HARRISBURG ~ MARCH 2013 PART II

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

NIECEY CAME BACK A LITTLE AFTER 7AM, GUESS SHE'S IN FOR THE NIGHT NOW.

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:35 pm

7 AM or 7 PM Reenie? :sum7:

REENIE wrote:

NIECEY CAME BACK A LITTLE AFTER 7AM, GUESS SHE'S IN FOR THE NIGHT NOW.

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

Linda wrote:

7 AM or 7 PM Reenie? :sum7:

REENIE wrote:

NIECEY CAME BACK A LITTLE AFTER 7AM, GUESS SHE'S IN FOR THE NIGHT NOW.

WHOOPS, IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.....................GOOD NIGHT ALL, GIVE US AN EGG IN THE MORNING AT 7AM NIECEY.

wtxn · **Joined:** Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:17 pm **Posts:** 22

Thanks Jane and Reenie for those great pictures. It's been an interesting day here with some weather breewing but probably not right here. We need rain so badly. I saw the first hummingbird yesterday, they're usually here by the 15th. I saw zero Monarchs last year and really missed that fall migration spectacular. So much for the drought's bad effects. What a different year, even in Harrisburg.

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

STILL WAITING FOR A LOOK UNDER NIECEY. HAVEN'T HEARD LIL DAD YET, USUALLY HE'S HERE BY NOW. MAYBE HAVING TROUBLE WITH GETTING BREAKFAST OR DEFEATHERING SOMETHING NICE DOWN BELOW. I DID HEAR ALOT OF CROWS ON THE CAM THIS MORNING :-(

HOPE HE SOON SHOWS UP, DON'T WANT MY WORRY WART MODE TO KICK IN! LOL!

Faith · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:25 am

Well the dear heart Niecey looks awefully tired. She too is waiting for some breakfast. She keeps looking up and one eye closed.

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

STILL ONLY 3 EGGS!

:3eggs:

Faith · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:28 am

Well!!!! There we are! Maybe later today!

Faith · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:30 am

I have the 18th listed as the last one laid. So maybe she will lay one in the afternoon like the second one was. If not we are still blessed!

LeicaEagles · **Joined:** Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:40 pm **Posts:** 2913

still only 3 eggs when i saw the scrape at 0730

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

OK, THE WORRYING IS ON NOW. I WENT OUTSIDE AND LOOKED ALL AROUND. LIL DAD ISN'T ANYWHERE THAT I SAW AND NIECEY NOW TOOK OFF TOO! TEMPS ARE COLD AND WINDY. SHE MUST NOT REALIZE SHE HAS TO STAY ON THE EGGS!

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

IF NIECEY WENT TO GET HER OWN FOOD, UNTIL SHE DEFEATHERS AND EATS, SHE WILL BE OFF THOSE EGGS A LONG TIME. IT'S ALREADY BEEN A LITTLE OVER 10 MINS :-(

BEV, WHERE ARE YOU? HOW LONG CAN THE EGGS BE UNATTENDED? I FORGET.

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

WELL IT'S BEEN ABOUT 20 MINS NOW. IT'S 30 DEGREES WITH THE WIND CHILL OF 24. I SURE HOPE NIECEY DOESN'T RUIN ALL THE EGGS. AND WHERE IS LIL DAD? GEEZE, I NEED TO BREATHE!!!

:tantrum2:

EDIT: NIECEY CAME IN RIGHT AFTER I POSTED ABOVE. WHEW! :ohyes:

Faith · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:10 am

Reenie, when Niecey got off the eggs there was a conversation going on somewhere. You could hear the two 'talking"! I thought sure Lil Dad brought food the way they sounded. hope this makes you feel better. I have to go, I'm late!!

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

Faith wrote:

Reenie, when Niecey got off the eggs there was a conversation going on somewhere. You could hear the two 'talking"! I thought sure Lil Dad brought food the way they sounded. hope this makes you feel better. I have to go, I'm late!!

I'M SORRY, THAT ISN'T WHAT I HEARD AND SAW, BUT MAYBE I MISSED SOMETHING, BUT I HEARD NOTHING WHEN SHE GOT OFF THE EGGS AND SHE STAYED ON THE LEDGE A BIT. THEN I SAW HER FLY OFF, I ONLY HEARD ONE STRANGE NOISE BEFORE SHE FLEW OFF. THEN I WENT OUTSIDE AFTER THAT AND SAW NOBODY NOWHERE. I WOULD THINK ONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE BEEN ON ONE OF THE PLACES THEY USUALLY SIT, ESPECIALLY IF SHE WAS EATING. I REALLY HOPE YOU HEARD THEM BOTH FAITH :-)

MAYBE SOMETHING IS IN THE AREA? I GUESS I JUST WANT TO SEE LIL DAD.

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

carly wrote:

I'll post this here for you Reenie in regards to your question about eggs being uncovered; this is from the San Francisco topic and was brought over here. It addresses concerns they have there as well and their response was:

Glenn S posted an interesting response on Yahoo forum last night regarding FC & Clara appearing to have started hard incubation:

"Long periods" do not equal "hard incubation." The parents have to bring the eggs and the surrounding area up to 99 degrees to start incubation. One of the things we have learned by watching these cams for years is that the adults "rake" gravel toward them until a donut us formed around the scrape. I am convinced that the donut, dike, or ridge, helps seal out the cold and helps maintain temperature for the eggs. The eggs are sitting on a substrate of cold gravel and I am saying that it takes significant effort to bring the gravel of the scrape up to a constant and warm temperature. Once incubation has begun the embryo starts to develop but that does not mean that the eggs must be covered every minute of every day to survive. Eggs are tough. They can go uncovered for an hour or more--and there are records of eggs being uncovered for significantly longer periods. There is some evidence that they begin to shut down when they feel two eggs under them (this is from captive situations when eggs are added to the nest) so they complete the clutch at 4. Think about it. We know that when egg #2 is laid, egg #3 is already on its way down, right? Egg #4 is about to be fertilized at the top of the infundibulum. So if the "shut-down" trigger comes after two eggs, we should get a total of four in the nest. --glenn@scpbrg

THANK YOU CARLY! THAT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE EGGS NOW :eggthumbup:

NOW IF I WOULD JUST SEE LIL DAD, I'D FEEL MUCH BETTER!

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

IS SHE LAYING ANOTHER EGG?

westwindschild · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:21 am

It looks to me like egg #4 is on the way. Does anyone else see that too? It just arrived?

REENIE · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:57 pm **Posts:** 19893

WE GOT 4 EGGS! 8:20 AM!

:dancingegg:

westwindschild · **Posted:** Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:22 am

Now there are 4! :clap:

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