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Eurasian Kestrel - Netherlands / Beleef de Lente
allikat:
I really hope the doves don't incubate these eggs or they will be very disappointed. It's really really sad that after all that drama, we are back at the beginning when the doves got in there first. I don't know if doves would remove these eggs or what? TPC????
maggieblue:
The dove is back in the nest making those noises over the eggs. The latest update says that the female Kestrel made only 4 very brief visits yesterday. It appears to be a case of use it or lose it, at least that is how I translate their comments. If the female doesn't get a male to return with her soon then the pigeons may take over again.
irenekl:
Both male & female doves have been at the nest for just over an hour. In and out, in and out. If this is the pair of doves that first layed eggs there a few weeks ago (remember the ravens dumping them onto the ground) then I wonder if they think these are still their eggs?? They do seem less and less nervous about hanging out in the nestbox.
birdcamfan:
Thank you. Everyday is another learning experience here!
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: birdcamfan on May 03, 2009, 08:16 ---Does anyone know-If this had been an endangered species such as a peregrine nest, at what point would the biologist have intervened and pulled the eggs out to artificially incubate?
--- End quote ---
There are different rules about handling birds and eggs in the UK (for sure) and I believe in Europe. When I was doing some falconry work in the UK a number of years ago, the rule was not to touch a wild bird because once handled, it couldn't be returned to the wild. I don't know if this would apply for species-at-risk but incubating without a full set-up to feed and rehab without imprinting is required before one can even consider pulling eggs to incubate. Most places don't have that kind of specialized facility/expertise and I don't know how easy it would be to arrange to get eggs across a border if a country nearby had that kind of facility. I know that when Saskatchewan had huge floods on the piping plover grounds in 2005, they scooped and ran (literally) to save as many eggs as they could but they couldn't get them across the border to a plover breeding facility because of US security concerns (ques: how much of a security risk are 100+ unhatched plover eggs?).
So even if the species were "at risk", they still may not have been able to do anything about the eggs ...
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