Question about females talking to their eggs

[ezsha]

I have noticed several times today that, during the day, Beauty talked to the eggs as she was shifting around and/or turning them.

However, this evening after dark, she has not talked to the eggs while she was shifting or turning them the two times I have seen her - I've just heard her rustling about.

Is this a known behavior? And, could it be that it starts the programming of the circadian rhythms for the developing eyases? 

Or, by the end of the day, is she just too tired to talk?

Anyone?

[jeanne]

I wonder if perhaps she hears them in the eggs and is responding

[carly]

I wonder if perhaps she hears them in the eggs and is responding

Elk River Power Plant has sound on their cam and if you've never had the pleasure of watching that one...when the eggs get closer to hatching we've been able to hear the peeping from inside the eggs and the female responding.  This was the first cam I ever heard it on and was amazed by it.

This year the female(Mom, we called her as she was unbanded) has been lost 11 days into incubation and a new female, Dot has replaced her.  We're hoping for a new clutch shortly - but here is the link if you've never had the pleasure.

http://www.greatriverenergy.com/aboutus/environmental/birdcam.html

[Dumpsterkitty]

I have noticed several times today that, during the day, Beauty talked to the eggs as she was shifting around and/or turning them.

However, this evening after dark, she has not talked to the eggs while she was shifting or turning them the two times I have seen her - I've just heard her rustling about.

Is this a known behavior? And, could it be that it starts the programming of the circadian rhythms for the developing eyases? 

Or, by the end of the day, is she just too tired to talk?

Anyone?

This is our first year with sound during incubation.  I've noticed Beauty consistently talks to the eggs every time she returns from a break, including at night.  Talking to them when she rolls them has been more spotty.  I'll have to pay attention to see if she's doing it more regularly now.  Archer doesn't talk to them at all.  I've never heard anyone mention it at other nests with sound, but streaming video is relatively new. 

As Carly said, it is known to hear the eggs peeping & the adults responding once the eyas breaks through the air cell in the egg before hatching.  Hope we get to hear that this year!

[Shaky]

As Carly said, it is known to hear the eggs peeping & the adults responding once the eyas breaks through the air cell in the egg before hatching.  Hope we get to hear that this year!

We turned on the streaming video just before the first hatch last year. I'm pretty sure I heard peeping. The video was saved on Ustream for anyone who wants to look it up.

[Dumpsterkitty]

Memory is failing, of course Shaky is right-streaming did arrive in time for first hatch last year. 

Hope I remember hearing peeping from the eggs this year!

[chlosmom]

okay, i know this sounds weird, but it is said that human infants
can recognize their own mother's voice from others right after
they're born (been listening for months) maybe its the same principle
B talks to her eggs so they'll recognize her voice after they hatch
ok, ok, it's just an idea!!

[carly]

okay, i know this sounds weird, but it is said that human infants
can recognize their own mother's voice from others right after
they're born (been listening for months) maybe its the same principle
B talks to her eggs so they'll recognize her voice after they hatch
ok, ok, it's just an idea!!

Not weird at all, I truly believe that myself.

[MAK]

okay, i know this sounds weird, but it is said that human infants
can recognize their own mother's voice from others right after
they're born (been listening for months) maybe its the same principle
B talks to her eggs so they'll recognize her voice after they hatch
ok, ok, it's just an idea!!

Not weird at all, I truly believe that myself.

I agree. I've thought that since the first time I heard Beauty chatting to her eggs. 

[margaret]

okay, i know this sounds weird, but it is said that human infants
can recognize their own mother's voice from others right after
they're born (been listening for months) maybe its the same principle
B talks to her eggs so they'll recognize her voice after they hatch
ok, ok, it's just an idea!!

Not weird at all, I truly believe that myself.

I agree. I've thought that since the first time I heard Beauty chatting to her eggs. 

I'm with all you there!  I, too, believe!  It goes for humans as well as our falcons.

[Kris G.]

As Carly said, it is known to hear the eggs peeping & the adults responding once the eyas breaks through the air cell in the egg before hatching.  Hope we get to hear that this year!

We turned on the streaming video just before the first hatch last year. I'm pretty sure I heard peeping. The video was saved on Ustream for anyone who wants to look it up.

I heard it last year too, Shaky.

[ezsha]

8:41 p.m. Beauty shifted around, but did not talk to her eggs; the sun is set...

[chlosmom]

maybe at sunset mama stops talking to the babies----it's
night-night and time to sleep