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Nora in IA

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Do we have the male identified yet??

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March 16, 2024
Is Queen waiting to lay her egg?
She's been perched on the box this morning.
https://youtu.be/adK2fyoOVig


Other falcons and hawks waiting their turns to populate their species.

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Nora in IA

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Guess not yet.

Nora in IA

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Ok the last we knew the MALE was 84/U with no name and the FEMALE was R/33 named Calamity.

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March 22, 2024  SNOW
8 am  She is sitting inside box.

I suspect an egg bonanza this week with many birds.

« Last Edit: March 22, 2024, 08:04:20 AM by shep »
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Nora in IA

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Early this morning there was some bowing, then about 11 AM they were back and bowing and conversing for a bit............




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She spent a long time this afternoon sitting, stretching, and watching.  After while she went in and scraped a little, and settled over the scrape.








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Looks like she's spending a quiet night inside tonight. 
Wednesday -- 11:47 PM

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Nora, this is a GREAT pic - we can see bands.
do we know for SURE who this pair is?




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Nora in IA

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I couldn't read them though.  :-\

Nora in IA

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They've been coming and going.  She was still there and he came..



After he left, she left.


He came back.


After staying around a while he left.

Nora in IA

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3/28 morning continued....
Back she came.


She stayed a bit.




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Towards noon they were both there a bit with him bowing from the box, then he left and she stuck around.


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Another night at the nest box!





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Stayed there all night until about 8 AM.  Wish I could read the band....


There's been a lot of coming and going this morning and a little scraping.