2011 Pictures from the Rfalconcam cameras

[Bobbie Ireland]

Personally, I think Beauty's instinct knows something is amiss. Now she relinquishes more to Archer.

Does anyone know what is the longest time for hatch?

I am getting sooooo apprehensive!

[Kris G.]

Personally, I think Beauty's instinct knows something is amiss. Now she relinquishes more to Archer.

Does anyone know what is the longest time for hatch?

I have thought for several days now that Beauty is starting to abandon the eggs.  She knows.  I think that Seneca's baby hatched at around 45 days if I remember right. 

[jeanne]

I really have thought the first egg would not hatch so what would be the time frame for the second egg?

[margaret]

Personally, I think Beauty's instinct knows something is amiss. Now she relinquishes more to Archer.

Does anyone know what is the longest time for hatch?

I  agree, Joyce.  B definitely knows something is amiss.   I wonder if instinctively she is giving up the eggs to keep Archer where she knows where she is?   Or am I anthropomorphizing again?
I was also just going to ask if anyone knows what is the longest time an egg has sat before a successful hatch.   I seem to remember someone posting about a surprise hatch after something like 44 days? 
I know one of you has an answer  :-)

[ginha]

Giving the eggs some air

[Kris G.]

I looked it up and Seneca's baby hatched at 42 days but they said on the CMNH Forum that " Hilliard hatched at 44 days".  When hatches are close, don't the females usually spend most of the time on the eggs?  Another question- if the eggs become abandoned by A & B, will the DEC remove them to determine what is wrong?

[Donna]

Beauty's back
"Thanks Buster"

[margaret]

I looked it up and Seneca's baby hatched at 42 days but they said on the CMNH Forum that " Hilliard hatched at 44 days".  When hatches are close, don't the females usually spend most of the time on the eggs?  Another question- if the eggs become abandoned by A & B, will the DEC remove them to determine what is wrong?

I knew you'd have the answer.  Thanks.  So, this first egg was laid on April 1 or 2?  Second egg arrived on the 8th of April, and the third egg came pretty quickly after if I recall.    She has expended a lot of energy keeping these eggs warm and dry for these past....almost two months!   Perhaps our miserble weather is part of it too?  
I think someone posted that just prior to hatch that Kaver would do more incubating duty at night.  Archer has certainly be spending a great deal of time on the eggs lately.  Why?  We don't know.  So many questions.

And I think we are all wondering if and when the DEC or another expert should perhaps be consulted.
Of course, out in the wild, unmonitored, these things happen as well.  It's just that we are so up close and personal in these falcons' lives.  

[Kris G.]

I looked it up and Seneca's baby hatched at 42 days but they said on the CMNH Forum that " Hilliard hatched at 44 days".  When hatches are close, don't the females usually spend most of the time on the eggs?  Another question- if the eggs become abandoned by A & B, will the DEC remove them to determine what is wrong?

I knew you'd have the answer.  Thanks.  So, this first egg was laid on April 1 or 2?  Second egg arrived on the 8th of April, and the third egg came pretty quickly after if I recall.    She has expended a lot of energy keeping these eggs warm and dry for these past....almost two months!   Perhaps our miserble weather is part of it too?  
I think someone posted that just prior to hatch that Kaver would do more incubating duty at night.  Archer has certainly be spending a great deal of time on the eggs lately.  Why?  We don't know.  So many
questions.
And I think we are all wondering if and when the DEC or another expert should perhaps be consulted.
Of course, out in the wild, unmonitored, these things happen as well.  It's just that we are so up close and personal in these falcons' lives.  

Actually, hard incubation didn't start until April 12th or 13th and those are the days that we start counting to hatch day.  As a rule, from what I've read, Peregrine eggs usually hatch between 29- 33 days from the start of hard incubation and hard incubation usually starts after the laying of the next to last or last egg so they all start developing at the same time. Today would be day 39 or 40 for hard incubation here.

[margaret]

So if we are at day 39 or 40, there is still a slight window for the eggs to hatch?   

[Bonnie]

Just looked at the cam. Leave the girl alone.  She looks content and sleepy. It's like she's saying "If they hatch, they hatch.  If they don't, they don't.". Archer seems to be taking care of both his girls. IMHO.

[ginha]

Beauty wants her spot

[Dumpsterkitty]

So if we are at day 39 or 40, there is still a slight window for the eggs to hatch?   

The textbook average is 33-35 days of hard incubation.  Eggs have hatched after longer intervals.  No time right now for research, but aside from Seneca, the WAY overdue redtail hatch at NYU comes to mind.  

[ginha]

Back scratching the Falcon way

[ginha]

Time for Beauty to sit