U of Alberta - 2009 / Damon & Radisson

[carly]

Apparently Ravens usually lay between 4-7 eggs.

[birdcamfan]

I thought she was looking underneath herself as though she was looking for something. It sure is a tiny egg for such a huge bird. I was hoping this wouldn't happen.

[carly]

One egg in the nestbox confirmed.. Weezie just too off out of the box.

[bev.]

Well I hope she gets out of there safe and sound.

 I am off to church now.

I will check in when I can.
I got your Pm Carly. thanks . I will send you one as soon as I can

[carly]

Happy Easter Bev!!

Weezie is not giving up any secrets this morning at all.  She was just almost standing on her head...weird!!  She keeps moving around but I can't quite see fully under her so no idea if anything is there but doesn't look like it from the last stand on my head pose. 

[bev.]

I checked some other forums, but I guess it is Easter and like me, we are getting ready for church.

Happy EAster Everyone.

i hope this works out in the best possible way now. they maybe will not have their eggs but I hope they have their lives to lay more eggs, elsewhere.

[bev.]

I am just up and going to get ready for church.

I will poke around on other sites and seed what I can see.

I think they will continue to buzz the nest but I cannot see them going in , until they get her out.
she is so close to the front.

[carly]

So much for our falcons laying back and biding their time I guess...

[maggieblue]

Darn, I must be on a different refresh cycle than you.

It seems to just be pure luck.  It was on camera 1, I only caught it because I noticed that Weezie on cam 2 seemed to be watching something.  Scary how close those big wings come to the nestbox and platform. 

[carly]

Darn, I must be on a different refresh cycle than you.

[maggieblue]

FALCON flyby at the nestbox 

[maggieblue]

Just caught up on the reports, many thanks Bev and Eli.  Really good news that both falcons are back   
Hopefully they can harrass the ravens enough that they will move on.  I see that camera 2 has cleared up this morning so that we can tell what is going on in the nestbox.  Weezie seems to have glued herself there 

[carly]

8:20 AM EST:  Weezie in the box sitting tight...can't see if there are eggs under at all as she's not budging yet.  No sign of Radisson or dad as of yet, no George yet either.

Cam 2 has cleared up this morning so you can see in the box.

[Elaine L]

One thing again I forgot to mention before with all the drama at the nest site is that the female raven was very clever tonight, as she knew the falcon was close by watching her, so she flew only very short distances to get to where she needs to go (in this case, back to the nest), and very close to the buildings, and she places herself in small areas, and the falcons cannot attack her easily under these circumstances.  

I would be able to concentrate on how wonderful it is to have our falcons back if it wasn't for this awful situation.

Bev: I hadn't planned on going down to the nest site tonight, as I live quite far away from the University of Alberta (it takes me at least 25 minutes to get there by car); but I just had to see what was happening, so I did not have time to notify you of my intentions.  I will try and make it down there tomorrow as I am very worried about the whole situation. It will have to be after Easter dinner.  

[Liz]

Peter has a great sense of humour!  I look forward to his wit all summer, bev.  Happy Easter to you, too.