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Offline Jan

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #975 on: April 17, 2010, 18:55 »
This is so exciting !!!!!

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #974 on: April 17, 2010, 18:46 »
So for those of you who are need full disclosure  ;)

Yes, one egg in the west-side nestbox at the Radisson.  Guestimate that we should have three by Earth Day (April 22nd) and incubation should begin about the same time.  That would then set the clock for incubation, so add another 28-33 days (again approximately) from the start of hard incubation.  Webcam should go live earlier than last year, probably 10 days, 2 weeks before hatch, but I don't have dates yet from CBC (we were waiting for eggs!).  Last year we were later because we made the decision not to broadcast the installation of the tuppernest.  The cams are installed but we do have to connect them to the internet and test all the pathways prior to going live.

To help you out a bit until the cam is available, here's a picture ...


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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #973 on: April 17, 2010, 18:37 »
WOOHOO!!!!!  ;D - And they Nested on the West and everything!! - Great news TPC!! - We'll wait for news of MORE eggs in the next few days!!  :D

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #972 on: April 17, 2010, 18:11 »
It's exciting that Ivy is going to be a dad finally.  Can't wait to see him with offspring of his own.  I wonder if his passive nature will disappear once he has some eyases to protect or will he be the patient dad  ;)

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #971 on: April 17, 2010, 18:06 »
Eggs, no.  Egg, yes.  ;D  ;D

*yippee skippee*

Woohooo...Nest on the West!!!  :-* ;D

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #970 on: April 17, 2010, 18:06 »
Yes!!!  ;D   ;D   ;D

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #969 on: April 17, 2010, 18:05 »
Eggs, no.  Egg, yes.  ;D  ;D

*yippee skippee*

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #968 on: April 17, 2010, 18:05 »
does that mean there are eggs TPC

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #967 on: April 17, 2010, 18:05 »
Eggs, no.  Egg, yes.  ;D

There's an egg????  :o

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #966 on: April 17, 2010, 18:02 »
Just like last year, they visited the box often and had made a couple of scrapes in the gravel by this stage, but in the end they chose the ledge! 

Hmmmm . . . they're almost contrary enough to be cats!  ::)

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #965 on: April 17, 2010, 18:02 »
Eggs, no.  Egg, yes.  ;D

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #964 on: April 17, 2010, 18:01 »
A question for you TPC.  I know I am being anxious but here goes.

Once the place they decide to lay their eggs is determined, how long after that until the camera is up and running? 

Incubation won't begin until the penultimate egg (second last egg) is laid, so it usually takes about 3-4 days after the fiirst egg is laid until hard incubation begins, then we have approximately 28-33 days until the eggs hatch.  Once they start laying eggs (see Kinderchick's question earlier) we'll finally know which camera's to connect and test.  We have some new equipment to test on the CBC end but we will probably go live earlier than last year, probably a week or two before hatching but I have discussed dates with CBC yet.  You may remember that we were later than usual going live last year because we decided not to broadcast the installation of the tuppernest on the ledge.  

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #963 on: April 17, 2010, 17:58 »
Are they getting a kick out of keeping us guessing? It's as if they were reading our comments in observations, chuckling to themselves and wondering what else to do to confuse us  ??? ??? ???

I WANT EGGS!!!  ;)

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #962 on: April 17, 2010, 17:51 »
Hopefully I'll be able to confirm that they have chosen the nestbox in the next couple of days ....
How exactly do you confirm this, TPC? :-\

I open box, look in box.  If eggs are present, Princess & Ivy have chosen the nestbox  ;) ;D

Actually that is pretty much how it goes everywhere, you can't be sure who's going to nest where until they actual lay their eggs.  I don't even like to count my eggs until they hatch ...
I know that my question may have sounded rather simplistic, TPC, but being a relative "newbie", with lots to learn still, I had actually wondered if there was some way you could tell that they had chosen the nestbox, by looking at the scrapes or something else.  :-\ I did not really know that this can only be confirmed by actually seeing eggs in the nestbox. :-[ So I guess we'll just wait to hear from you, after you and Dennis have had a "look-see"! ;)

Your question was far from simplistic Kinderchick, but the answer is.  We can watch their behaviour and check all their favourite spots but with the Radisson birds, it really has been a case of one day there is an egg in the box or on the nestledge.  Last year, they were hanging out on the west side enough that we really thought there was a real chance they would nest in the box, but then suddenly we had an egg, then another, and a third and then a blizzard, then a fourth, then the ice-storm arrived and then when we say the eggs a week later we were back down to three.  So most of the time, its zoom onto the nestledge and there's an egg or open box, look in box, egg in box  ;D

Just like last year, they visited the box often and had made a couple of scrapes in the gravel by this stage, but in the end they chose the ledge! 

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Re: Radisson - 2010 / Ivy & Princess
« Reply #961 on: April 17, 2010, 17:38 »
I take it that means 'No'  ??? :-\