UPDATE On FalconCam: All Four Eggs Have Hatched!

MONDAY UPDATE

As of Monday, May 12th, 2025 all four of Acadia's eggs have hatched. What a success! Now, we will have to wait and see if Acadia and her mate will help all four to adulthood.

SATURDAY UPDATE

I don't know if you've been eagerly awaiting the birth of Acadia's chicks, but today, I saw that one is in the nest!

I was watching on and off most of the day on Friday, and as far as I could tell, Acadia was incredibly restless. All day she was sitting on those eggs, fidgety and uncomfortable, like she was getting very impatient.

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AN EGG HAS HATCHED!

This afternoon, I finally checked,d and it looks like by about 5 am this morning, somewhere between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, one of the babies did indeed hatch. She's been busy feeding that hungry mouth while Papa's been out hunting and bringing food back to the nest.

Now we will have to check again tomorrow morning and see if any others hatch overnight.

LAST YEAR'S EVENTS

Last year, three of the four eggs they laid hatched. Unfortunately, the last one hatched too late, and Acadia couldn't keep up feeding it as well as the earlier-born chicks. That is the hardest thing for me to watch. The chick was strong enough if the parents had kept feeding it, but maybe we know something they don't know.

Part of me hopes that they will only have this one chick to care for, as it breaks my heart to see some have a chance at life, and then they are just snuffed out..by the parents no less. Ugh!

DID LAST year's CHICKS SURVIVE?

The two remaining chicks both survived and left the nest in early July. Those chicks were banded, so we should be able to tell if they are long-term survivors at some point, if their bands can be checked again. It will be interesting to see how far they travel from their birthplace.

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