Sometime during the night one of the eyas (chicks) hatched. He’s a little
awkward and needs help staying upright, but Hera manages to nudge him
under her wing. You can also see a piece of the shell in the…
I just got a glance of the four eggs as Zeus left the box and Hera took
over. She really has to wiggle a lot to make sure she is completely over
every egg. And as the babies grow…
Have you been thinking of names for the chicks when they hatch? Hatching
will soon begin. When the chicks are a few weeks old they will be tagged
and we will find out how many are female and how…
This morning as I was watching the falcons swap spots in the box, one of
those water spots lined up over an egg in the box and I thought it was
another broken egg. I was glad to find…
This week we discovered (as you may have also noticed) that one of the eggs is missing from the nest. In order for the eyases to develop properly, the eggs have to be turned regularly. Occasionally this…
He/she is located on the ledge three columns to the left of the box.
I thought I’d share an outside look of the falcon box where Zeus and Hera
are currently nesting. This shot is taken from ground level looking up at
the 28th floor. The box is located on the northeast corner…
Hera has laid her fifth egg and both parents are taking their turn on the
eggs. They have a routine switch time around 8:30 a.m. Zeus is usually the
one on the eggs at that time. Pictured below is…
At last count we have four falcon eggs in the east box. Both Zeus and Hera
are sharing in the incubating. Our time line seems to be the following:
first egg arrived March 28; followed by the second egg…
I’ve just been watching Zeus and Hera. What a hoot! Zeus is on the eggs and Hera is on the edge of the box. She obviously wants back on, but Zeus is tired and doesn’t want to…
