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Hi,

I saw the falcon this morning on cam.


Greetings
Annette

AND lots of Snow!   :scaredblue:

Their getting ready Aafke. Thanks.

So good to see falcon faces (that one is a great face) again  :clap:

Reminds me of KAVER  :heart: :heart: :heart:

I Can't Wait..................  :falcon:  :falcon2: :hatch1: :hatch1: :hatch1:

Hi all,

the female laid her first egg in this saison.


Greetings
Annette

Hi Annette,

This is great news.And it's still freezing cold brrr................ -5.........

Greetings Carla :hatch1:

 ;D   Yippee!!!!    :dance1:

Broken or poop!

A falcon is on the egg.  ;)

 Then it must be poop|

Perhaps is it a small feather on the egg?

2 eggs for Amsterdam and a kestrel in Harculo

OOPS.........eggs

:falcon:
3 eggs in Amsterdam !!!!
 :falcon:
greetings Aafke
 :falcon:

The fourth egg is laid.

 :clap: :2thumbsup:

 :mbanana: bguitar Only a few days before we have babies!!!!!
greetings Aafke

YES YES YES !!!!!!! :hatch1: :hatch1: :hatch1: :chick3:

Nice capture Aafke!

 :ditto: :bravo:

Thanks aafke , great pictures

These are the first ones to hatch in the Netherlands,aren't they ?
Last year I was there when the second one fledged.For me it was the first time to watch them live.
See my avator.

Greetings Carla

Hi Aafke,
I made a Kodak album from my visit last year.One fledgling (male )is on top of the smokestack above the nestbox,sometimes fed by one of the parents.Also some pictures of the nestbox with an eyas ready to fledge..All the other pictures are from the second fledgling (female).Enjoy.

Greetings Carla

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The first eyas has hatched.

Has the second egg a pip?

It looks like it, Annette.  What a cutie that little fluffball is!

Thanks Annette, :hatch1:

Yes.....First Hatch in Amsterdam.....

I think that's a pip too,how eggciting.

 Greetings Carla

I was just wondering, where will be the first falcon babies and it is in Amsterdam!
I see 2
Very nice

Let the babies begin!  :crybaby: :hatch1: :hatch1: :heartspin:

Picture from 5 minutes ago.
There is still 1 egg.
greetings Aafke

There is possible a third falcon (female) around the nest .There is a lot interuption in the feedings.The chicks are alone most of the time and don't get much food.I was worried because I was watching the fourth egg to hatch.They were allone for hours I searched other forums and found this sad worries.
Greetings Carla

For all the joy that Mother Nature brings us, she sure can give us a kick at times. Fingers crossed for better news...

Bobbie

This is so sad. We went through this with DeMortel and what a horrible few weeks it was. I'll never forget it. The intruder won..S2. It happens, we cry, we mourn but in the end, after all the name calling and our minds clear, we welcome her. It's human nature to feel this way  but it's also nature why this happens. I just don't like it during hatching.  :crying: Hope all goes well at this nest.

  Poor babies  :(

They are still alone and it looks like the 4th egg is hatching....Any news? Carla?

Watchers on the ground say there is a new female ,which is taken the prey from the male .They say he tries to reach the youngsters with the prey but she takes it all.He is flying around with her like he is accepting her as his new mate.It looks like the fourth egg is broken,good be a hatch.They still don't get enough food but they are alive.It does not look good at all.I hope maybe Tine can tell us more about what is going on or maybe Aafke , Where Are You................
Hope for the best !!!!!!
Greetings Carla

OMG...just like DeMortel......so the mom was killed or driven off? That's it....I can't go through this again. No way. Thanks Carla. So very very sad.

I have no more information than Carla told us!
It looks indeed the same as the Mortel, was it 2 years ago?
It was sooo sad and I don't like it. I was so happy to see the babies.
I just saw an adult in the nestbox, see my picture.
I'm hoping for the best
greetings Aafke

Of course Amsterdam is the only nest that's dark and you can't tell what's going on. Maybe we don't need to.  :(

I was wondering,since there is no aircraft operating since Thursday,(volcanic ash)and this nestbox is in the neighbourhood of Schiphol Airport , there is only silence and the sounds of so many other birds
could this have influenced the falcons.They are not used to  this silence,and they can hear each other better.Just wondering.

Greetings Carla

It's possible dad feeds them at night and keeps them warm.Let's hope so.
Greetings Carla

Nope!  Can't do it again.  DeMortel tore me up.  I get it and I understand, but I can't watch again.

Not sure of the outcome from yesterday but there is a falcon on the chicks now. I hope none got injured.

3 chicks and 1 egg still. Waiting to see if food is brought in.

No happy ending for the little ones.They didn't survive.The inside cam doesn't work at the moment and will be started up tomorrow .
There are hatches going on at the same page (zwolle) and maybe Tilburg.
I can hardly watch.
Greetings Carla

Yes it is soo sad! I just saw the dead babies, they are just so tiny.

But very good news that there are other hatches and I will try to look at them.
greetings Aafke

I looked today (although I didn't want to) and saw the little ones.  An adult came to the outside twice, once with food, but flew away both times. Sad... :'(

Heartbreaking!    :crying:

Oh no, the poor little ones...how awful. I was afraid to look. Guess they starved.  :(

Zwolle has a hatch !!   :clap:

Someone cleaned up the Amsterdam nest box....so sad.  :(  I was actually afraid to look this morning but I had to.

Thought I would share some sentiments...

Many of us remember from Ma, Pa & S2 that the Dutch do not intefere.  Nora from the Netherlands posted the sad news and ended her post with..."Our policy is to let nature have her course, no human intervention.  Let the peregrines live their own lives, let them be peregrines in the peregrine way. We'll watch and learn."  
I really like the statement let them be peregrines in the peregrine way. I need to remind myself of that every now and then as I warm up to Beauty & Archer.

Juanita expressed this on the Cleveland board...[/color]
"Nora, I am so sorry about Bea and her sweet precious babies. I feel her spirit waited until they joined her and they are together now.
It is difficult not to cry and grieve at a time like this, for how can we not get attached to such glorious peregrines."

~Joyce

 :thanx:

So what exactly happened here? Was there a take-over by another female and was the resident female killed?   Oh wow!

Hi Donna,
The mom was driven off, but watchers don't know if she was killed.She is not found yet.The male did not get a chance to feed the babies because the new female took all his food and she did not feed the little ones.It's very sad.There is a new female and maybe there will be new eggs.I cannot think clearly about that.
Greetings Carla

Falcon at Amsterdam....wonder what the out come is....is there a new falcon? Any news on the other that was driven off?

  Falcon there again...wonder if it's a new female and will she lay eggs?

I saw two falcons in the nest yesterday and one was VERY large and fluffy.  I had only seen one hanging around for quite a while.

Just wondering what's going on there. Every now and then I see a falcon there and was hoping for a 2nd clutch, if it's a new female. Poor Eemsmond huh....sitting away and nothing will hatch. Nijmegen should have a hatch any day now. Thanks.

A while ago this peregrine flew away.