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 Joined: Wed Mar 21 2007, 06:58 Posts: 2709 | I think there are at least three chicks, perhaps even four:    | ||
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Joined: Wed Mar 21 2007, 06:58 Posts: 2709 | An article on the Lincoln falcons: Three falcon eggs hatch at Nebraska Capitol Three of the four peregrine falcon eggs at the State Capitol hatched last week, and it appeared there were three chicks in the nest box. The fourth egg did not hatch, said Joel Jorgensen, nongame bird program manager with the Game and Parks Commission. Occasionally birds lay infertile eggs, Jorgensen said. In the first days after hatching, the chicks are nearly blind and unable to regulate their body temperature, so the adult birds cover the chicks almost continuously, according to a news release from Game and Parks. The chicks double in size during the first five days and the adults begin to leave the nest to hunt food. The chicks will not be able to fly until they are more than 40 days old. You can watch the falcon nest videos at the Game and Parks website, www.ngpc.state.ne.us. This is the fifth year the peregrine pair has successfully hatched eggs. A name-the-chick contest, held in previous years, will continue this year if the chicks survive. Peregrine falcons almost disappeared in the lower 48 states after World War II because of eggshell thinning caused by the pesticide DDT, according to the release. The falcon was listed as "endangered" under the Endangered Species Act in 1970. It was removed from the endangered species list in 1999, after successful recovery efforts that included the release of falcons at tall buildings in urban areas. Lincoln falcons Photos from the article:    | ||
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Joined: Wed Mar 21 2007, 06:58 Posts: 2709 | The three chicks fledged successfully, and all three have been seen on the roof around the nest box area. Alley at the nest yesterday:   | ||
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Joined: Wed Mar 21 2007, 06:58 Posts: 2709 | 19/K at the nest:  | ||
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