Other Peregrine Projects > USA Peregrines
MN / Elk River - 2008-22
bcbird:
No more coverage would be unfortunate for us.
Actually removing the nest box would be a terrible thing to do as it has been so successful and productive for years.
It is heartening to think the male may have another chance this year, and it would seem ideal if it could be at the site he has known.
carly:
Well first off, he'd never abandon his site..he migrates year after year to come home to this site. He was only incubating around 11 days...not too late to find a new mate and reclutch as they are later nesters ...like your birds out west. There are alot of female floaters in that area as attested to by the number of territorial fights/ intrusions over the years there.
Perhaps they didn't want to save the eggs and have people watch...no issue with that as it does happen. One mate dies and hard for a parent on their own and given they weren't far into incubation, no one would blame them I'm sure. If it was a few days to hatch, that's another story.
Maybe I"m reading too much into it but they just seemed to have turned the cam off and are saying 'nothing to see here now move along'. Perhaps it's someone with no writing skills but I"m worried as they recently took down alot of nest sites on their property citing the birds were interfering with power lines, etc so I'm hoping they aren't planning to do the same here.
If they want to save money by turning the cams off..I can understand that too, as TPC explained to us the cost so totally understandable. But no message saying if things change, we'll resume where we left off or anything.
bcbird:
Is it possible the male is still episodically incubating, or are you concerned that the eggs were just taken, not rescued?
They don't want to show the cam, because they are getting so much public comment?
carly:
Something about this is not right. I know he'd have to abandon the eggs for self preservation but the site? I'm not buying it.
The fact that the biologists are silent speaks volumes - they are good people but perhaps they had no choice in the outcome - even though they wanted to help.
Look at Alcoa in Australia and how they tried to get rid of the falcons there...
bcbird:
I hope the male is healthy.
His instinct was so strong to incubate that he went a long time without eating.
Finally, his instinct for self preservation must have overcome his parenting urge.
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