XCEL 2013

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Jul 10, 2013 5:53 pm

DJM-BD at RRP forum got these pictures of the banding at Blackdog he works there I guess, FB page

He posted this at the forum from Sundat of Bugsy

Matrix · **Posted:** Sat Jul 13, 2013 2:47 pm

Sherco:

The Plot

Momdar radar stops any further plotting...

la la la....Were just busy preening!!

Ok.... all Clear!....I think she's gone now!!

Matrix · **Posted:** Thu Jul 18, 2013 10:50 pm

Matrix · **Posted:** Sat Jul 20, 2013 6:47 pm

Finally a good arrangement to count the eggs!
2 new and 4 old...I THINK! LOL!!!

At least it was an old one she missed....He prefers to not incubate those when he is on duty...Or maybe the old eggs are dried out... and pop out from under them... like ping pong balls.... :teehee:

Matrix · **Posted:** Wed Jul 24, 2013 10:00 pm

BlackDog:

Shift Change in morning ...He was clearly too full to incubate...so he stood by for a few then went back on the eggs...She came back shortly...She is now doing most of the incubation...

One egg is half dark brown and half pale brown...Looks like an easter egg!!!...

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Jul 24, 2013 10:20 pm

I wonder if these eggs are going to hatch, it sure is going to be a late fledge if they do. And here is a question will the chicks be OK with it being so late in the season?

Matrix · **Posted:** Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:22 am

kittenface wrote:

I wonder if these eggs are going to hatch, it sure is going to be a late fledge if they do. And here is a question will the chicks be OK with it being so late in the season?

Not at all sure Kitten!
Tundra Falcons can do it in short time frames...they are hatching now...at least that is what I read...lol..
If she doesn't get aggressive with them like she did the last set...they may have a chance...(she has me suspicious)...
This is sure a learning curve!! :eggthumbup:

kittenface · **Posted:** Thu Jul 25, 2013 4:04 pm

Thanks Matrix I'm still learning after all these years.
I just went to RRP forum, and asked what Bob's thoughts are now :teehee:

Matrix · **Posted:** Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:20 pm

kittenface wrote:

Thanks Matrix I'm still learning after all these years.
I just went to RRP forum, and asked what Bob's thoughts are now :teehee:

Me too K.F.! If I knew it all...I'd find something else! Hope he looks at it differently now...Even if they don't hatch...she seems "different" somehow...and I don't mean in appearance...lol...Would love to have been in college and had this pair as a research subject!! :wink:

Matrix · **Posted:** Mon Jul 29, 2013 5:40 pm

Well...I appears Brent has given up.... (By looking at his shift in the dallies today...the most he did was sit by the eggs)

She has not given up though...which is more bizarre yet!

Trying to figure out a hatch date...I am guessing at the 10th of august...but everyone here knows, or will know... I am off every time.. LOL!!

Matrix · **Posted:** Tue Jul 30, 2013 10:10 pm

Blackdog:

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kittenface · **Posted:** Fri Aug 02, 2013 1:46 pm

Matrix wrote:

Well...I appears Brent has given up.... (By looking at his shift in the dallies today...the most he did was sit by the eggs)

She has not given up though...which is more bizarre yet!

Trying to figure out a hatch date...I am guessing at the 10th of august...but everyone here knows, or will know... I am off every time.. LOL!!

That what Amy said at RRP forum, the way she says it I'm thinking she still doesn't think there are new eggs

Matrix · **Posted:** Fri Aug 02, 2013 10:47 pm

kittenface wrote:

Matrix wrote:

Well...I appears Brent has given up.... (By looking at his shift in the dallies today...the most he did was sit by the eggs)

She has not given up though...which is more bizarre yet!

Trying to figure out a hatch date...I am guessing at the 10th of august...but everyone here knows, or will know... I am off every time.. LOL!!

That what Amy said at RRP forum, the way she says it I'm thinking she still doesn't think there are new eggs

Oh Well!

I can count!

:eggface:

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:10 am

Matrix wrote:

kittenface wrote:

Matrix wrote:

Well...I appears Brent has given up.... (By looking at his shift in the dallies today...the most he did was sit by the eggs)

She has not given up though...which is more bizarre yet!

Trying to figure out a hatch date...I am guessing at the 10th of august...but everyone here knows, or will know... I am off every time.. LOL!!

That what Amy said at RRP forum, the way she says it I'm thinking she still doesn't think there are new eggs

Oh Well!

I can count!

:eggface:

We may not be EXPERTS (whatever that means nowadays) but we CAN count :duh:

Dutch Eagle Fan · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 9:17 am

I agree kitten, after all these years of observing we all are experts to a certain level. And we most certainly can count :teehee:

Matrix · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 3:38 pm

HI DEF!!

Yesterday at this hot mess of a nest...

I wonder just how bad the old eggs smell..one has been rolled away..the two newer eggs and the two tone egg are still there...

Theve been off most of the day today, so far, with a very wet falcon this morning incubating, and from the bit of yesterday left... not much incubation either...

The only eggs that appear to have been moved from yesterday....are the two dark ones...I bet they have/had chicks in them!! Hope they collect these eggs and test 'em....

Dutch Eagle Fan · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 4:13 pm

This has been a "weird" nest for the last two seasons. So many eggs . . .

kittenface · **Posted:** Wed Aug 07, 2013 6:17 pm

Well there are only 5 eggs at King now :girlsad3:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64352

hot mess of a nest is right...

Thanks everyone..I've been checking in on this nest everyday, wondering what the heck will happen next. Hopefully, there will be NO hatches here since its been so crazy...

Currently, nobody is home, except the eggs...and I'm thinking I'm seeing 6 eggs right now~a little hard to tell..This certainly would be some eggs that I would want to test for toxins (not that I'm even gonna suggest that at RRP)

Strange, strange year..yet again at King...

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