So there wasn't enough left of the pigeon to make another meal? Is it usual for a raptor to do that kind of housecleaning? I thought what she was carrying looked fairly substantial.
Will Pops come into the nestbox to deliver the next pigeon, or will he hand (beak?) it over to her outside? I'd love to get a look at him. Omigosh, he just arrived on the doorstep and dropped his catch right inside, then flew away immediately. She got up and grabbed it and is now feeding the chicks again. What a gas! Doesn't look nearly as big as a pigeon; a mouse, maybe? The last egg still hasn't hatched. Doesn't look good for that one... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : She was feeding them a pigeon, I presume, this morning. The rest of the times I checked, she had settled in on them to keep them warm. I'm not sure how old she is but I heard she was there last year. It's going to be fun to check in on them as they grow. Once they can maintain their body temperature, she will spend less and less time with them and we'll get better looks. Looks like she may have an early AM and mid afternoon feeding schedule for them. I imagine *pop* will be bringing in the *take-out*. On Sunday, April 20, 2014 2:36 PM, "authfriend@..." <authfriend@...> wrote: Mike, a minute ago she scooted out of the nest carrying something fairly substantial in her beak that she apparently deposited outside somewhere. Couldn't see what it was; could it have been the remains of the carcass she was feeding the chicks? Was she housecleaning? Dinnertime's over; she's now settled down over the little beauties. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote : Oh, she's feeding them, right this instant! Hubby must have brought some grub. Shame there's no microphone; it would be fun to hear their peeps. They look like they're making quite a racket. Little pure white puffballs! http://www.pacast.com/players/falcon.asp http://www.pacast.com/players/falcon.asp Do take a look, folks. If she's still feeding them when you do, it's a real treat. There are two cameras that switch off, so if the view in which she has her back turned shows up first, just wait 15 seconds or so and you'll get a view looking right down on top of the chicks. Still one unhatched egg, though. One of the three chicks she's feeding must have come out of the shell I saw earlier. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <authfriend@...> wrote : Happy Easter Birthday for these chicks! Very appropriate timing. I looked a couple of times but haven't seen her feeding the chicks yet. For awhile there was what looked as though a whole egg had somehow rolled out from under her and was sitting at a little distance all by itself. I just looked now, and it's only a shell (half a shell, in fact). Is that what it was all along, and I was seeing it from the wrong angle? Or did the fourth chick hatch from it while I wasn't looking? Any idea how old she is? Is this her first batch of chicks, or is she more experienced? Where's Pop with the next food delivery? What has she been feeding the chicks with up till now? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : Just checked the Falcon cam and three chicks have hatched and mother is feeding them! One more egg to hatch! http://www.pacast.com/players/falcon.asphttp://www.pacast.com/players/falcon.asp http://www.pacast.com/players/falcon.asp
