Annie I as well will be in and out...busy busy day at work today
10:41am Just caught Pa squiggling down in the nest so not sure if there was an egg roll

Hello all.............I notice a lot of attention payed towards Mom and Dad rolling the eggs. What is the importance of the them doing this so often? Thanks.

11:08am Pa was up , saw him digging but pretty sure there was an egg roll. Anyone else catch it? He's now facing 1:00

11:20 pm -Ma arrives and Pa flies off



Ma settles to incubate, no egg roll

Quote by: dmitch

Hello all.............I notice a lot of attention payed towards Mom and Dad rolling the eggs. What is the importance of the them doing this so often? Thanks.

Hi dmitch, Egg rolls are very important. Someone asked that question
the other day.

Here is the link to the answerforum/viewtopic.php?topic=331464#331464

If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

11:33am Beautiful Ma back in the nest. Boy I seem to be missing everything today

Quote by: dmitch

Hello all.............I notice a lot of attention payed towards Mom and Dad rolling the eggs. What is the importance of the them doing this so often? Thanks.

The idea of rolling an egg is to keep the embryo from sticking to the shell. They found that rolling chicken eggs just 45 degrees one way and later 45 degs the other was sufficient, two or three times per day I think it was.

Anyway, I think there is a little too much worrying about egg rolling around here.

Annie & willpatt............Thanks for the help! Amazed by these beautiful creatures. I was at my beach yesterday when 2 adults flew in and settled on some pilings. Created quite a stir among all the other sea birds (& people) in the area. I'm grateful we have the cams to keep an eye on these two. Thanks again.