No pip but there is a notable white spot on one of the eggs. Has been there for a long time.

is Archer losing his distinguishing feather?

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Every Orchid me and my daughter ever received has died!! Beautiful but hard to keep. IMHO! We tried.

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Oh Mama Mia!! This gets better every day!!

A-dorable! Thanks.

The female has been panting all day too and is up off eggs a lot. Her eggs are due to hatch the same time as Beauty's.

4 Stork babies in Bornheim....where's the 5th? Thanks Janet

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Baby falcons named after 9/11 first responders and U.S. soldiers



Four baby falcons nesting in lower Manhattan were named Thursday after first responders who died in 9/11 and U.S. soldiers killed or injured overseas.

The peregrine falcons hatched three weeks ago on the eaves of 55 Water Street - also the headquarters of Hope for Warriors, an organization that supports wounded service members, their families and families of the fallen.

Tina Atherall, the organization's vice president, decided to name three of the falcons in honor of servicemen.

The fourth falcon was dubbed Hope, a name chosen by the daughters of two brothers who were 9/11 first responders, NYPD detective Joseph Vigiano and FDNY fireman John Vigiano.

"I remember one family member saying, 'It's like they're protecting the city again,'" Atherall said.

The three other falcons were named "Austin," after Gunnery Sergeant Matthew Austin, who was wounded in Afghanistan; "Shattuck," after a special ops member who was injured in Afghanistan and has returned to service; and "Jordan," after Lance Corporal Jordan Haerter, a Long Island native who was killed in Iraq in 2008.

Naming baby falcons has become an annual tradition. Each year about four eggs hatch on the building.

When the falcons are 3 weeks old, a Department of Environmental Protection worker determines their gender and puts a band on each of the birds to track them.

"To me it's more than just a name being thrown on a bird," Atherall said. "There's a bigger meaning to it all."


NY Daily News

Poor baby. Hope they all make it to adulthood.

Okay falconheads, I think the word of the day should be….

Dote.

As defined by the online free version of  the Merriam-Webster dictionary:

To  be lavish or excessive  in one’s attention, fondness, or affection – usually used with on as in doted on her only child

Yes, I think that would aptly describe KathyQ’s behavior.   She is a doting mom, but not in her dotage.

Is it because she has only one chick to concentrate on and has never faced this situation before?

I am only surmising that’s the reason for her constant hovering, looking at and sometimes poking the little one, following it from corner to corner.  And it often does not seem to be too thrilled with her over doting!

And boy does she like to feed it.  She’ll feed it til the cows come home – I mean until it is so full it doesn’t even want to look at her beak full of proffered food.

 But this is all good in my eyes.  As I said before, I think they often know or sense the well-being of their offspring on a level we don’t know or contrary to what we may see on screen.

 So I continue to dote along with her and still watch this little family everyday with much fascination and yes, joy.

By Laura today