Comments on: All 5 Eggs Have Hatched at Pitt http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/26/all-5-eggs-have-hatched-at-pitt/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Sat, 25 May 2013 03:00:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kate St. John http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/26/all-5-eggs-have-hatched-at-pitt/comment-page-1/#comment-13253 Kate St. John Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:34:58 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34683#comment-13253 Yes, they do.

]]> By: David S. http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/26/all-5-eggs-have-hatched-at-pitt/comment-page-1/#comment-13252 David S. Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:33:05 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34683#comment-13252 Do falcons (presumably the parents) eat the leftover shells, as at least some bird species do?

]]> By: luke http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/26/all-5-eggs-have-hatched-at-pitt/comment-page-1/#comment-13240 luke Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:38:13 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34683#comment-13240 My school went on a field trip to the nationality rooms today and I was lucky enough to see TWO falcons flying around the cathedral!!!

]]> By: Marianne http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/26/all-5-eggs-have-hatched-at-pitt/comment-page-1/#comment-13235 Marianne Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:08:27 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34683#comment-13235 It is great that all 5 have hatched! I wish them a successful fledging also.

]]> By: Mary DeV http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/26/all-5-eggs-have-hatched-at-pitt/comment-page-1/#comment-13226 Mary DeV Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:06:36 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34683#comment-13226 There’s a baby at Gulf!

]]> By: Traci http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/26/all-5-eggs-have-hatched-at-pitt/comment-page-1/#comment-13225 Traci Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:41:57 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34683#comment-13225 It’s 6:39am and I see, literally!, that the first of Dori’s eggs has hatched!!
Amazing!!

]]> By: Kathy McCharen http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/26/all-5-eggs-have-hatched-at-pitt/comment-page-1/#comment-13224 Kathy McCharen Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:40:41 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34683#comment-13224 I just saw Dori with an egg shell so at least one chick has hatched!

]]> By: John English http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/26/all-5-eggs-have-hatched-at-pitt/comment-page-1/#comment-13219 John English Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:41:58 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34683#comment-13219 Wilmington, DE also had it’s first hatch today :-)

http://www.dosbirds.org/wilmfalcons

John/Akela

]]> By: Kate St. John http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/26/all-5-eggs-have-hatched-at-pitt/comment-page-1/#comment-13217 Kate St. John Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:29:35 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34683#comment-13217 Good question, Mary Ann. The shells have pores that allow air in. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_(biology)#Shell

]]> By: Kathy http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2011/04/26/all-5-eggs-have-hatched-at-pitt/comment-page-1/#comment-13215 Kathy Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:22:44 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=34683#comment-13215 I have been watching Dori on and off all day today. That little pip is an out and out hole on that one egg.

Poor Dori, all she wants to do is take a nap. She keeps trying to close her eyes (she looks like me trying to stay awake at my keyboard sometimes) and she gets poked from underneath. Just think of the job it is for the little guy to be pecking away and that shell all this time.

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