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Re: 2023 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #180 on: April 29, 2023, 11:50:53 AM »

Morning changeover from Savanna to Newman, eggs look OK.

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Re: 2023 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #181 on: April 29, 2023, 05:36:35 PM »

That's really good news.
Tks.

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Re: 2023 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #182 on: April 29, 2023, 07:24:46 PM »

Have the raccoons shown up lately??

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Re: 2023 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #183 on: April 30, 2023, 09:02:10 AM »

The cliff cam seems to be undergoing a Van Gogh period.  ;) ???
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Re: 2023 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #184 on: May 01, 2023, 11:57:59 AM »

Nora, I have not see raccoons lately on the rewinds.

eburg, Please explain about the cliff cam's Van Gogh period.  I'm drawing a blank today.

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Re: 2023 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #185 on: May 01, 2023, 12:36:45 PM »

Thanks STLbf, I hadn't seen any either, but haven't had a lot of time and seem to zero in on the new Alma babies lately.

Me too on the Van Gogh.  Tree scenery?  :)

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Re: 2023 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #186 on: May 01, 2023, 12:56:47 PM »

The cam seems to be cured now, but it had sort of a smeared pixelation going on when I posted.  Trails behind vehicles moving down the road, smeared waving branches.  You probably had to be there.
Van Gogh had poor vision, that's why his paintings were so different.  He painted what he saw and it was out of focus.
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Re: 2023 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #187 on: May 01, 2023, 03:55:01 PM »

Per RRP:  Great Spirit Bluff: Estimated hatch: May 6

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Re: 2023 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #188 on: May 02, 2023, 11:17:47 AM »

On rewind early just after color cam on, changeover from Savanna to Newman, and all 4 eggs look just the same.  So no pic.

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Re: 2023 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #189 on: May 03, 2023, 09:19:50 AM »

"I didn't leave for that long, now let me back in there!"

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Re: 2023 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #190 on: May 05, 2023, 11:50:06 AM »

Anticipating hatching of eggs here at GSB.  At early changeover, no pips visible.  But it appears that Newman and Savanna have created a shallow bowl for the eggs.  I wonder if they do that to keep the chicks from rolling away as they hatch. Anybody know more about this behavior?

The other pic shows the adult nibbling on pebbles in the nest box.  Not just today, but never got a pic before.  I know that chickens eat pebbles and hold them in the craw to aid in digestion.  Do raptors do the same?  Or are they picking at insects in the nest box?

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Re: 2023 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #191 on: May 05, 2023, 03:39:05 PM »

They have a beautiful day today!!

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Re: 2023 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #192 on: May 05, 2023, 08:22:20 PM »

1955 and 2017

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Re: 2023 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #193 on: May 06, 2023, 09:44:59 AM »

Must have been an owl or something flying around between 4-5 AM.  No problems and everything settled.

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Re: 2023 Great Spirit Bluff Falcons
« Reply #194 on: May 06, 2023, 09:45:31 AM »

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