OH / Columbus - Rhodes Tower - 2008-16

[Pam]

This site really has had a rough couple of years, doesn't look too promising for this one either!

[Elaine L]

It would have been nice to have five eggs hatch at this site, but considering all the circumstances, I guess this is too much to ask.  I still feel, though, as if we have lost five chicks.

[carly]

Donna has new and informative blog up this morning about possible reasons for Durand's behaviour.

http://ohioperegrinefalcons.blogspot.com/

[RCF]

Poor Durand, she's not really incubating anymore.    I'm sure she would be a good Mom, but with no help she needs to look after herself first.  She went in and sort of lay on the eggs, but not for long. She's perched on top of the box preening.

 

[MayShowers]

Of course, I no sooner send post that there is no one on eggs, and Durand is back. 

[MayShowers]

When I checked in this morning there is still no one sitting on the eggs 

[birdcamfan]

Too bad. This website has had a lot of bad luck over the past few years.

[Kinderchick]

She's been off the eggs for over 6 hours today already. 

This doesn't sound good at all.

[jadoo]

...hey,carly, i went back to columbus forum to catch up on the goings on, and saw that you replied to Jook's posting, but called Jook "jadoo' and added your own comments to my observations on this forum  - LOL  - Jook must be wondering who jadoo is  - either you need some sleep, or you'll have to start limiting your forums (but please stay here with us!)      (ps, this is the only forum i post on...)

[carly]

She's been off the eggs for over 6 hours today already. 

[susha]

Oh no!  Really?!?  I have been noticing, when I check in, that the eggs do seem to be uncovered a lot, but I figured it was just bad timing on my part

Rats

[jadoo]

...just popped in to check things out on this cam, and on their forum; Not looking good... Durand has spent a LOT of time off the eggs lately, in and out of the box, and on and off the ledge, and according to their forum, nobody can recall seeing Flyboy for at least 3 days...hard to tell, sometimes, because although he was in the box a couple of times after Durand got the hang of things, he never did any incubating;  also, there are plenty of ledges nearby that he may prefer, but the tone of their forum is one of worry.  (Having said that, i should also mention that the members of that forum do tend towards near-panic sometimes     ...just saying..)  Anyway, upshot is that most of the watchers are concerned that the eggs are no longer viable, if they ever were.  It would be too bad, but really, it is Durand's first year, so she's just struggling up the learning curve, she'll do better next time... (and I suspect Flyboy may have just booked it  - I never warmed up to him anyway...)

[MayShowers]

Mom was gone for just shy of one hour,  but is back now.

[MayShowers]

Something just upset mom.  I can only get the refreshed still images, but mom had come back into the nest, settled on the eggs, the her head was up and she was gone.

[The Peregrine Chick]

It does take the boys some time to get the hang of it.  Took Beau a week-ish if not maybe a bit more before he was effective at incubating.  Ivy was a bit better but he had an experienced female to show him.  Durand and Flyboy are both first-timers and he may literally not be able to get 5 eggs under him.  So long as the weather is cooperating, the eggs won't be hurt by time uncovered - we had a female who did it regularly back in the day.

One more note, different birds, different amounts of incubation.  We have had males and females who share equally (Princess & Trey) and those that did not (male T-Rex and Burnsie - T-Rex did 75% of incubation).  Age and even when pairs change can change who incubates the most - seems as though Princess is incubating less than she did when she first hooked up with Trey.