The long tedious incubation that will total 30-36 days is underway. There apparently will be no more eggs; four is it. The eggs should begin hatching during the first week of May. The only noteworthy action over the next three weeks or so will be when the male and female switch incubation duties. …
A reminder, there is also a webcam streaming video of an American Kestrel nestbox from the NGPC headquarters building here in Lincoln. Click the still photo (showing two eggs), to the left, from the webcam or cut-and-paste the following URL to be taken to the Kestrel-cam page: http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/wildlife/webcam/kestrel/index.asp American Kestrels, or sparrowhawks, are also falcons and are …
Sorry for torturing a movie line about Santa Claus, but our falcon allowed a peek of the eggs this afternoon. Others apparently saw it earlier, but I was finally able to confirm for myself that there is indeed a fourth egg. This might be it for eggs, but it is still possible that another …
If you are down at the Capitol, be sure to check out our Peregrine Falcon display. The display is located near the information desk on the 1st (main) floor of our Capitol building. Live streams from both cameras are showing the action from the nestbox. We also have digital slide show …
I woke up in the middle of the night, I think around 2 a.m., and for whatever reason, I checked in on the Peregrines. The female was standing in the nestbox, suggesting that another egg was about to be laid. Thus, it was no surprise to wake up this morning …
The female Peregrine Falcon was acting a bit squirly Wednesday morning, no doubt because she was trying to expel a large object from her body. That large object was the second egg of the 2012 clutch and it was laid at approximately 10:45 a.m. Chances are good there will be …
A common question every year when the Peregrine Falcons begin “mixing it up” is whether the male and female Peregrine Falcon are the same birds present in the previous year(s). As long as I have been around (six years) the answer has always been “Yes”. This year that same ol’ answer will suffice. The …
As anticipated, our female Peregrine laid her first egg either late Sunday night or early Monday morning. So what happens next? Peregrines, like all birds, don’t begin incubating the first egg immediately after it is laid. The female Peregrine is likely to lay more eggs. However, eggs are typically laid 2-3 days apart. It …
A few days ago, we captured this incredible video from the webcam. The Peregrine Falcon pair is together at the nestbox. The male is inside the nestbox and the female is on the roof. Suddenly, the male takes flight and after about thirty seconds, returns and the sequence ends in the pair …
Welcome! It is that time of year again when all of us are thinking spring. The Peregrine Falcons at Nebraska’s Capitol are also thinking spring and have become more and more active around their nestbox. As in previous years, we aim to provide the public a view of Peregrine Falcon …
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