Nest #7, 2019-20
Banded Bird # 6574 - Male
This banded male is 10 years old, He has been around the colony every year since 2012 but only lat year ( as a 9 year old) raised his first chicks. His nest is in the Cliffs breeding group and has a large rock next to it. This is good protection from the Skuas. He has been named Archie by the 5th grade students in Joseph Archers's at Lakewood ES, Port Dover, Ontario, Canada. His mate showd up on Nov 7th and her name is Hot Pockets. She was named byt the students in Judy Barrere's class at Holy Family School in Kirkland, WA. The first chick has been named Diamond by the students in Dana Jensen's
1st graders at Riverdale ES, Ogden, UT. The second chick was adopted by the students in Sandy Sullivan's class at Old Hamilton ES in Mattapoisett, MA. Her name is Pebbles.
First egg: Nov 14, 2019. Second egg: Nov 17, 2019
First chick hatched Dec 19, 2019. Second chick Dec 21.
Jan 7, 2020. Archie and Hot Pockets were great parent and had a strong nest. Both chicks are almost 3 weeks old and will probably make it. This is a happy day.
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Nov 5, 2019 |
Nov 7, 2019 |
Nov 8, 2019 |
Nov 9, 2019 |
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We see Archie for the first time. |
Hot Pockets shows up. |
Both parents are here. |
Waiting for eggs. |
Nov 10, 2019 |
Nov 11, 2019 |
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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Waiting for eggs. |
Waiting for eggs. |
Waiting for eggs. |
Waiting for eggs. |
Nov 14, 2019 |
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Nov 16, 2019 |
Nov 17, 2019 |
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Archie and Hot Pockets with their first egg. |
Still one egg. |
Still one egg. |
Archie and 2 eggs. |
Nov 18, 2019 |
Nov 19, 2019 |
Nov 20, 2019 |
Nov 21, 2019 |
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Archie and 2 eggs. |
Archie and 2 eggs. |
Archie and 2 eggs |
Archie and 2 eggs |
Nov 22, 2019 |
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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Archie and 2 eggs |
Archie and 2 eggs |
Archie and 2 eggs |
Archie and 2 eggs |
Nov 26, 2019 |
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Nov 28, 2019 |
Nov 29, 2019 |
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Archie and 2 eggs |
Archie and 2 eggs |
Archie and 2 eggs |
Archie and 2 eggs |
Nov 30, 2019 |
Dec 1, 2019 |
Dec 2, 2019 |
Dec 3, 2019 |
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Archie and 2 eggs |
Archie and 2 eggs |
Archie and 2 eggs. 16 days. |
Hot Pockets and her 2 eggs. |
Dec 4, 2019 |
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Dec 6, 2019 |
Dec 7, 2019 |
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Hot Pockets and her 2 eggs. |
Hot Pockets and her 2 eggs. |
Hot Pockets and her 2 eggs |
Hot Pockets and her 2 eggs |
Dec 8, 2019 |
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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Hot Pockets and her 2 eggs |
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Hot Pockets and her 2 eggs |
Hot Pockets and her 2 eggs |
Dec 12, 2019 |
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Dec 14, 2019 |
Dec 15, 2019 |
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Hot Pockets and her 2 eggs |
Hot Pockets and her 2 eggs |
Archie and 2 eggs |
Archie and 2 eggs |
Dec 16, 2019 |
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Dec 18, 2019 |
Dec 19, 2019 |
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Archie and 2 eggs |
Archie and 2 eggs |
Hot Pockets is here and the first egg is hatching. |
Archie introducing his first chick. Her name is Diamond. |
Dec 20, 2019 |
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Dec 22, 2019 |
Dec 23, 2019 |
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Hot Pockets is here with Diamond and introducing Pebbles. |
Archie is here with Diamond and Pebbles. |
Hot Pockets is here with Diamond and Pebbles. |
Dec 24, 2019 |
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Dec 27, 2019 |
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Archie and 2 chicks |
Hot Pockets is here with Diamond and Pebbles. |
Hot Pockets is here with Diamond and Pebbles. |
Archie is here with Diamond and Pebbles. |
Dec 28, 2019 |
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Dec 30, 2019 |
Dec 31, 2019 |
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Hot Pockets is here with Diamond and Pebbles. |
Archie is here with Diamond and Pebbles. |
Hot Pockets is here with Diamond and Pebbles. |
Hot Pockets is here with Diamond and Pebbles. |
Jan 1, 2020 |
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Jan 4, 2020 |
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Happy New Year! |
Hot Pockets is here with Diamond and Pebbles. |
Archie is here with Diamond and Pebbles. |
Hot Pockets is here with Diamond and Pebbles. |
Jan 5, 2020 |
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Jan 7, 2020 |
Jan 8, 2020 |
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Archie is here with Diamond and Pebbles. |
Hot Pockets is here and the chicks are ready to start exploring their environment. |
Diamond and Pebbles. are almost 3 weeks old and growing fast. They had great parents that fed and protected them well. |
This concludes Nest Check 2019-20. |
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