I alerted everyone to a possible pip in the small end of one of the eggs this morning at the SW Florida nest of Harriet and M15. It is unclear that the information I had received by a source was accurate. It appears to me that nesting material was in the way.
Harriet is very restless. That tiny, tiny little uplifting is all I can see on the egg at the moment and it doesn’t look like a pip to me.
It would be nice if that earlier reported pip was hidden on another side. I do think it is nesting material fooling people. There will be a pip soon!
Thank you for being with me and apologies for any early excitement. Thanks to SW Florida and the Pritchett family for their streaming cam! Take care.
I went to the UK as a Commonwealth Scholar in 1990 and received my PhD from the University of Leicester in 1993. After three decades of university teaching, I retired to devote my time to the study of raptor behaviour. I am particularly interested in Ospreys and am working on a long term project on third hatch survival and siblicide in these raptors. My blog is a result of a fascination with my local wildlife and the desire to encourage others to love and care for birds! I live on the Canadian Prairies and prior to the pandemic travelled a lot. I am questioning the use of aviation fuel at the moment as we all strive to help our planet. My early research was in politics and art including British public statues exported to Southeast Asia and Vietnam Resistors that contributed much to Canadian ceramics. Books and articles were published on those subjects over a period of 3 decades. Now I am working on books for children so they can learn about the challenges our raptors face.
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That is perfectly fine Mary Ann! I can see why some would think it is a pip. I thought it was too!
We will be excited to see it when it comes !
Linda
Me, too. I thought it was when I got the image!!!!! LOL. Well, today is the real thing.
Oh thanks! Been busy and I didn’t know. How exciting! I’ll go look now.
Thanks Mary Ann!