Amidst the sadness and confusion over what happened to the two eggs and the only chick at Achieva and the egg of Jak and Audacity breaking, there is joy.
Annie was looking eggie yesterday and she laid that first egg in the wee hours of the morning. Something wonderful to look forward to!
Thanks for the alert ‘B’ and thank you, SK Hideaways for capturing the moment on video!
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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Awww. yes..twas a bittersweet day…Annie lays an egg, – For me, I got to see Cal back at the Captiva nest, E23 accidently fledged and Jak & Audacity loses another egg, It’s really slim hope, but I’ll pray anyway for J & A for a 2nd clutch, for if this egg can last this long unbroken, maybe the next can last just as long or more with a healthy eaglet inside…God willing..To compensate for this loss, I went outside & recorded, all the birds chirping on my Merlin App, on my phone… Hope you have a beautiful day
Hi Jan. You did precisely the right thing – go outside and listen to the life around you! We must celebrate all of the good things and be hopeful for the future for those that lost chicks or their eggs were not viable. They will move on and so shall we!
Beautifully captured moment.
Thank you, Michael.
You are most welcome.
Awww. yes..twas a bittersweet day…Annie lays an egg, – For me, I got to see Cal back at the Captiva nest, E23 accidently fledged and Jak & Audacity loses another egg, It’s really slim hope, but I’ll pray anyway for J & A for a 2nd clutch, for if this egg can last this long unbroken, maybe the next can last just as long or more with a healthy eaglet inside…God willing..To compensate for this loss, I went outside & recorded, all the birds chirping on my Merlin App, on my phone… Hope you have a beautiful day
Hi Jan. You did precisely the right thing – go outside and listen to the life around you! We must celebrate all of the good things and be hopeful for the future for those that lost chicks or their eggs were not viable. They will move on and so shall we!
Morning Mary … Today is St. Patty’s Day…The luck of the Irish… Here in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, we have our 1st Peregrine Falcon egg of the season for 09/BS (female) & 85/AK (Male)
https://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/falcon/falcon-cam-popup_v2.html
Oh, how wonderful. Thank you for letting me know! And have a Happy St Patrick’s Day!