OH / Columbus - Rhodes Tower - 2008-16

[jadoo]

...of course, now that i've said that, whoever is in there now has decided to include the 4th egg in incubation, after ignoring it all day...

[jadoo]

...just tuned in today, first time since Friday - they seem to be incubating only 3 of the eggs - the splotchy one has been pushed to the side, and the parents seem to be ignoring it.  Has anybody else been watching this?  When did they stop incubating the 4th egg? (It was the last one laid)...probably unviable, cracked shell or something, i guess...

[The Peregrine Chick]

Sure shows you the value of having an "old bird" to teach the young ones "new tricks"

[birdcamfan]

Maybe when he gets older he'll grow a bigger butt and be able to fit them all underneath.

[jadoo]

...little more impressed w/ Trooper this a.m., when I first checked in, Scout was sitting on the eggs, then she seemed alerted by something outside, and got up & left - the eggs were sitting in a perfect square (makes me think Scout may be a little obsessive) - anyway, a few minutes later Trooper came in to take over for awhile, and managed to carefully settle on the eggs without disturbing their formation, and (pretty much) covering them all - maybe Scout isn't so much obsessive, but more like "There - i've got them sitting just perfect for you, all you have to do is settle on them, and they'll fit - just DON'T MOVE THEM!!!"....
I'd hate to be Trooper if he moves them out of formation...

[Alison]

I'm glad that Trooper came along when he did. Scout waited so patiently for a new mate, and Trooper is a cute little tiercel.

A new poster on the Cleveland forum, Pascalger, posted a video of Scout laying the fourth egg. Here's the link:

http://www.valkvideos.nl/apr-14-4e-ei-full-forum.htm

[jadoo]

...an eye on this nest all day - Scout did most of the egg-sitting today, she manages to huddle all 4 under her.  Trooper is in there now;  he keeps TRYING, but you can see the constant "WTF" look on his face as he tries to get all 4 under him and settled.  He keeps doing that "rearing" thing to snuggle up to them, but he's doing it from too far away...I think he's pretty young...oh, well, either he'll learn, or Scout may start looking for a replacement...

[jadoo]

...yeah, that explains a lot...

[birdcamfan]

No wonder she was in such a snarky mood

[jadoo]

...hey, there were 3 eggs in there not an hour ago, now it looks like 4 - and i missed it!

[Saoirse]

Oh yeah, this is definitely one area where the ladies rule (as they should!) . . . poor Trooper will soon learn . . . 

[jadoo]

..so, this morning Trooper goes into the nest box & approaches the eggs, with an eye to incubating them, when Scout shows up, and harasses him out of there...later, he shows up with a food package, Scout yanks it away and disappears, leaving him looking bewildered; now, he's sitting on the ledge, there's nobody in with the eggs, but he looks afraid to move.  LOL, it's tough being a male peregrine falcon...

[jadoo]

...lol, just saw Trooper bring a food package to the ledge and start calling;  Scout flew in, yanked it away from him, and flew off again, without so much as a thank you.  Trooper looks pretty confused...

[jadoo]

...Scout, sitting on the eggs here, is having a re-learning experience, trying to fit them all under her....

[bcbird]

I was kind of hoping for Phantom after seeing the caption.
Especially since TPC's reminder of Abba's Super Trooper, Trooper seems a great name!