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Default Peregrine Falcon

On Apr 8, 1:57*pm, Janet Bostwick > wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:52:42 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> >On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:43:33 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> > wrote:

>
> >>http://www.peregrinefund.org/falconcam/

>
> >>She has an egg

>
> >>Janet

>
> >I counted three eggs.

>
> For the red tailed hawk, yes. *But I think the peregrine falcon has
> only one so far. *Did you check out the links that Nancy provided for
> the Decorah Eagles? *This is neat stuff.
>
> We have a photo album entitled "The Adventures of Robinhood." *One
> year a mom robin insisted on nesting in my hanging basket of flowers.
> We put out a ladder and photographed the whole adventure right up to
> their flight to begin life on their own.
>
> Janet


There is a lot of good information at the WVEC site - for instance, it
is not true that a human touch on a baby bird or a bird's egg will
keep the adults from returning to a nest. Birds overall have a very
poor sense of smell, and human touch just doesn't bother them.

N.