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[STLbf]

It's incubation time at the Spartan Stadium Falcon nest box.  There's a sporting event going on at the stadium around noon when I tuned in.  You can hear the announcer.  Doesn't seem to bother the peregrine female.

[STLbf]

The Spartan peregrines and their 4 eggs have their incubation routine working.
The keepers have added a protective screen across the space between the perch and the nest box, probably to protect the hatchlings from falling as they start hopping around in just a few weeks.

[shep]

yes, thats why the screen.
To keep the young from falling thru

[STLbf]

Things look good here at Spartan Stadium.

[STLbf]

Saturday morning at Michigan State peregrine box, everything looks normal.

[STLbf]

Normalcy is a good thing at the Spartan Stadium nest box.

[shep]

Lovely pic of the pair, Apollo and Freyja

[STLbf]

Hey Shep, where did the names come from on these unbanded peregrines?
Things look just fine this morning as the male comes in to incubate the 4 eggs.

[shep]

Spartan had chat early, and one of the mods told us their names.
Then they took chat away.  dang.

[STLbf]

Yes, too bad there's no chat here.  The peregrines are doing what they should be, with a quick changeover at mid day today.

[STLbf]

A few days since posting, and things look much the same.  Changeovers as expected, all 4 eggs look OK.  Hatch date probably similar to GSB nest box.

[shep]

4 EGGS April 3
So we should be on HATCH WATCH

bcaw
https://www.peregrinefalcon-bcaw.net/viewtopic.php?f=351

[STLbf]

Thanks Shep, for hatch watch note!  Nothing happening yet at the MSU stadium box.

[shep]

May 5, 2025
Cinco de Mayo
I can hear the chicks chirping inside their shells.

noon - Big pip, loud peeps, hatch by tomorrow

[STLbf]

Shep, pip-pip-hooray!!!  I suspect the chirping sounds are the male and female talking and not the eggs.  I could also be wrong!  Anyhow, hatching is likely to be today or tomorrow.  Fingers crossed for healthy chicks here.