Hi Johanna,I was surprised when I heard of the moving of the eggs,but here in the TOronto area it now looks like several chicks will have to be removed from a nest. I dont know as yet exact details of what will be done,but an old power generating plant called Lakeview Generating Station,is in the process of being demolished. The part of it which the Peregrine nest is on,will be imploded in early June,unless an unlikely comprimise can be reached. As this story unfolds I will let you know what happens.

Hi All :) :)

Here is the latest update on George & Gracie's single egg.

May 8, 2007: Good news. The lone egg that was retrieved from the nest at PG&E on April 27th, appears to be fertile. The egg is currently being naturally incubated by a captive falcon, and thus far the egg does appear to be viable. We'll periodically post updates here on its progress. Meanwhile, the young eyas that hatched on April 20th, from George and Gracie's first clutch of eggs, is doing very well, and has been fostered in with a pair of captive falcons. This falcon pair will continue to raise it, negating the need for any further human contact, until it is old enough to be released into the wild.

Johanna :D :D

Hi All :D :D

Some more AWWW :) :) pics of the " little eyas that could" :lol: :lol: .
Go to the 2007 : First clutch eyass album.

http://www2.ucsc.edu/scpbrg/sfgallery.htm

Johanna :) :)

Hi All ,

Here's what's been happening since the first egg was laid in the new location...
April 27, 2007 - SCPBRG TO RETRIEVE LONE EGG FROM PG&E THIS MORNING: It has now been one week since George and Gracie laid their egg in the nest box at PG&E. Unfortunately, Gracie has not laid any additional eggs, and neither bird has returned to the nest box in the last few days. As such, SCPBRG will remove the single egg this morning from PG&E for incubation at their breeding facility in Santa Cruz. In exchange, four dummy ceramic eggs will be placed in the nest tray. George is still frequently seen perching along the nest ledge, and hopefully he will see the full clutch of dummy eggs and this will stimulate him to begin incubating, and in turn Gracie to incubate them as well. There is no guarantee this will happen, but if both birds do begin incubating the eggs soon, their eyas that hatched last week can hopefully then be exchanged for the dummy eggs, and George and Gracie can continue to raise it through fledging. This process is the same as the direct fostering method that SCPBRG has used previously to encourage peregrine pairs to raise offspring that weren't necessarily their own. Stay tuned for updates...

I will post the updates as they come....the saga continues.

Johanna

Hi Everyone ,
You are all very welcome....it was so touching, that it brought tears to my eyes...so I had to share it.

Johanna

Hello Johanna,
Thankyou, that was just lovely.

Thank you Johanna, that was amazing.

Thanks Johanna, that is just priceless.

Hello again...

This has got to be the sweetest thing ever...here's a video of the little chick that was rescued of the Bay Bridge.

http://www2.ucsc.edu/scpbrg/video_player.htm

Johanna