Update for Saturday, March 23, 2024
We had a rather potent winter storm today. However, it didn’t seem to hamper the falcons’ breeding behavior very much. Astrid laid the first egg of the season at 9:25 AM – the very first day of her traditional egg-laying window! After a couple of contractions and one large push, she produced the egg. Ares got to see it about ten minutes later. The falcons took turns in the nest for most of the day. In the early afternoon, Ares was dealing with an intruder. At one point he came back to the nest and let Astrid handle the situation. Later, Ares brought Astrid a food gift. She took it over to the hotel and had it for lunch. He brought her a second gift a few hours later.
