4:13pm- Mom is so content incubating her eggs. There is a nice breeze that is blowing her feathers as well as her ears.

6:58pm- Night fall comes so quickly when you are 6 hours behind Africa time. Mom is still settled on her eggs incubating them. I put the video on now so if Pappa should make an early food drop off, I won't miss it Getting close to hatch time! I'll post the time line again shortly.

Time line:

First egg..Aug 30, 2011
Second egg.. Sept.1, 2011
Third egg...Sept 5, 2011

Estimated Timeline of Events:



Nesting - usually end of August.
Laying of eggs - nesting begins with the laying of the 1st egg. The female then lays another 2 eggs (usually) - each egg is laid approx 48 hours apart. Total estimated time for laying of eggs is approx 7-8 days.
Incubation period - approx 30 days from the last egg laid.
Hatching of the eggs - as above - approx 30 days from last egg laid.
Eyes opened for the first time - approx 12 - 15 days old. Lovely to watch the chicks trying to focus on objects around them.
Games and curiosity period - once the chicks are bigger (from approx 25 days old), they start moving around a lot more, flapping their wings, playing with objects in the pot, standing on the lip of the pot
Wing flapping / testing of wings - starts from 33-36 days old
Chicks flying - Our chicks flying starts anytime from 40 days onwards.
Fledging - with the location of the nest, the chicks are with us for longer than they would if the nest was low to the ground. We have the chicks for 57+ days from when they are born. In the 2nd year, we had them for over 70 days.

9:34pm- Mom has left the nest. Must be having dinner out tonight!

Nothing to report on thus far. I haven't seen Pappa around for 2 days now. My that he comes around this evening so we know he is alright. Mom has been leaving her eggs quite a bit last night and tonight for short periods of time. She's either on the hunt for food or for pappa!

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Nothing to report on thus far. I haven't seen Pappa around for 2 days now. My that he comes around this evening so we know he is alright. Mom has been leaving her eggs quite a bit last night and tonight for short periods of time. She's either on the hunt for food or for pappa!

Jean.. I have been watching also.. haven't seen.. Papa.. i don't even hear him hooting like i use too... i posted on the chat thread about not seeing Papa.. some there were asking also..

2:13am
Mom was disturbed by dog baring

2:16am .. time on cam is stuck .
Mom is resting now
2:32am
Cam cuts in at times.. mom is alert

2:36am
MOm was looking over the edge of the nest box


Got up and left

2:45am
Eggs are still unattended..

2:46am
Mom is back..time is stuck on the cam

2:46am
Mom is attending to her eggs

MOm is incubating now

NO sign of Dad when i was watching.

See you all tomorrow.....