!!! Domestic Bliss - two eggs and full time incubation appears to have started. The countdown to a hatch date starts today.
April 25, 2011 - Toronto - Don Mills
Mark Nash Reports:
A good day indeed. We all had an opportunity to meet and greet our good friends from Rochester New York today while they were visiting Quest and Kendal here in Toronto. While it was a rather quiet day on the nest ledge and I was able to capture a few photos of the birds on the nest tray during one of the birds shift changes. While it is obvious who rules the roust, and the fact that Kendal is conforming to the family type of responsibilities. It appears that his bachelor lifestyle is over.
During the shift change when Quest relieved Kendal from his incubation duties, and by the look of Kendal’s body posture and actions, it appears that Quest had some additional instructions for him. In a serious of photos that I was able to take during this particular shift change, there was some serious vocalizing going on between the two birds that lasted for several minutes before he was allowed go. Quest took over the incubation duties and settled down on her two eggs.
It was worth noting that her body language today told yet a different story, in that it would appear the she may not be laying another any more eggs. Unlike the past week, where it was obvious that she was in production of eggs, (and with plenty of copulation going on during that time frame), that this was not the case today, despite the bright sunny and rather mild weather conditions for more than half of the day. Today, both the birds were more settled in to other more domestic activities.
As we departed Harlequin around 5pm, there was no indication that Quest was going to produce and lay another egg. Both birds are now involved in full time incubation duties and we can start the clock as to a predicted hatch date. We all have our fingers crossed that the eggs are fertile and looking forward to the birds successfully hatching one or both of the existing clutch of eggs.
In another photo, Kendal roosts on a concrete pillar looking rather dejected after the misses seemed to have scolded him for something he did wrong? Perhaps he is only just realized what he has got him into?
Domestic Bliss,,, two eggs in the nest tray and full time incubation appears to have started. The countdown for a predicted hatch day starts today..
We all have our fingers crossed that the eggs are fertile and looking forward to the birds successfully hatching one or both of the existing clutch of eggs.
A big thank you to all of the CPF supporters that came out in force to show a little solidarity, to our great friends from Rochester and to Harlequin for their generosity, kindness and support..
