Clara laid her first egg this morning right around 8:10 a.m. San Jose time! Congratulations to Clara and Fernando!

Clara had been spending a lot of time in the nest over the last few days.

Preparing to lay the egg:





One last push, and the egg is there:







http://sanjose.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=91

DC:

 

Still up there . . .

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A fleeting visit by DC this morning:

 

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That is a cute little guy . . .

Newest update on Bailey from Audubon Center for Birds of Prey FB page ❤️

After careful consideration we’ve been forced to make a very tough decision about the future of “Bailey� osprey, patient 799-17. She’s had extensive rehabilitation time and it is clear that she will never be able to hover, migrate or survive on her own in the wild because of her injuries. Amidst this sad news we have been comforted by knowing that there is a happy outcome for her. We’re quite pleased to announce that Bailey will be staying with us at the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey and be a part of our family for the rest of her life.
At the Center she has recently been moved into her new enclosure with her new roommate, Smedley! Like Bailey, Smedley had a rough beginning, falling out of his nest and fracturing his wing in numerous places when he was just 3 weeks old. He was housed with a female osprey companion for 18 years, but she recently passed away from old age leaving Smedley alone. For more about Smedley check out this video (https://www.facebook.com/AudubonCenterforBirdsofPrey/videos/1767425739936999/).
From day one Smedley was very smitten with Bailey, running over to her as soon as she was placed in her new home. She is quickly learning to appreciate Smedley’s favorite activity, getting a shower each morning from the person cleaning their enclosure. Dinner is served nightly with an array of various Florida fish species, all of which Bailey devours. She even gets an occasional live fish caught in Lake Sybelia, the lake that her new home overlooks.
Under human care Bailey will be free from any predators and receive a lifetime of room, board and yearly medical physical care. This along with healthy food means that osprey in a captive setting tend to live a lot longer, between 20-25 years usually. Bailey has had a difficult life up until now and she is already settled into her new life. We’re excited that she’ll have a good home with us for all the years to come!
The Osprey enclosure is viewable to visitors during Center operating hours, so we invite you to come visit and help welcome Bailey to her new forever home!

(Photo - Bailey is on the perch, and Smedley is on the ground with the great view of the lake in the background)

Many thanks for posting this update, Kris! After seeing the X-rays I knew that Bailey would not be able to fly well enough to migrate, and I was hoping that she would be able to stay at Audubon. They have taken great care of her, and I think Bailey will have a really good life there. I thought she would be missing her former companion Burn (although I was very happy that Burn recovered completely and was released). It is great that Bailey now has Smedley as a companion, and that he is already smitten with her.

Bailey is young, and very beautiful, and I think that she will be a wonderful education ambassador. After everything she has been through, she deserves only good things from now on. With her injuries, it is amazing that she was able to manage as long as she did in the wild. She is a very courageous osprey, and I wish her a long and very happy life. 

Very nice! Thanks Alison!  

Is that an old egg in the back right corner?

Carol, that is indeed one of last year's eggs in the top right corner of the nest box. It has been visible since last year's breeding season.





Finally, a glimpse of the eggs, and now there are four beautiful eggs:

DC in the afternoon. Did not see Beauty, but I believe she was close by.

         

DC:

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Congratulations to Wisdom and Akeakamai on their brand new chick, who hatched on February 6! What an amazing bird Wisdom is. 



https://twitter.com/AlbatrossCam/status/963977969680068608

https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2018/02/14/dance-like-an-albatross-this-valentines-day/

       

[Watch the Webcam: Falcons Deliver Egg-cellent Surprise on Valentine’s Day]

From an article in Business Wire on the San Francisco peregrines:

Watch the Webcam: Falcons Deliver Egg-cellent Surprise on Valentine’s Day
   
February 14, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Love is in the air atop PG&E’s San Francisco headquarters, where a pair of peregrine falcons laid their first egg of the nesting season just in time for Valentine’s Day.

The egg made its appearance in the nesting box late Tuesday, and is visible via the live, high-definition falcon webcam PG&E maintains on the building’s 33rd floor.

Bird lovers can catch a glimpse of the falcons nesting by watching our live webcam at www.pge.com/falconcam.

If all goes well, the lovebirds, nicknamed Val and Cupid in honor of today’s holiday, will lay another egg in about two days. They could produce up to four eggs in this season’s clutch.

The parents will begin the month-long incubation period after the female lays her second-to-last egg. The mother and father will take turns sitting on the eggs and hunting for food.

In May 2017, another falcon pair laid four eggs in the nest. Three of the eggs hatched, producing two females and a male named Steph, KD and Iggy after Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and Andre Igoudala of the world-champion Golden State Warriors. All three baby falcons successfully fledged the nest in July after scientists with the University of California-Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group banded them for tracking.

Glenn Stewart, director of the group, called the Valentine’s Day arrival the “perfect� timing, though he also said he’s “quite certain� the egg marks the earliest-ever Bay Area peregrine falcon laying on record.

“Very exciting – it begins again!� Stewart said.

The research group has watched as nearly 40 baby falcons have taken their first flights from PG&E’s headquarters since 2007.

The PG&E webcam garnered roughly 100,000 visits during 2017’s nesting season.

The complete article:

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180214006511/en/Watch-Webcam-Falcons-Deliver-Egg-cellent-Surprise-Valentine%e2%80%99s

Incubating this morning:



The three eggs:



She flew over to the ledge for a minute:



Right on cue, her mate delivered breakfast:





While she ate, he stood guard up high: