FalconWatch

Is it Hera or is it Zeus?

It's hard to tell them apart. I usually need to have both of them together. Hera is noticeably larger than Zeus. Therefore, she will take up more room in the box when lying down. She also had a scar on top of her left wing. I haven't noticed it this year, so maybe it has healed over. This is a photo of Hera taken in September of 2008 just before she was set free after her recovery. The trip over to the Woodmen Tower proved to be stressful on her, and somehow she hurt herself in her carrier. It kind of looked like a skinned knee. It did not affect her flying or hunting abilities at all. And so they made the decision to release her.

I watched all day yesterday to catch a glimpse of the eggs.

No luck. Zeus and Hera basically slept and incubated and slept and incubated. I didn't even get to see them switch places. It's like watching corn grow. BORING!

One, two, three, four, FIVE! Oh boy!

 

Er .. make that four eggs!

And then there were three.

Yesterday I peeked in on the falcons and found Zeus with three eggs. I did not spot Hera but I'm sure she was somewhere nearby. It would be nice to have a couple more eggs added to this clutch. Maybe we'll be able to see more eggs when Zeus and Hera switch out today.

And they seemed to have weathered last night's rain storm because someone is there in the box this morning.

Egg #1 came sometime last night.

And wouldn't you know it Hera decided to change nest boxes. She now resides in the north ledge box. That meant that the web camera team had to scramble and switch camera set ups. Unfortunately, she did not choose the nest box with the overhead camera. That would have been interesting to watch. Oh well, maybe next year.