On Saturday, here in NW Ohio, the temperature was in the 30s with a windchill in teens a small flock of Robins showed up at our bird feeder. Obviously it was just a stop over as they have not been back...my thought..SPRING IS COMING..!
I follow the happenings around the Eagle nests located at Decorah, Iowa and on Jan 15, the Decorah North Eagles welcomed their first egg..
..on Jan 18, the second egg came..
Here is a live shot of the Decorah North Eagles nest being tended..
At the Decorah Fish Hatchery location, there is an old nest that has not been used by Eagles for a couple of year. The nest is being used the last two years and the temporary resident have recently returned...
Scroll back 15 minutes or so and see who's occupying the nest..
Chattanooga is the same. I don't have any daffs to see blooming...the trees are starting to show buds...normal this this time of year and the pollen count is in the moderate range, so something is starting to bloom.
March can still be a beast. I won't start planting container plants until April 12th or so. That is the historical freeze free date.
The forecast is calling for low 70's after some cooler, higher 30's/low 40's starts morning starts. It was perfectly clear last night, so this morning was high 20's.
We all have March to navigate. One week can bring hope, then the next can kick your butt. We don't get much snow here, but March probably brings the most snow of any month in the Tennessee Valley.
Thgere were 15 110+ degree days in Southern Arizona in 2023.
That's absolutely correct. There will be days here from July to August that will absolutely boil your skull. It is a pros and cons type of thing.
I miss seeing the change in the seasons from when I lived there, but I I guess
the black ice and shoveling snow not so much. We can expect one mild frost here in March. Other than that, and the cost of running the swamp cooler, I've found it better as I've gotten older
Here's a live cam of a peregrine falcon nest in the clock tower in downtown Bowling Green. They hatched 2 chicks last year and are making preparations this year.
...'the picture' showing a parent with the chicks is from their 2023 hatch...click the arrow and you will see this year's live feed.
This live falcon cam sits on a cliff face near La Crescent, Minnesota, overlooking Lock & Dam #7 on the Mississippi River. The cam shows the perspective of a peregrine falcon family, known as the Great Spirit Bluff falcons, nesting here on the cliff. link
LIVE VIEWING HOURS All Day ESTABLISHED November 2016
Here's a live cam of a peregrine falcon nest in the clock tower in downtown Bowling Green. They hatched 2 chicks last year and are making preparations this year.
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Looks like we have an egg in the falcon nest.
Jfan...just checked the BG Falcon nest and we now have two eggs...
Here's a live cam of a peregrine falcon nest in the clock tower in downtown Bowling Green. They hatched 2 chicks last year and are making preparations this year.
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Looks like we have an egg in the falcon nest.
Jfan...just checked the BG Falcon nest and we now have two eggs...
AND NOW WE HAVE 3 EGGS...
I tuned in about two hours or so earlier this morning to watch BGF( BG female) fly into the nest and cover the two eggs and I noticed her tail was in constant movement while remaining on the nest. I watched for about 15 minutes and her behavior continued the entire time. I have witnessed a similar behavior from female Eagles just before they laid an egg...sure enough, I returned to see if BGF did indeed lay another egg...and yes she did.
As a side note to eagles: Driving from 1 job to the next today I saw a bald eagle swoop down beside the road (I was between 2 wooded areas) and pick up a squirrel. The eagle just grabbed it, then flew in front of me on the road til it could get some altitude. So cool to watch in person.
They put a new camera on the BG falcon nest....this one has sound. And there are now 4 eggs. This ought to be good once they hatch, the mother's vocalizations are coming thru loud and clear now.
Here are some of the facts concerning the BG Falcons... link
2024 Milestones: First egg laid: April 2, 2:58 p.m. Second egg laid: April 5, 3:15 a.m. Third egg laid: April 7, 9:23 a.m. FOURTH egg laid: April 10, time unknown
The incubated period for Falcons is 29 to 33 days...therefore, we are approx. 1 week from the beginning of the hatching period for the BG falcons.
Today is 'day 23' from the date of the first egg being laid (on Apr. 2nd)...
Here are some of the facts concerning the BG Falcons... link
2024 Milestones: First egg laid: April 2, 2:58 p.m. Second egg laid: April 5, 3:15 a.m. Third egg laid: April 7, 9:23 a.m. FOURTH egg laid: April 10, time unknown
The incubated period for Falcons is 29 to 33 days...therefore, we are approx. 1 week from the beginning of the hatching period for the BG falcons.
Today is 'day 31 of incubation' for the first egg laid on April 2nd. The incubation norms for a Falcon egg to hatch is 29-33 days...we are within the hatch date...if the egg is viable.
Here are some of the facts concerning the BG Falcons... link
2024 Milestones: First egg laid: April 2, 2:58 p.m. Second egg laid: April 5, 3:15 a.m. Third egg laid: April 7, 9:23 a.m. FOURTH egg laid: April 10, time unknown
The incubated period for Falcons is 29 to 33 days...therefore, we are approx. 1 week from the beginning of the hatching period for the BG falcons.
Today is 'day 31 of incubation' for the first egg laid on April 2nd. The incubation norms for a Falcon egg to hatch is 29-33 days...we are within the hatch date...if the egg is viable.
Brushing up on my "ornithology" references, some sources use the day #35 from date an egg was laid as the "normal" number of days when attempting to pinpoint the hatch date for Falcons and Eagles. The estimated date, whether 29 to 33 days or 35 days from the date an egg is laid, can be affected by the temperature of the environment during incubation and by the date that the parent decide to begin incubating their eggs according to messages (instincts) from mother nature.
That might sound far-fetched to some but there's something called "delayed incubation"... link
delayed incubation is the practice of postponing incubation until the last or next-to-last egg in a clutch has been laid; suspends development of the earlier embryos so that once incubation begins all embryos develop at the same rate and the eggs hatch synchronously; includes ducks, geese, shorebirds, most songbirds, woodpeckers, and poultry; often applied to Bald Eagles and other raptors, somewhat misleadingly since usually these do incubate the earlier eggs at least part of the time, and their eggs hatch asynchronously; see intermittent incubation.
Birds are born with these instincts and somehow, mother nature provides animals with unbelievable instincts that are difficult to explain.
Awesome! I checked it last night wondering if they were going to hatch. From about the 3:06-3:12 you can get a good look at the baby and mom bringing a carcass to the nest.
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