RICHMOND 2017 JANUARY-MAY

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 61947

Update from VDGIF...and according to them, these are Ozzie's 37th, 38th, and 39th chicks... :flirty:

Ozzie you ROCK!!!

bev. · **Posted:** Thu May 18, 2017 12:32 pm

he is a Rock star :15heartbeat:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 61947

They didn't stay up long...back down and dozing..

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 61947

Well, I've been hanging around hoping for a feed...nothing yet..

Must go run a few errands

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 61947

I opened the cam and there was a feed in progress...don't know when it started or how many ate...but, Ozzie has the honors..

Ozzie's tongue

The dreaded mouth full of feathers...

Chick #2...

Here's the end

obxbarb · **Posted:** Thu May 18, 2017 4:16 pm

I watched the whole thing sgb. Ozzie brought it in, the female was there, but she left right away. It wasn't defeathered or anything as you can see, and Oz started with feathers. He never did much of care taking before, wasn't allowed. I think they got enough.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 61947

obxbarb wrote:

I watched the whole thing sgb. Ozzie brought it in, the female was there, but she left right away. It wasn't defeathered or anything as you can see, and Oz started with feathers. He never did much of care taking before, wasn't allowed. I think they got enough.

Thanks Barb...ya know, I was thinking the same thing. Harriet never would let him do anything..LOL...the chicks were hers..Such a strong, strong Mother!!

So glad he's getting to do it now...and thank goodness..Hopefully our new mom will figure it out..we gotta choose a name!!

just an aside...When Scout was a first time mom, it was Orville who saved the day until she could figure it out!!! She would stand so far away, that she would almost fall over trying to feed...

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 61947

Ozzie is getting a lot of baby time this afternoon...I wonder if New Mom is overwhelmed?

He's swaying as he dozes..so cute.

obxbarb · **Posted:** Thu May 18, 2017 6:50 pm

So sweet. This has been the time of day she's gone every day. Actually it was a lot longer early on. Poor Ozzie had no idea what he was getting into.

Terka · **Posted:** Thu May 18, 2017 7:45 pm

heida · **Joined:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:24 am **Posts:** 2864

Ozzie reminds me of Lil Dad in Harrisburg. He had to show Niecey how things were done too. I guess you have this with a lot of new moms. Some have it some don't. :egg6:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 61947

obxbarb · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2017 8:38 am

It sure is Carly!

catwoman · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2017 11:53 am

bev. · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2017 12:04 pm

as I read all of this , I think back to when I first started watching falcons, I would not have known if what I was seeing was natural or not. I just watched and was amazed. and of course fell in love :15heartbeat:

( poor Peter)
:egg11:

But when Radisson at U of A first came on the scene in 2008 , she knew nothing . Our super dad, started incubating and gradually she did, he did the feeds and gradually she took over. Look at her now. Great female, and bossy LOL . Now she had to teach the new male a few years ago, ( chase) and so the circle goes on. Great stuff this is. I am sure quite a few chicks perish as a result but in the big scheme of things, nature has its way. and at the same time , there are females that just get it right from the start. but it does not make them better, in the end.

What we are experiencing this year and for many more to come, is the new era. Sad , but something that just is..

bev. · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2017 1:30 pm

there is food there for feeding. female in

bev. · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2017 2:54 pm

female was just looking around and jumped down and is gone from sight

heida · **Joined:** Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:24 am **Posts:** 2864

These birds are just like humans. Some are ment to be parents and some are not, but they learn. More stay at home dad's these days. :egg6:

obxbarb · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2017 3:30 pm

There are so many birds in this area, especially pigeons although they keep bringing in cuckoos and random birds. The James a River park is right below the building with all kinds of habitat. Fortunately he is a great male, so peoviding has never been an issue. When they've had single chicks they were always rotund.

bev. · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2017 4:35 pm

see female on lip of box, do not know if there was a feed

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