JAMES RIVER BRIDGE~2018-2019

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64400

Elizabeth is IN the box tonight!! Unfortunately, I can't stay up any longer to see if she STAYS in the box...hope we're getting closer to egg time!!

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6557

March 18, 2018
3 am There she sits - waiting
11 pm last nite Sky reported - Elizabeth is IN the box tonight

I wonder if there is another falcon nearby.
I sometimes hear kakking and one of the 2 are usually on cam

I am keeping 3 falcons up on the side of my monitor all day - eggspecting

:imbored:

Beth · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:21 pm

Fingers crossed we will see eggs soon...

obxbarb · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:40 pm

I know Beth, this pair has been pretty erratic.

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6557

March 20, 2018 It was raining
3 pm The male is sitting there.
NO ONE was there overnite or most of today.
NOT a good sign. She may NOT accept this nest.
He was ripping a bird apart earlier.
Wish someone was on scene to see where else she may be.

:impat:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64400

Shep, if this is the same female, she has nested here for years!! If it is our Elizabeth, then she is a probably a senior citizen by now...and may be moving into retirement...who knows at this point.

No one home right now.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64400

At least JJ came for a visit...he was doing some scraping...

obxbarb · **Posted:** Wed Mar 21, 2018 1:03 pm

I heard them mating within the last 2 days. He is 16 and she is at least 15. They laid and hatched 3 eggs last year according to the annual report.

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6557

Are her offspring pink too?

obxbarb · **Posted:** Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:07 pm

Good question Shep. I'll have to find out if any of them have been resighted. All these chicks are hacked to the mountains because of the bridge dangers.

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6557

Barb - explain - once chicks hatch - you remove them elsewhere????

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64400

Shep, I'm not barb, but at banding, the chicks are removed and taken to a hack facility...usually in W. VA. or Mountains of VA. (I'm not sure which one they are using now) The JRB chicks aren't the only ones removed. The Center for Conservation Biology removes many bridge chicks because survival at fledge is very, very poor.

More info here:

...and speaking of JRB, the falcons have been messing with the cam...its a total blur!!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64400

they are currently working on the cam...

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 64400

JJ was doing his best to get Elizabeth into the box...I could hear her "wailing" off cam...

ljames · **Posted:** Fri Mar 23, 2018 11:50 pm

Shepherd wrote:

Barb - explain - once chicks hatch - you remove them elsewhere????

This is why I stopped watching the nest way back when. I understand that this is a bridge and dangerous for the chicks, but...it broke my heart to watch them raise the chicks for so long only to have them removed at banding. Not criticizing, just something I couldn't watch.
:girlsad3:

Dear sweet Elizabeth. :15heartbeat:

Also, Richmond too as they place a cage around the chicks until they are ready to fledge. I always felt that it stressed the mom, and I know that it stressed me. Here again, I'm sure those smarter than I am make the best decisions for the juveniles. I watch for the enjoyment though, not the stress. Not to offend anybody.

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6557

Eliz may not want that to happen again and may have chosen another site - or may not lay this year

obxbarb · **Posted:** Sat Mar 24, 2018 9:27 am

I can’t watch the cam where I am. Con someone please jwatch fo JJ, he has blood on his neck again. I assume he is just a messy eater, but since this was a concern before...

Beth · **Posted:** Sat Mar 24, 2018 9:28 am

I am watching him Barb...

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6557

March 24
He is a beautiful bird!
He appears to be behaving normally -
likely prey

Beth · **Posted:** Sat Mar 24, 2018 3:00 pm

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