Spartan Stadium Falcon Cam

Looking back through the feed this morning, a second chick hatched overnight.

Looks like we have three chicks and one egg that remains unhatched.  Most likely it is the fourth egg that was laid two days after she started incubating and hopefully it will hatch in the next day or two.

Cigars all around!

tGreenWay wrote:Cigars all around!

Lighters and feathers is not a good combination.

Floyd Robertson wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:Cigars all around!

Lighters and feathers is not a good combination.

Good point. lol

4th egg still hasn't hatched.  Mom fed the rest then took off to get rid of the carcass.  Little buggers seem to fall asleep immediately, sort of helping incubate the unhatched.

First time I've seen mom not stick the landing.  Fell through the opening maybe half hour ago.  Starting to wonder if that last egg is going to hatch.

Mother's day... Probably had a couple mimosas with her morning robin.

Not sure what just happened.  Did mom make the corporate decision and cannibalize the last egg to feed to the chicks?

Mom picked the egg up around 9:25 this morning and dropped it on the stadium roof.

The Pantry wrote:Mom picked the egg up around 9:25 this morning and dropped it on the stadium roof.

Very interesting to see. To me she intended to fly it some ways away, but the piece of the shell she was holding broke and it dropped. She seemed unsure what to do after that. But she had to get it out of there, I saw one of the chicks picking at it yesterday.

FWIW, from what I could see over the last couple of days, there was still a dead chick inside. I am not sure what happened - if the chick started to break out and just wasn't strong enough or the shell broke from some outside force. But it was clear it was no longer viable.

MSU addict wrote:

The Pantry wrote:Mom picked the egg up around 9:25 this morning and dropped it on the stadium roof.

Very interesting to see.  To me she intended to fly it some ways away, but the piece of the shell she was holding broke and it dropped.  She seemed unsure what to do after that.  But she had to get it out of there, I saw one of the chicks picking at it yesterday.

FWIW, from what I could see over the last couple of days, there was still a dead chick inside.  I am not sure what happened - if the chick started to break out and just wasn't strong enough or the shell broke from some outside force.  But it was clear it was no longer viable.  

Falcon version of getting dropped on your head as a baby, only it's fatal

MSU addict wrote:

The Pantry wrote:Mom picked the egg up around 9:25 this morning and dropped it on the stadium roof.

Very interesting to see.  To me she intended to fly it some ways away, but the piece of the shell she was holding broke and it dropped. She seemed unsure what to do after that.  But she had to get it out of there, I saw one of the chicks picking at it yesterday.

FWIW, from what I could see over the last couple of days, there was still a dead chick inside.  I am not sure what happened - if the chick started to break out and just wasn't strong enough or the shell broke from some outside force.  But it was clear it was no longer viable.  

Looked like that to me too.  Looked like she hopped down to the roof.  Edge of the roof is right in front of the nest.  Wonder if she was able to carry it away from there or drop it off the roof.

Another feeding time now. At the rate the little critters eat, surprised if there are any birds left on campus.

Not sure what's going on now. Mom is feeding the chicks but more than one other bird is out of camera view, squawking. Wonder if one of last years brood is having a chat with dad.