http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/14/food-for-thought/ A Bird Watcher's View of the World Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:51:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/14/food-for-thought/#comment-1681 J Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:04:06 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/14/food-for-thought/#comment-1681 This is a really neat and interesting blog you have here Kate. Your strawberry eating squirrel reminded me of one summer when my mom had planted strawberries along the side of our house. One day she noticed a particularly large and ripe strawberry and decided to give it one more day, but when she went to pick it the next day it was gone. She blamed my dad until several days later my sister caught our dog eating the strawberries right off the plant. This is a really neat and interesting blog you have here Kate. Your strawberry eating squirrel reminded me of one summer when my mom had planted strawberries along the side of our house. One day she noticed a particularly large and ripe strawberry and decided to give it one more day, but when she went to pick it the next day it was gone. She blamed my dad until several days later my sister caught our dog eating the strawberries right off the plant.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/14/food-for-thought/#comment-1580 Kate StJ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:57:31 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/14/food-for-thought/#comment-1580 Do peregrines fledge more than one brood a year? No. There is no record of this ever happening in North America. The only thing peregrines will do - and this is early in the process - is that the female will lay another set of eggs if the first set is destroyed. It takes approximately 40 days from egg formation until hatching and another 40 until the nestlings fledge and (up to) another 40 for the young to become independent. There just isn't enough time to have two broods in one year. Do peregrines fledge more than one brood a year?
No. There is no record of this ever happening in North America. The only thing peregrines will do - and this is early in the process - is that the female will lay another set of eggs if the first set is destroyed.
It takes approximately 40 days from egg formation until hatching and another 40 until the nestlings fledge and (up to) another 40 for the young to become independent. There just isn’t enough time to have two broods in one year.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/14/food-for-thought/#comment-1579 CHW Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:24:35 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/06/14/food-for-thought/#comment-1579 Looks like E2 is in the nest again today. Seems like he has a regular schedule for his early afternoon nap. Do falcons ever do two clutches in a season (even if the first nest was successful)? Any word on who he is, or any hopes in the near future that someone will be able to digiscope him? Looks like E2 is in the nest again today. Seems like he has a regular schedule for his early afternoon nap. Do falcons ever do two clutches in a season (even if the first nest was successful)? Any word on who he is, or any hopes in the near future that someone will be able to digiscope him?

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