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 Post subject: Re: AMERICAN KESTRELS ~ 2013
PostPosted: Thu May 16, 2013 8:03 am 
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:egghatch: :egghatch: :egghatch: :egghatch: Four hatches now for the Nebraska kestrels!

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:egghatch: :egghatch: :egghatch: :egghatch: :egghatch: It's a full house now for the Nebraska kestrels. The fifth and final egg has hatched!

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:egghatch: At long last, we have a hatch at the Pawnee kestrel nest. (I haven't seen the baby yet, only its broken shell.)

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:egghatch: :egghatch: Hatch #2 for the Pawnee kestrels . . . but I still haven't been able to catch sight of the chicks.

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I finally got to see the two new chicks at Pawnee . . .

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And then there were three . . .

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WOO HOO...cause all I ever see are shells!!!!

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SGB - I know what you mean about all the eggshells in the Pawnee nest! As of late yesterday, there were 4 (maybe even 5) little chicks in the nest.

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Catbird, I decided to record part of breakfast in hopes of counting heads...I'm still not sure... :girlcrazy:



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Thanks for the video, SGB. I'm still not sure either.

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Pawnee..forgot to post yesterday...

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Boise...May 28

A second chick hatched shortly after noon!

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A chick! The first chick hatched yesterday May 27th. We will soon learn whether the other four eggs are viable as well. Last year, all five eggs hatched and the chicks fledged successfully.

Hatching is exhausting work for the tiny chicks, but they have special biological tools that help them emerge from their shells. A sharp structure called an egg tooth that forms on the top of their beaks is used to pierce the inside membrane and shell, allowing oxygen to flow into the egg. This stage is called “pipping.” The chicks also develop a pipping muscle on the back of their necks that, together with the egg tooth, enables them to chip a small hole in the egg and then cut the top off the shell.

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Thanks for the news about Idaho, KF. I've been checking that nest every day and while I haven't yet seen any chicks, this morning I finally saw eggshells in the nest. So maybe some of the other eggs have hatched.

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Latest news is that 4 of the chicks have hatched. I felt lucky to have caught sight of one cute chick sneaking out from under mom.

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Nebraska Kestrels

The kids are getting bigger!

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Pawnee Kestrels

I think that 4 chicks hatched, but as of yesterday only 3 chicks appear to be in the nest. Either my count of 4 chicks was wrong, or 1 chick has died and been removed from the nest.

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Five hungry chicks getting breakfast this morning . . .

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Boise update:
Finally, the last egg hatched and now the adults have five little mouths to feed

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Thanks, KF - That's great news about the last egg hatching at Boise!

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Idaho...I finally got to see the little ones...the baby's so small..hope it does ok..

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