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[shep]

EGG   
March 27, 2024
6 am  There she is with an egg she just laid!

[STLbf]

Shep, watching success at MSU!  The female came to the nest box before dawn and laid the egg shortly after.  Awesome!
Good to know that the male is around, too.

[shep]

   I knew you'd be happy!

[STLbf]

Thanks Shep!  MSU is my all-time favorite university even though I did not graduate from there.  Gotta find a Spartan emoji.

The male and female are taking turns sitting on the egg today. Very eggciting!   

[shep]

[shep]

2 EGGs   
March 30, 2024
Late yesterday she laid egg 2

March 27
March 29

[STLbf]

Shep, cute Spartan emoji!  Also for second egg date.  See pic from this morning.  Female out and twittering off camera which might have been mating. The male came into the box shortly after.

And I found an "official" Spartan logo in downloadable clipart. 

[STLbf]

At about 4:15 this afternoon, the female peregrine left the nest box, and about 5 minutes later, the male returned to the eggs, still only 2.

[shep]

3 EGGs   
April  1, 2024
Looked like she laid egg 3 just after midnight.

March 27
March 29
April  1

[STLbf]

Yes, three eggs now at the MSU nest box.  Awesome.  I post times that are as hour earlier where I live, so they are very approximate.  The new egg was visible on the rewind at about 2:00 this morning, and that's the female in the nest box.

[STLbf]

Fourth egg laid this morning, between 9 and 10 (or so).  Cold and windy and the parents are changing places fairly often to keep the eggs and themselves warm.

[shep]

4 EGGS
April 3, 2024

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March 29
April  1
April  3

Thanks STL - I was gone!

[STLbf]

Four eggs seems to be a full set for the peregrines.  We will see!  No pics from me today -- things look totally normal at the MSU nest box.

[shep]

3 falcons I watch have each laid 5 eggs - rare.
We'll see here . . . .

[STLbf]

Good video of the male coming in to incubate the four eggs.  He is smaller than the female, and he has difficulty getting his body over all of the eggs.  Watch on the rewind about 9:00 AM to see how persistence pays off.