Would someone please tell him it's my turn to sit on the eggs! 

 

Welcome #4 

Egg #3 is here 

CPF has posted fight photos on their FB page if you want to see.  And details about how they separated them.

https://www.facebook.com/Canadian-Peregrine-Foundation-149280041803853/

I see the other female is banded as well. Do we know who she is?

Silver band on right leg..it might be the former resident female known as Mom - she's been parked outside the territory since Aria won it from her.  Not 100% since USFW bands are not easy to read but that is 'who' we think it is.  She only has the one band as she was banded coming through a banding site in the US many years ago.  That being said there are other females with only silver USFW that have been seen in other areas of the city so unless we can read the band...can't say for certain it's her.

CPF has posted fight photos on their FB page if you want to see.  And details about how they separated them.

https://www.facebook.com/Canadian-Peregrine-Foundation-149280041803853/

So after posting the above from emails that came overnight.  I checked my emails again because of course I"m nervous and waiting for news.  The watchers just sent an email saying Marlene was up early to check on Aria and lo and behold she laid an egg sometime during the night!  After all that, bless her little heart , I hope she can stay safe!   

No good news to report from here I'm afraid.  Territorial battles continue between aria and another female, they think it may be the former resident female.  There was a bad fight yesterday on the ledge, which ended up on the ground and Aria and the other female had to pulled apart by watchers.  Both flew off after that but this has been on going for two weeks now so I fear it's not going to end well for someone.

Will keep you posted when I hear anything else.  I wish I had better news to share.

B is back at 4.05 pm, nice little chit chat with DC and she's settling on her eggs.

B left at 12.22 pm  vocalizing.  Came back at 2.10 pm, started vocalizing and spinning around.  Next thing I see is both at Powers box.  B remains at Powers, DC into eggs.  Haven't seen anyone else on the cams but just wanted to note it for posterity.

 

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5.50 pm - Beauty upset and vocalizing from nest box.  She flew out and flew right back.  Same vocalizations as when intruder was here..she's looking up.

One of the Imprints blogs from 2007 has some good information regarding just such a question about delay in egg laying.

https://rfalconcam.com/imprinting/?p=45

"I've consulted with some falcon experts and learned a couple of things. The first is that long egg-laying times are not quite as rare as the literature might seem to indicate. It happened at a couple of nests in Toronto, Canada, for example. In those cases, territorial disputes appear to have been the cause, but age, weather and external stresses can all cause egg laying to be delayed. The consensus seems to be that as female Peregrines get older the normal gap of 48 to 72 hours between eggs can stretch, sometimes quite a bit."

Beauty is back at TS.