Hatching

Like many others during the pandemic, I started watching various live feeds on YouTube. The natural disasters are pretty self evident. I never expected to (nor wanted to) have first hand and up close experience with a volcano. Iceland provided live feeds…

But what turned out to be both fascinating and educational were the various wildlife cameras run by Universities or non-profits, especially those related to birds of prey. Since then, I have tuned in to Cal’s Chanel on the Campanile Falcons each spring.

Annie is back again, this time with a younger male who has been named Archie. Four eggs were laid and there has been a banner about the Hatching Party on 24 April. Well, someone forgot to get the falcons to agree. When I came upstairs this morning (early, let us not forget the cat) and opened the laptop I started to hear bird noises. Yes, that particular channel is open in a tab. Taking a quick look, there were egg shell fragments in the nest and a tiny leg moving around underneath the current parent.  

I think I put in the link to the live feed. If not, it is easy enough to find. 

If you haven’t seen any of these channels before, they can be highly entertaining. Besides the falcons, there are a number of channels devoted to owls, eagles, 

Otherwise, just assume that I am ignoring cleaning, doing some stitching and dealing with the cat’s prowling for food on a regular basis…..