FALCON FLASH
Dateline: Cleveland, Ohio
April 9, 2015
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From now the eggs will be covered almost constantly as the parents incubate their precious eggs. As you monitor the FalconCam you will see a lot of pictures that look like this:
After each egg appears, former volunteer nest monitor at this site, Mr. Scott Wright, tells us, “The male will smell his new egg to get its scent.... I once saw a male tasting the egg, opening up his beak and gently touching the egg with his tongue!!” This is Boomer…..
Then she watched from the edge of the tray while softly vocalizing to Boomer before taking back over.
You may not see Boomer on the FalconCams, but rest assured, he is always close by watching over his family.
Breaking news….. Newton has laid a 5th egg! Falcon fans are cheering!
Mrs. S thought she might lay another egg “….. as she has laid 5 eggs four different times that we know of when she was at the I-90 Bridge site”.
Mrs. Saladin called her commentary today, “Newton's Law: Keep Producing!” Can you guess why she said that? Yes, Newton is doing a great job producing eggs, but there’s another famous Newton who had a law. Here’s a hint: Newton was hatched in 2001 and had 2 siblings named Einstein and Curie.
While Newton does most of the incubating (sitting on the eggs) Boomer comes in from time to time to give her a break. Mrs. Saladin took some pictures of the “shift change”. Here is Boomer carefully stepping and settling himself over his precious eggs……
To watch the falcons live go to: http://www.falconcam-cmnh.org/news.php
When Newton returned after her break, she watched Boomer incubate for a While and then walked toward the nest along the skyscraper ledge….
Just after the 4th egg was laid, nest monitor Mrs. Saladin paid a visit to Newton and Boomer’s home at the Terminal Tower nest site. Mrs. S reports that “Newton continues to show uneasiness with anyone at the window. She demonstrated this again when I first opened the interior window, staring steadily and vocalizing with sharp "chip" calls. She did settle, however, and get "back to business" as I placed the
blind in the window, which I will continue to use when I go up. Here is Newton giving me the "stare down" while incubating before I placed the blind into the window... her head feather adornment (one of her own downy feathers, probably from preening) remained affixed to her head the whole time I was there”.
Our thanks to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History for sponsoring the FalconCams and for the stills.
Photo of Boomer watching over his family is courtesy of former nest monitor Mr. Scott Wright. Thanks to nest monitors Mr. and Mrs. Saladin for all other photos and for their eye-witness commentary
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