FORT WAYNE (AEP) 2021 and 2022

Tsusan · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2021 6:54 am

Good Morning, DEF! Wow what an honor to have a space experiment named after you! Thank you for posting that! Looks like Miss Moxie has a chick fighting its way out of the egg from the way she is acting :biggrin:

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:10 pm **Posts:** 6607

Moxieverance we can call her!
Haha! I love it!

Hey peeps - the kestrel eggs are starting to hatch!
I gotta find where bcaw hides that link
https://youtu.be/PqqGEp4_j08

:penguin:

Tsusan · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:20 am

I think she told the chick it needed to take a nap because it’s too cold to hatch......

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:18 pm **Posts:** 64413

Dutch Eagle Fan wrote:

Moxie has a namesake, on Mars of all places! :teehee:

Quote:

A toaster-size, experimental instrument aboard Perseverance called the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE)

That is so cool!!!

Tsusan · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:32 am

Gee whiz- they just did a duty change, and I could not see a pip at all!

bev. · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:20 am

two quick exchanges so maybe something cooking.

bev. · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:06 am

just took a look at eggs. see nothing but our RAdisson never hatched out chicks till after day 35-36. sometimes longer.

lots of exchanges this morning

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:10 pm **Posts:** 6607

is it my imagination -
or are 2 of the eggs VERY THIN at the end?
One good kick and chick'd be out!

Tsusan · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2021 1:03 pm

Maybe it’s just to comfy in there.... will they be “millennial fledglings” just wanting to hang around the nest and have mom and dad feed them? LOL !

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:10 pm **Posts:** 6607

This pair are so sweet together.
I like them

:newsnow6:

Tsusan · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2021 4:54 pm

Thanks, Shepherd- Moxie and Jamie are a very special couple, and have been from the start.... In a little bit of reminiscing, I looked back in the archives, how Jamie came in 2011 to be Freedom’s mate. She was elderly, and there were no babies. Freedom disappeared in March of 2012. Everyone speculated she had passed away of old age, being 18 years old at the time. Enter Moxie, a one year old sub adult who did not produce any eggs. In 2013, Jamie and Moxie became marvelous first time parents. In early June we were informed that Freedom’s body was found....As Catwoman said .....” (Freedom) was alive all this time and let (Jamie and Moxie )have her precious nestbox. She was found only a few blocks away, Moxie must have let her stay in the area”....When it comes to peregrines, Moxieand Jamie are a class act :loveheart:

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:10 pm **Posts:** 6607

Thank you susan - sweet story
:loveheart:

Tsusan · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:27 pm

Okay- I think we are making a little progress... I saw a little white hole on one of the eggs. Maybe a hatch by morning?

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:10 pm **Posts:** 6607

HATCH
April 23, 2021 at 6 am
VERY FAST exchange - do they practice?!
The chick is still wet and red - not fluffy white

:hatchegg:

Beth · **Posted:** Fri Apr 23, 2021 6:18 am

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:10 pm **Posts:** 6607

7.45 am Junior is REALLY ACTIVE under there - already!
( I am using central time )

Beth :biggrin:

Tsusan · **Posted:** Fri Apr 23, 2021 8:03 am

<- Me when we have our first hatch! Busy little one, eh? He is probably hungry and wants Moxie to rustle up some breakfast! Sometimes I wish we had sound here.....when the parent leans their head down to check on the eyas, are they making little comforting noises too? ( Sheesh- I gulped down a whole cup of coffee in the last 2 minutes while watching the cam and don’t even remember it...... :girlcrazy:

gigi · **Posted:** Fri Apr 23, 2021 9:12 am

Moxie just wiggled and I may see a wet chick under her. I'll keep watching to see if that is the case.

gigi · **Posted:** Fri Apr 23, 2021 9:30 am

only one with shell still stuck.

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:10 pm **Posts:** 6607

half the chick is white - dry
it appears its butt is still in the shell - ??

Bird Cams Around the World

FORT WAYNE (AEP) 2021 and 2022

Who is online