[Peregrine falcon feeds some of its young to one of its chicks.]

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Peregrine falcon feeds some of its young to one of its chicks.

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[Happy Birthday Patti]

Happy Birthday Patti

  How sad, hope they find the eaglet soon!!!

I have been watching this story throughout the day and thought it a good idea to post what we know for sure and what we don’t know.  A cam viewer reported at about 3am Sat that it looked like an owl had attacked the nest and the eaglets and since that time E8 has not been seen.  The owl attack has not been confirmed, but what is confirmed is that E8 has not been seen all day.  Both eaglets have fledged and are able to fly, so E8 really could be anywhere.   It is unusual for a newly fledged eaglet to leave the nest area, but not unheard of.   It is also important to remember that the eaglets are bigger than the owls at this point in their life, so it is not at all likely that owl, if there an attack, would have carried E8 away or anything like that.  If E8 was seriously injured, it would be likely that he would be on the ground near the nest and many folks have been looking all day and have not seen E8 -although it is not clear whether the fields have been searched directly on the ground.  So talons crossed that E8 is just away, perhaps startled or scared away, but it is reasonably likely that all is okay.    I hope that helps a little bit with the worries.  We will all feel better if E8 pops up again on cam for sure, but all we can do at this point is trust that lots of people are watching for him and keep everyone posted.

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Yahoo-ey!!! 

Reports of an owl attack last night on both eaglets. E7 has been seen at the nest looking unharmed, we all continue to wait for E8's return.

Great, what next??   

[Have a great day Colleen!]

Have a great day Colleen!

LOL, B just cached that bird and DC brings it back!!

Beauty back in the swing of things, fresh breakfast.
Wear a feather day today!!

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/05/03/little-neck-osprey-nest-fire/#.VyzNnaBo6IU.facebook 

http://www.fios1news.com/newjersey/push-pause-nj-nature-raptor-trust#.Vy01GoQrLIW Well done video!

This afternoon as Hope and Terzo’s last egg began to hatch, Hope picked the new chick out of its shell, ate part of it, and fed the rest to her only remaining chick, C1.

All four of Hope’s eggs hatched but there is only one chick to show for it. On April 29 she killed and ate the second chick (C2) feeding part of it to C1. C3 hatched on April 30 but he never thrived. (Some of you speculated that she didn’t fed him adequately even though there’s enough food.)

Hours after C3 died Hope fed him to C1. And now she has killed and eaten C4, again feeding him to C1.

We don’t know why Hope is doing this. Perhaps her situation will inspire biologists to study her case.

In the meantime we can only wonder.

Needless to say her actions are distressing, so turn off the nestcam if it upsets you.

This is very abnormal behavior!!

 

p.s. I have no predictions on what she’ll do next. I have no idea how the season will end.


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  Thanks Deb!!

I got the tweet it was pipping, now this?? What is going on? She had babies before!! I don't watch either!

[Happy Birthday Linda!!]

Happy Birthday Linda!!