2013 ROME 2013~Aria & Vento, Alice & Virgilio

gigi · **Posted:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:52 pm

I keep waiting for the "nanny" to appear and ask for her job back... :girlluv:

m.margaret · **Joined:** Sun Dec 16, 2012 5:30 pm **Posts:** 141

07.03.2013

06:56 am Alice & Virgilio

Warbler · **Joined:** Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:09 pm **Posts:** 375

On the 'nanny', apparently a third falcon has been seen near the nest and both Aria and Vento have been alarmed by this. Impossible to say whether it's the nanny but she should still have juvenile/sub-adult plumage. However, I don't think that Aria and Vento would be so tolerant this year!
Here are a couple of pics, taken on 2 and 4 March respectively by Randj and Sandro - thanks for the pics

gigi · **Posted:** Thu Mar 07, 2013 10:22 am

Thanks Warbler. That was unusual and special last year. :loveshow:

gigi · **Posted:** Thu Mar 07, 2013 10:39 am

Thanks m.margaret for the pic of Alice & Virgilio's 3rd egg. :loveshow:

I updated the nesting calendar!

ljames · **Posted:** Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:12 pm

They have eggs to incubate, no time for intruders. :gaaaaah:

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

Earlier today....are they planning on 5 eggs?..hmmmmmmm

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

I'm starting to think that they are going for 5 eggs here...

m.margaret · **Joined:** Sun Dec 16, 2012 5:30 pm **Posts:** 141

09.03.2013 r.

Aria & Vento

fourth egg

gigi · **Posted:** Sat Mar 09, 2013 9:39 am

Thanks m.margaret. Nesting calendar updated!!

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

Alice and Virgilio~still 3

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

Alice and Virgilio...

Is something wrong at this nest? I know I don't keep this up all the time, but somebody should be here...and the few times I have checked, I haven't seen anyone...gonna go check their forum...
(must be raining or something..fogged up lens..)

edit to add..oh yeah...its raining...something's wrong here..

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

Found this on their Forum...something must be wrong...

Recorded today at 4:43 PM nest time.

Video by Sandrobirdcam

gigi · **Posted:** Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:56 am

Thanks for the video SGB. She seemed on high alert looking up constantly. At first I thought I had paused the video, but then I saw her head move a few times.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

carly wrote:

I can't see it from work SGB just a big white empty space? Is it video? Did something happen?

I don't know...there were 2 vids posted on their forum showing her to be at high alert...always looking up..Nothing else appeared in those vids...on the vid I posted, she's looking up constantly and then all of a sudden, flees the box..video ends...

I kept the cam up just to see if she would return...thankfully, she did...but, eggs really are wet...hope they are ok...cam is so blurred from the rain, its hard to see what has been going on...but, I did get this:

I'm guessing that is Virgilio that brings the prey into the box..seems large to me though..but, with such a blurry cam, hard to know...

gigi · **Posted:** Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:13 pm

It looks wet and miserable so I hope the eggs are okay too...

Warbler · **Joined:** Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:09 pm **Posts:** 375

I've had a look at the various videos and read all the posts and there's no comment about the eggs being left today. They were left quite a long time on Sunday and several people commented on this.

The weather has been terrible in Rome today - heavy rain, hail, what even looks a bit like sleet and also lightning. There's also something that's obviously bothereing both Alice and Virgilio as they both keep looking up - I wonder if there are other falcons or crows, perhaps.

gigi · **Posted:** Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:14 pm

Thanks for checking and giving us an update Warbler. I hope the eggs were not left too long...
EDIT: I put a note on the nesting calendar about this...

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

Warbler wrote:

I've had a look at the various videos and read all the posts and there's no comment about the eggs being left today. They were left quite a long time on Sunday and several people commented on this.

The weather has been terrible in Rome today - heavy rain, hail, what even looks a bit like sleet and also lightning. There's also something that's obviously bothereing both Alice and Virgilio as they both keep looking up - I wonder if there are other falcons or crows, perhaps.

Warbler, thanks for the info...I can't say how long they were left, but they did get rained on a good bit while I was watching...that's when I went to the forum to see what was going on...A few minutes before I posted my video, mom had just returned to the eggs (didn't catch that on the vid)..she sat for a few minutes before actually getting on the eggs..so, they were probably uncovered for over an hour...and I have no clue how long they had been alone before I posted the pic..

ljames · **Posted:** Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:53 pm

I wonder what's up there above the nest? I wish they had a cover. If it was hailing, they may have been getting pelted by it.

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