We've got babies in the nest [at Greysolon]!!
Monday May 14 I checked on the birds in the morning--everything seemed normal, quiet and somewhat boring. The female was on the nest, the male was on the clock tower, no one was moving at all during the 25 minutes I observed.
Today I stopped by the parking ramp to check in and I was able to see quite a bit of 'junk' in the box--looked like either leaves, feathers or other debris, but there were 2 perfectly circular objects that got my attention immediately, I wondered if they could be eggshells??
I scanned for several minutes looking for the male, but found him perched right outside the box! I haven't seen both parents AT the box since they started incubating. This made me even more certain that something had happened. He flew off and out of sight--HUNTING??
Turns out, those circular things WERE eggshells! After 30 minutes or so, the female popped her head up as the male landed on the perch, then she got up and moved around enough for me to see 3 little fuzzballs and one egg left to hatch!
I'll send photos as soon as I can figure out a way to take a decent picture from the monitor--may not be possible with my cheapo little camera. Like a proud auntie, I'm dying to have pictures to show! Good grief.
I'm looking forward to the season, can you tell?!?!
More later,
Julie
Monday May 14 I checked on the birds in the morning--everything seemed normal, quiet and somewhat boring. The female was on the nest, the male was on the clock tower, no one was moving at all during the 25 minutes I observed.
Today I stopped by the parking ramp to check in and I was able to see quite a bit of 'junk' in the box--looked like either leaves, feathers or other debris, but there were 2 perfectly circular objects that got my attention immediately, I wondered if they could be eggshells??
I scanned for several minutes looking for the male, but found him perched right outside the box! I haven't seen both parents AT the box since they started incubating. This made me even more certain that something had happened. He flew off and out of sight--HUNTING??
Turns out, those circular things WERE eggshells! After 30 minutes or so, the female popped her head up as the male landed on the perch, then she got up and moved around enough for me to see 3 little fuzzballs and one egg left to hatch!
I'll send photos as soon as I can figure out a way to take a decent picture from the monitor--may not be possible with my cheapo little camera. Like a proud auntie, I'm dying to have pictures to show! Good grief.
I'm looking forward to the season, can you tell?!?!
More later,
Julie
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