bev. wrote:
why woul d they leave those eggs there. I think , when they can get them , they should have.
In nature , they would have rolled off cliff already.
they did say they had authority to remove eggs and there should not be a pressing matter right now.
Just my thought. Do they really think everyone want to watch Dan incubate, something that will not hatch
Here's a response Glenn sent to the Yahoo Group yesterday:
This has gone way past my expectations. We used to think falcons had an internal clock to tell them when they went beyond full term incubation but perhaps they do not. Everything I do (band birds, etc) is governed by permit and in this case my permit allows me to collect eggs "at the end of the nesting season." Collection of eggs during banding of young is allowed but removing eggs from sitting parents is a gray area. Think of it this way, peregrines fail at nesting every year and no one is there to remove their eggs so they can get on with their lives. I knew of two such nests last year. What is different about this nest is that it has a camera and many are watching. So I will not treat them any different then the others--just wait until they are done and go collect the eggs. Thanks for your interest in the falcons. --glenn At the time he wanted to get the eggs, BEFORE Cher laid her clutch, he only had Federal permission, not State. He has to have both here.
And, from what I understand from other posts to the forum, certain agencies no longer see a need for any intervention with peregrines going forward, as the population has recovered enough out here.. So unless something changes between now and next season, he will not be able to relocate healthy peregrine chicks who will fatally fledge into the bay, or onto roadways, etc....
So, hopefully, Dan and Cher will give up on the eggs, or they will break down.