This morning I woke to a happy surprise. In the pre-dawn light there was an eggshell at the Gulf Tower peregrines’ nest. The eggs have begun to hatch.
Below, Dori settles herself over the fluffy chick. New little bird!
Click here to watch the action on the Gulf Tower falconcam. (The nest will be hard to see for about an hour after sunrise because the sun reflects off the dirty camera cover. Don’t despair. The view clears.)
Happy Easter!
(photos from the National Aviary falconcam at Gulf Tower)
Update: More photos as I get them.
Here she’s in color at 6:33am before the sun gets in the way.
20 April 2014, 6:49am, second egg has pip hole. The sun is starting to blur the scene.
Great news! Easter chick for Dori. Can’t wait for the rest to emerge.
Looks like she finally moved the first piece of shell from under her at 3:50 and then got the other half about 2 minutes later. What an early bird!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/87087391@N00/13947418085/in/set-72157644173076045
What wonderful news. Happy Easter!
Yay for Dori and Louie family! Happy Easter! 🙂
Louie got his turn on the new hatchling later on before Dori came back. http://youtu.be/mvxl5tvQ80g
WOW! And I actually thought I was the 1st to see! (Yeah; at NOON!)
In the meantime, what’s up with Dorothy? She doesn’t seem to leave the box. At least, she’s there every time I chance to look. But she doesn’t seem interested in incubating. Does she think she still has more eggs to come? Not likely, from what you’ve written.
Thanks
Anne
Anne, Dorothy isn’t incubating and won’t be laying another egg but this is the time of the year that she spends at the nest… so there she is.
Second egg hatched about 30 min. ago.
Does anyone know where E2 spends his days? I remember someone speculating that a roving female might decide to move in on this nest and this male, but so far that hasn’t happened. Too late in the breeding season, maybe??
Suzanne, E2 spends his days at the Cathedral of Learning or very close by. No roving female has been seen, at least as of last Friday.
TYVM, Kate.
(Thank You Very Much)