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Title: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Jovial Monk on Oct 2^nd, 2020 at 12:09pm

https://www.367collinsfalcons.com.au/?fbclid=IwAR3C4JmMZIBgLyXeXAezNIW62q9oQRjQTD3atYSnpbK1zAHi5IQ9icL6Yls

Title: Re: Peregrine falcon eggs are hatching!
Post by Jovial Monk on Oct 2^nd, 2020 at 12:11pm

Well, one hatchling is out of its shell. Moving very feebly, which is natural I suppose.

Title: Re: Peregrine falcon eggs are hatching!
Post by Jovial Monk on Oct 2^nd, 2020 at 12:51pm

Mamma falcon seems to be cleaning up the eggshell.

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Jovial Monk on Oct 2^nd, 2020 at 1:51pm

Very sweet, the care Mama falcon takes with her hatchling and the two remaining eggs.

Unfortunately—no way of knowing if the first egg laid is the egg that hatched first. Not necessarily, according to info in the original hawk thread.

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Captain Nemo on Oct 3^rd, 2020 at 12:23am

Feeding time earlier today ...

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Jovial Monk on Oct 3^rd, 2020 at 12:46am

Fantastic!

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Lols on Oct 3^rd, 2020 at 1:11am

Saw the vid earlier months ago...then I saw this hatching on news tonight... absolutely adorable! Just so lovely to see something like this that made me feel some joy :)

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Jovial Monk on Oct 3^rd, 2020 at 7:34am

Wasn’t it great?

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Jovial Monk on Oct 3^rd, 2020 at 8:34am

All three have hatched, Mama Hawk is feeding her hatchlings! Very cool!

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Captain Nemo on Oct 3^rd, 2020 at 10:27am

The link on Youtube is handy because you can wind it back for some hours to see the action bits ... 8-)

https://youtu.be/kVBIZMcjNKU

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Jovial Monk on Oct 3^rd, 2020 at 12:59pm

Thanks for that, Cap’n! Much appreciated!

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Captain Nemo on Oct 4^th, 2020 at 10:02am

You're welcome.

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Jovial Monk on Oct 4^th, 2020 at 11:57am

Mama Hawk must be off hunting—is not on or near the nest.

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Captain Nemo on Oct 4^th, 2020 at 8:59pm

Jovial Monk wrote on Oct 4^th, 2020 at 11:57am:

Mama Hawk must be off hunting—is not on or near the nest.

Yeah, I was surprised to see that the adult birds left the eggs alone for brief periods before they hatched too ... I had assumed that one of them would be on the nest at all times.

They leave the hatchlings alone for brief periods now as well.

Seems that two of the three are a bit more active than the third chick. One gets a bigger share of the food too from what I have seen. Greedy little tyke. :o

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Debunking David Dubyne on Oct 5^th, 2020 at 7:38pm

Jovial Monk wrote on Oct 2^nd, 2020 at 12:09pm:

They're adorable. I'm sure Dubyne, who at last check, now lives in ~~Guildford Junction~~ no sorry ~~Lorne~~ no I think it's Macedon now. Anyways back to my point, I'm sure Dubyne, now "living" in "Macedon" would love to see this! I'm sure he watches live every day

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Jovial Monk on Oct 6^th, 2020 at 4:38pm

One chicks seems to get the most, a second chick gets some food, the other one won’t last much longer, I think.

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Jovial Monk on Oct 12^th, 2020 at 3:17pm

One chick at least seems to have grown quite a bit. Mama is sitting on the chicks, can’t see if 1, 2 or 3 chicks left.

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Captain Nemo on Oct 12^th, 2020 at 10:57pm

All three still doing well. The runt has made up lost ground.

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Jovial Monk on Oct 13^th, 2020 at 4:30am

Ah, OK, thankee Cap’n!

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Jovial Monk on Oct 28^th, 2020 at 8:46am

Growing well and it seems real feathers are forming. One hatchling I saw just now had even left the nesting box, was walking in the gutter—the nesting box itself has been moved to help prevent growing but not fledged exploring chicks falling off the window ledge.

Title: Re: Falcon eggs hatching!
Post by Bias_2012 on Nov 13^th, 2020 at 7:09am

The chicks fledged this morning, one at 6:02:20, one at 7:15:14. The camera didn't get the third chick