Comments on: 3 nestlings at Pitt, only 1 at Gulf Tower http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/04/27/3-nestlings-at-pitt-only-1-at-gulf-tower/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Sat, 25 May 2013 03:00:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Donna http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/04/27/3-nestlings-at-pitt-only-1-at-gulf-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-7132 Donna Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:23:59 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=5455#comment-7132 I also saw 4 at the Cathedral!

]]> By: Traci http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/04/27/3-nestlings-at-pitt-only-1-at-gulf-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-7131 Traci Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:16:18 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=5455#comment-7131 WOW!! There are Four!! I just got a webcam photo and blew it up in Photoshop!
I guess we weren’t expectign that!!

Has anybody been able to tell yet, if any of Tasha’s other eggs have hatched yet?

]]> By: MJED http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/04/27/3-nestlings-at-pitt-only-1-at-gulf-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-7130 MJED Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:41:00 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=5455#comment-7130 Tasha 2 was feeding at 7:30 this AM–looks like 2 at Gulf!

]]> By: Donna http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/04/27/3-nestlings-at-pitt-only-1-at-gulf-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-7129 Donna Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:39:12 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=5455#comment-7129 I definitely saw 2 chicks at the Gulf Tower this morning, but I don’t know how to post the photo.

]]> By: gloria http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/04/27/3-nestlings-at-pitt-only-1-at-gulf-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-7128 gloria Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:27:46 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=5455#comment-7128 I think I see two at the Gulf Tower???

]]> By: Lauren http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/04/27/3-nestlings-at-pitt-only-1-at-gulf-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-7127 Lauren Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:21:08 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=5455#comment-7127 Tasha2 left the nestbox and there are at least 2 chicks at the Gulf Tower

]]> By: MJED http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/04/27/3-nestlings-at-pitt-only-1-at-gulf-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-7126 MJED Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:59:15 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=5455#comment-7126 At 6:52 this AM–4 chicks at Pitt? Dorothy is feeding and it sure looks like there are 4!

]]> By: Lauren http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/04/27/3-nestlings-at-pitt-only-1-at-gulf-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-7125 Lauren Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:51:43 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=5455#comment-7125 All four eggs have hatched at the Cathedral…I was watching Dorothy feeding the chicks a robin, and four distinct heads were visible

]]> By: Kate St. John http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/04/27/3-nestlings-at-pitt-only-1-at-gulf-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-7124 Kate St. John Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:46:05 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=5455#comment-7124 The sun set by the time I read your comments so I’ll have to wait until there’s enough light tomorrow to see if another egg hatched at Gulf Tower. If so, I will be happy – but embarrassed that she fooled me again!

]]> By: J http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/04/27/3-nestlings-at-pitt-only-1-at-gulf-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-7123 J Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:36:05 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=5455#comment-7123 I thought Tasha only laid 4 eggs last year? I was also thinking the lack of chicks may be due to her likely advanced age. I don’t know really anything about avian reproductive genetics, but in humans there is a proven link between advanced maternal age (i.e. > 35 y/o) and increased risk of chromosomal trisomies. Perhaps the same phenomenon exists in birds. Yes, I’m a Human Genetics graduate student :-)

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