Two...Make That Three...Eggs, Over Easy
In downtown Winnipeg, a hotel has set up a live webcam to show a peregrine nest, complete with any-day-now hatchlings.
I saw two (three when she got completely off the nest for a few seconds) eggs when the falcon turned them. Presumably, the tercel is taking his scheduled break at the time of this posting.
Hatch watch blog here.
Thanks, Boris!
UPDATE: Winnipeg falcon chicks die, despite rescue attempt
Kudos to the firemen and everyone who cared enough to try and rescue the chicks from the unseasonal heavy rains. Very likely, the nesting pair will try to re-nest this season. There's still time.
We humans (especially those of us with a fondness for our fellow non-human creatures) tend to anthropomorphize everything, attributing our own emotions to animals who would have no idea what we're talking about if we tried to explain it to them.
The fact is, shit happens. Only two animals have (so far) proven the capacity to mourn -- humans and elephants. That's not an indictment...it just is.
The peregrines will simply get busy and try again.
I saw two (three when she got completely off the nest for a few seconds) eggs when the falcon turned them. Presumably, the tercel is taking his scheduled break at the time of this posting.
Hatch watch blog here.
Thanks, Boris!
UPDATE: Winnipeg falcon chicks die, despite rescue attempt
Kudos to the firemen and everyone who cared enough to try and rescue the chicks from the unseasonal heavy rains. Very likely, the nesting pair will try to re-nest this season. There's still time.
We humans (especially those of us with a fondness for our fellow non-human creatures) tend to anthropomorphize everything, attributing our own emotions to animals who would have no idea what we're talking about if we tried to explain it to them.
The fact is, shit happens. Only two animals have (so far) proven the capacity to mourn -- humans and elephants. That's not an indictment...it just is.
The peregrines will simply get busy and try again.