ELK RIVER, MN - GREAT RIVER ENERGY ~ January-July, 2013

catwoman · **Posted:** Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:00 pm

You're right, Kitten. At least she has an experienced mate to show her the ropes, unlike others like Durand. :eggthumbup:

Matrix · **Posted:** Mon Apr 29, 2013 8:03 pm

Really Glad to see her stop too! It's gonna be hard on her body...producing eggs and adult feathers...It will be interesting to see if she continues to get adult feathers, or if the brooding hormones stop that from happening...

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue May 07, 2013 3:55 pm

Mary Ellen laying around :flirty:

Dutch Eagle Fan · **Posted:** Tue May 07, 2013 4:58 pm

Matrix wrote:

Really Glad to see her stop too! It's gonna be hard on her body...producing eggs and adult feathers...It will be interesting to see if she continues to get adult feathers, or if the brooding hormones stop that from happening...

I read somewhere that especially the females use the incubation period to moult most of their flight feathers. (Because they spend most of their time on the eggs and don't need perfect flight feathers.)

Terka · **Posted:** Wed May 08, 2013 3:18 pm

Yvone · **Posted:** Sun May 12, 2013 4:20 pm

Changing of the guard. Dad sits on the eggs

all photos by Terka ( in my polish forum)

Yvone · **Posted:** Sun May 12, 2013 4:27 pm

Sunny day

Matrix · **Posted:** Tue May 14, 2013 5:51 pm

Thank You DEF!!!

GREAT CAPS EVERYONE!!

WARM DAY! She is panting...

catwoman · **Posted:** Tue May 14, 2013 6:50 pm

Thanks for the captures, Matrix! That's the first time in a while that I've seen her chest & belly. Was wondering if some of her sub-adult coloring was disappearing, but that doesn't appear to be the case.

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 12:19 am

catwoman · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 6:53 am

Nice video--thanks, Kitten! Boy, it sounded like she was giving him H---. She must have thought he was late for incubation duty. I noticed she stumbled a bit when she was on the perch, so she'd apparently been incubating for a while.

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue May 21, 2013 2:42 am

She really is doing a great job, she won't let the eggs alone for more than 2 minutes at a time. She must not go to far when she does get out, if "S" doesn't show up she is right back.
She is going to make a great mommy I believe

Matrix · **Posted:** Fri May 24, 2013 4:48 pm

kittenface wrote:

She really is doing a great job, she won't let the eggs alone for more than 2 minutes at a time. She must not go to far when she does get out, if "S" doesn't show up she is right back.
She is going to make a great mommy I believe

I Agree!! S was sleeping when a vehicle peeled out and loud motor startled him....ME must be just off cam...heard some short whines and S looked up...then the picture froze...

Hatch watch week is imminent!!!

catwoman · **Posted:** Mon May 27, 2013 9:28 am

Sawatzke

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catwoman · **Posted:** Wed May 29, 2013 6:31 am

Thanks for the capture, SGB. Soon we'll have another new mother to watch. Fortunately, she has an experienced male to help her. :eggthumbup:

Dutch Eagle Fan · **Posted:** Wed May 29, 2013 6:46 am

I think I hear chirping every now and then.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64402

I haven't heard anything yet...but, for a few seconds, they zoomed in..

Dutch Eagle Fan · **Posted:** Wed May 29, 2013 9:37 am

Definitely a chirping egg. Sawatzke was on the eggs, then Mary Ellen came back, screaming. :wink:

He blasted out of the box. At that moment I could see a pip in the egg that was front-left and heard loud chirping. ME hurried over and settled down.

ljames · **Posted:** Wed May 29, 2013 11:30 am

Oh yes, definitely chirping. :hapdance:

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