was inside the thing, like she had drove her beak through a beer can tab and it was stuck there, She never moved for hours and had a great view of it. Looked horrid. Before I came on Enraptured had seen her for 40 minutes try to get the thing off. I looked at other pics of peregrines beaks last nite also to see what was what too. It was solid either metal or bone, and the very end at one point had white feathers stuck to it. I figured that the thing caught on her own feathers or the kids and stuck to it. But you know no wonder those chicks were hungry cause for sure they were way over due to be fed.
Thank the lord they are doing fine, because we were not overreacting, if you had seen what we seen, it was a sad sight. This all started way before dark so the light was not an issue, we tryed to see full screen and that was blurry to see what it was. Either way could see something stuck there, but could not tell what. I have watched that cam quite a bit and even after it was dark, as it is still well lit up, and she was acting so different last night and no bird I ever seen had a beak shaped like that. lol and the bird on the nest this a.m. did not have anything on her beak. I had stopped watching that cam yesterday as I was more interested in "our family in Winnipeg" but got drawn back in when Enraptured wanted a second opinion. He/she got me and Liz. Thanks for trying to waylay our concerns, hope you are not going to think of us as paranoid now. :) Who ever took those pics please send them. lol. :D
Baffled:
Yet another feeding today at 2:15 CDT. Those chicks are getting plenty to eat!
Lunch was some kind of speckled brown and white bird, with head and legs still attached. Feathers flew! The feeding adult then disappeared with the leftovers.
I didn't get a good look at the egg, as it was behind the chicks.
Pchemist:
Yep, a good feeding and all looks fine. They are still incubating the egg so hopefully it will hatch. Nice to see the three chicks all so actively demanding food! ;D
Baffled:
Another feeding (1pm CDT)! Looks like both birds are using and opening their beaks just fine: one to give a series of robust squawks and screeches, and the other to feed the chicks. I couldn't see anything amiss.
Still one egg, no futher sign of hatching that I could see.
The Peregrine Chick:
For everyone looking for something on the female's beak, keep in mind that a peregrine's beak has two colours, which may look a bit distorted on the webcam image. On peregrines, the structure at the base of the beak (where it meets the head) is called the cere and that is where the nares (nostrils0 are located. The cere on peregrines is yellow. The beak itself is black.
When I was looking at the Elk River webcam, I couldn't see anything amiss so wondered if perhaps it the colour of the nare is washed out on the image and that is what was causing the concern ....
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