CALGARY, ALBERTA ~ 2012

rysx · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:28 am **Posts:** 450

They started working on the second egg :ohyes:

. This time it was sunny evening, but cool.

rysx · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:28 am **Posts:** 450

Droplets of water on the lens, snow on the nest and on the ground...

kittenface · **Posted:** Sun May 06, 2012 10:23 pm

poo its such a strange weather year

rysx · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:28 am **Posts:** 450

It's sunny again and there are two eggs :dancingegg:

The eggs were laid on:
Wednesday May 02,
Saturday May 05.
One more egg (most probably) is expected tomorrow, Tuesday May 08.

And it is possible that on Wednesday (May 09) the ZOO staff will climb to the nest to remove those dark plastic bags - they can cause dangerous overheating of eggs during incubation. (I heard this info on the local radio.)

Ferenz · **Posted:** Tue May 08, 2012 9:33 am

rysx · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:28 am **Posts:** 450

Lift off from the nest...

And the nest is cleaner now. The garbage was removed yesterday.

rysx · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:28 am **Posts:** 450

Comings and goings...

rysx · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:28 am **Posts:** 450

There was nothing particularly exciting at this nest recently. But it’s getting closer to hatching time (still probably several days). Just a reminder: the eggs were laid on May 2, 5 & 8.
The change on the nest:

PattiO · **Posted:** Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:20 pm

Thanks rysx ... I've been checking in on them too! :)

rysx · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:28 am **Posts:** 450

Yesterday the view looked like this:

But today, the focus of the camera is different - in anticipation of the big event... Still, the eggs look intact.

rysx · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:28 am **Posts:** 450

They changed the focus of the camera again. Impatient? But still waiting...

Ferenz · **Posted:** Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:48 am

rysx · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:28 am **Posts:** 450

Yesss! The first chick has arrived. :egghatch:

Probably the first feeding:

rysx · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:28 am **Posts:** 450

I think that at about 6:30 p.m. local time I witnessed the hatching of the second chick. But the view was not perfectly clear - as is usually the case. It looked like this:

rysx · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:28 am **Posts:** 450

And we have all three! :egghatch:

They seem to be noisy, demanding food.

Ferenz · **Posted:** Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:56 pm

rysx · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:28 am **Posts:** 450

It is a rare occasion today that mum allows a glimpse of her chicks. It is rather cool and wet weather. But sometimes… They seem to be very vigorous and curious about the outside world.

rysx · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:28 am **Posts:** 450

Monday morning: Breakfast.

rysx · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:28 am **Posts:** 450

And they ordered Chinese food for supper: red "Koi" fish :egg13:

Dad came to take away the rest of the meal.

He obviously doesn't want his kids to be overweight...

After the meal they have a nap and dad came to check if everything was OK.

rysx · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:28 am **Posts:** 450

Posing for a photo session: :egg9:

The chicks are not visible, but their heads appeared sometimes above the bottom frame.

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