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MN / Elk River - 2008-22
Enraptured:
Can anyone help????
I've just turned my computer back on and have both our cam and Elk River up and for the past 40 min that I've been watching this Elk River adult has something stiff and white or silver stuck to its beak! S/he goes back and forth between calm and what I figure is agitated, shaking its head, putting its head under its wing at the back and in front, and this thing doesn't flutter, bend, move...It seems to be hooked onto its beak... I guess it's just wait and see, but I can't help but worry for this adult and how it'll affect it and the chicks. :'(
deedream:
well I just watched another feeding. :)This one was not as bad. Or should say it seemed more fair, looks like they all ate. Mom stood closer too. No sign of the egg, it was hard to see with the chicks all jumbled up. I thought there might be 4 chicks for a moment or two, but don't think so. Maybe they were all laying on and around the egg. Hope so.
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: deedream on May 28, 2008, 06:45 ---Monday, the others all hatched on Monday. Peregrine Chick says it can take a few days for all of them to hatch. More unusal to have a whole bunch in one day I think. I would not think it would be good for much longer however. Have a hard time catching up too as will be so much smaller. They grow very very fast.
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Last year our chicks hatched Monday am, Tuesday am, and Wednesday pm and chicks from all three days survived and thrived. Most hatch within 24-48 hours of each other. The folks in Elk River, one of whom is a very eminent peregrine expert, were still hopeful when I spoke with them yesterday as the female is still incubating it. As time goes by however, the chances for it hatching decrease.
deedream:
Monday, the others all hatched on Monday. Peregrine Chick says it can take a few days for all of them to hatch. More unusal to have a whole bunch in one day I think. I would not think it would be good for much longer however. Have a hard time catching up too as will be so much smaller. They grow very very fast.
Falconista:
How long has it been since the first egg hatched? At what point should we be worried that the last egg hasn't hatched yet?
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