48 days ago the Eemsmond female laid her fourth egg and they are incubating their eggs eversince. With the same percistance as the first day they keep turning the eggs.
Not knowing the eggs are not viable they will go on. The sight of the egg keeps the prolactine hormone level up. So they will go on breeding. If anyone took the eggs out in time, they would start a second cluctch. But no one will. So they will have no eyases this year.
Theu will probably stop after about 60 days. The hormone levels will change by the influence of the time of year, the temperature and their own molt cycle.
Nevertheless, the sight of this breeding female among all the eyases everywhere is kind of sad. Next year maybe new chances
Not knowing the eggs are not viable they will go on. The sight of the egg keeps the prolactine hormone level up. So they will go on breeding. If anyone took the eggs out in time, they would start a second cluctch. But no one will. So they will have no eyases this year.
Theu will probably stop after about 60 days. The hormone levels will change by the influence of the time of year, the temperature and their own molt cycle.
Nevertheless, the sight of this breeding female among all the eyases everywhere is kind of sad. Next year maybe new chances
2 comments:
It is very difficult to watch this Mom sitting for such a long period of time. It would truly be a kind and humane gesture to slowly remove the eggs. Birds enter a depression of sorts, when they are on the nest for such a long time with no positive outcome. So, powers to be, please give some consideration to perhaps begin removing the eggs!
what has happened at this nest? Since the cams are down we hope the mom has left the nest
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