And look how fast they are growing! They are too big for Zeus and Hera to
sit on them. Their one-kill meal has increased in frequency. They are able
to hold their heads up and waddle around. And occasionally…
And then there were four. It’s hard to tell in this photo, but there are
four little ones. Our first and second hatches were at the end of last
week and the final two hatches were sometime this weekend….
I can’t quite tell what’s for breakfast. Starling maybe? Anyway both
babies were fed and are now resting under Zeus.
And now we have two babies!
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.
