The initial clear shot of the egg is at 11:04, behind her legs.  The first egg is rolled to the front and out of sight.

First one is just showing to the left of the knot... second one is between and behind her feet!

Yay!
ezsha

I'm not saying you're wrong...I did see some pushing at 11:09...but I don't see a 2nd egg yet.  Lightened up the main cam pic & I only see one

If you click on the image, you can see the upper part of the first egg to the left of the knot. The second one is between and behind her feet.

Sorry, wrong image above, corrected now.

There's one in front of her talons, but is it one behind them? I believe it is!

 

Thanks, Shaky...now I can say it's because of a game that I'm all quacked up! Cute! And classical music too!

let's spend some time together without the kids...
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Thank you muchly for the higher resolution cameras!!! When clouds happen to be passing by, it is possible now to actually identify them, in the moments between the main attraction.

I found a really neat site dedicated to cloud watching, the Cloud Appreciation Society, which offers this lovely guide to help you out:


I'm not quite sure I'm posting this in the right location, but I do plan on using it while looking at Cam 1's amazing images, especially at night with the moonlight behind them...

Also, check out some absolutely amazing sky shots in their gallery.

Here's to an amazing season of sky watching with both our falcons (and their young-uns), and our clouds...
ezsha

Now this is a sign!

Out in Spokane, WA, there's a duck imitating art... the story Make Way for Ducklings (1941) has turned into an annual event, due to a mama duck nesting on a concrete ledge 10 ft. over the sidewalk of a bank entrance.

2008

2009

The Sterling web site.

It looks like she's back again this year...

I'm amazed they can take pictures like that. They must use a really tiny camera.

Actually, they use different kinds of microscopes... you can see the various types and the magnification in the details of each picture... Microscopes have come a loooong way since I last used one... here's a little more information, with even more links at the end.

In bopping around, I checked out the rules, which I will partially quote here:

2.  Photomicrographs must be taken using a light microscope (I stand corrected! ez), such as one of the Nikon series of compound or stereoscopic microscopes. The use of Nikon equipment is not required.

3.  Any type of specimen is acceptable. All techniques of light microscopy are acceptable: brightfield, darkfield, phase contrast, differential interference contrast, fluorescence, multiphoton, modulation contrast, Rheinberg, oblique, confocal, deconvolution, mixed techniques, etc.

Anybody interested in submitting something pf related? Submissions due by April 30...

Also, their past winners (from 2000 to 2007) are available as yearly screensavers... who knew?

Beauty's making sure everybody in the nest box is okay!

and making sure Orville's okay, too...