Courtship and copulations keep going on. He keeps offering her prey and they do talk a lot!!Tomorrow a second egg?Sunday, March 23, 2008
Harrisburg
Courtship and copulations keep going on. He keeps offering her prey and they do talk a lot!!Tomorrow a second egg?
Cobb Island
This is a great site to learn more about the DDT disaster in the 50-60ties. And read about all the efforts that have been made to reintroduce the Peregrine Falcon in Virginia. And how the Center for Conservation Biology in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries conducts annual monitoring of the Virginia peregrine falcon population. Embryonic development
This picture gives a very schematic impression of what is happening inside the egg in 33 days.The last two images are from the last 4 days before hatching.
Terminal Tower Cleveland: 4 eggs!!!
Winter, cold, snow and temperatures below zero, this tough lady does not care. She lays a fourth egg in the scrape she keeps warm with her bodyheat.
She takes good care of her 4 unborn children.
She is SW!
Tough, sweet, strong, feisty and beautiful inspiring daughter of Isis and Osiris.
We all admire your falconspirit and love you !
Terminal Tower Cleveland
Dawn in Cleveland. No extra snow but the temperature is far below zero: -7 C. I'm not happy with that at all. SW and Buckeye must be having a very hard time, keeping the eggs alive. And staying warm enough themselves. The broodpatch is a large area without down protection, they are loosing a lot of bodywarmth that way. The broodpatch is very vasculair, and vasodilitation is optimal in order to transfer as much warmth possible to the eggs. In these weather conditions it takes loads of energy from SW and Buckeye to keep their own thermoregulation up and running. So Buckeye catch many flickers from the square below so you and SW can eat and keep the eggs on 38 C. We send you warmth and energy and we keep our talons crossed!
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