Mysterious situation: No eggs for Bella & Amadeus found...
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Ernst » Sa Apr 09, 2016 22:58:10
The 19th of March is in Bocholt for many years the day of the 1st egg-laying of the peregrine falcons in the water tower. Not thus this year! Although the behaviour of the peregrine falcons was "normal during the last weeks, I found on the 19th of March still no egg in the box.
In Saturday, 2nd of April, so 14 days later, I was again on top in the box and expected the full 4th Gelege like during the last years at that time. I was horrified and absolutely helpless when I found no egg in the box again! Also the nesting hollow had disappeared! Now after the dismantling enforced by the pigeon breeders of the inside camera which allowed a Webcam supervision of the box inside up to the last year all speculations are possible of course as it could come to this situation without eggs.
Because the peregrine falcons showed a normal behaviour after my impression during the last weeks, such an extreme delay of egg laying is not to be accepted for me. Nevertheless, I hope for this improbable case that last week a late egg-laying has begun which I cannot check, however, at present, because for more than 1 week the key has disappeared for the water tower! He is ordinarily in the walled, lockable key small box for which I own a key, below in the water tower beside the entrance. Employees of the public utilities and different operators of transmitters on top on the water tower have a key for this small box to reach the tower (and also to the peregrine falcon box a little secure only).
I may not think in an other possibility which could explain the absence of the eggs (still) that because criminal pigeon holders or bird of prey breeders have stolen the valuable eggs - if these were laid between the 19th of March and 2nd of April - about Mittelsmänner with access authorisation to the tower from the nesting box...
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