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Thanks to glenham for sharing this wonderful feeding video – this brood is growing rapidly!
The fourth egg arrived in the Glenham, NY Chimney Swift nest this morning (Thursday, 06/19/08)!
Looking at “glenham’s” camera, it does appear that active incubation by the pair has started.
Will there be a fifth egg? We’ll have to wait and see! Chimney Swifts lay their eggs EVERY OTHER day so if there is a number five it should arrive on Saturday, June 21st.
And a belated Update! The third egg hatched on 05/07/08 and number four arrived just after midnight on 05/09/08. The fifth egg remains unhatched at this time and will not hatch. We can anticipate these four young falcons to fledge and leave the nest sometime in mid June.
Hooray for four growing young falcon chicks and to the Buffalo adult pair for doing such a great job of raising a new generation in our city!
Last year a new Bald Eagle nest was started in Alexander, NY but no young eaglets were produced.
Some of us in the area have been following the progress of this year’s nesting activities and on Mother’s Day I was able to visually confirm that there were two eaglets in the nest (and for the record, it was an amazing experience to finally see “mom” feeding her little ones on this special day)!
All I can say is WOOOO HOOOO! Two more eaglets in the world and another nest in Western NY! How amazing to see these birds close to home and get the opportunity to watch them grow (from a distance)!
