It wasn't an Easter Egg, but it was really close to being one. Just past midnight, Nova stood up from her two eggs and at 12:39 am, Egg #3 arrived! It was 68 hrs and 26 mins between her 2nd and 3rd eggs. That's a pretty average time for Nova. Here is the video of [...]
That is eggcellent news and yet another Eggatha Christie Mystery! lol
We've had that happen more than once here. Sabrina was banded as a female and we later found out she was a he, when his mate laid eggs in their nest. So Sabrina became Valiant.
In a strange turn of events, the new Corpus Christi nest now has one egg. A new Canadian banded peregrine showed up recently at the nest site & was courting with an unbanded peregrine. It was identified by the Canadian Peregrine Foundation as a male, C/53, Kai, hatched at Etobicoke General in 2024. The mother is from Buffalo Statler, grandparents Ralphie & Alice. Great great descendant of Rochester Mariah & Kaver. An egg was recently laid at CC but by Kai & not the Noba! So Kai is a female, not male as originally banded. Strange things happen every year with Peregrines. Welcome Kai!
