OH / Columbus - Rhodes Tower - 2008-16

[irenekl]

Durand from Ohio & VV from De Motel sure are odd with the mothering thing.

[MayShowers]

Update:

The naming poll is now closed and the winner is...Zoom!  Thanks to all of the students who submitted names and the over 3,500 people who voted!!!  The banding is scheduled for Tuesday, May 21st at 10 a.m. and will be shown over the live stream.  We will let you know which feed (ledge or nestbox) when we get the details worked out.

Yesterday afternoon the chick ventured out of the nestbox and was out of sight of the adults.  This confused Durand and to compensate she went back into incubation mode and even offered food to the eggs!  This peculiar change in the adult's behavior continued into the evening.  Even though the chick was not in any danger, we made the decision to put the chick back in the box late last evening due to the cool overnight temperatures.  All seems very "normal" this morning.  

[Moonstar]

   Glad he/she is okay.

[RCF]

I just went to this site and can't see the chick, only the three eggs that never hatched.  I guess the chick could be in the areas tha camera does not show.
Has anyone else checked this site out today?

He/she is back with Mom this evening.  

[susha]

Little ones there now, snuggling with Mom and his egg siblings   Durand just won't give up on them...

[MayShowers]

Here are some snippits from the blog on the website.  There is more information on the blog (between my ...'s) where the layout of the nestbox, camera's and ledge are explained in more detail.  

Everything continues to go very well with the chick.  It is growing fast!  It is also advancing in its development such that it is becoming more mobile, preening, and vocalizing.  It is mobile to the extent now, that it has strayed out of camera view a few times, causing mild panic in more than a couple of viewers....Even though the chick will wander, it will consider the nestbox its "home base" and return there if it feels threatened, to be fed (at least for now) and to sleep at night.....Bottom line, please remember there will be times when the chick is NOT visible.  Two cameras on the ledge are nice but they do not offer 100% view of all nooks and crannies of the box and ledge.

[Moonstar]

I just went to this site and can't see the chick, only the three eggs that never hatched.  I guess the chick could be in the areas tha camera does not show.
Has anyone else checked this site out today?

[The Peregrine Chick]

Not sure Mom isn't saying, "sit back on your butt or you'll tip over!"
That is one full crop!

[RCF]

Video of Durand and Little One

http://youtu.be/hMpUIzhLIp8
video by skybluegirl

[RCF]

Today

[RCF]

Two days ago

 

[The Peregrine Chick]

By this point there is almost no chance those other eggs are going to hatch, it is just too long an interval.  In another 3 days this chick will be able to thermoregulate and the parents will stop coming in to keep the tot warm so if one/some of the eggs did hatch, it would be difficult for the adults to accomodate both/all chicks with such a difference in age/stage.

[susha]

From the site's blog:

It appears that Durand is finally ready to give up on the eggs.  (In this picture they are spread out...however, as I write this Durand came in to brood the chick and pulled one of the eggs under her again!)  At any rate, the chick continues to do very well.  It has grown to the point that for much of today it was able to be left uncovered! Each day it gets a little more mobile, taking short wanderings around the nestbox.  It's daily routine is pretty much along the lines of:  sleep, eat, chirp, sleep, sit up for a bit, chirp, wander, sleep, eat, sleep, eat again, wander, sleep, chirp, sleep, sit up, chirp, eat, sleep... you get the picture!

I'm so glad there's a healthy, thriving chick!

[MayShowers]

There is still only one chick at this site and it looks like it is doing well.  I just watched Durand feeding and she is getting to be very good.  She is still trying to keep the chick and the three eggs covered.

[susha]

According to the blog attached to this site, Durand is doing well at learning how to feed and care for her new baby.  Spark has been successful with the feeding and the blogger reassures everyone that the little one is doing fine.  I see a fair bit of shuggling going on now and the noise that the chick is making sounds very strange, but that could just be the sound system   Blogger also says that this little guy/girl could be the only hatchling this year, but insists it's still too early to tell.  I sure hope these two are successful with their wee one, even if it's a solo