Nest # 10 status and archive, 2017-18
This banded Male #6748 is 7 years old and was first seen at Cape Royds in 2015. He was five years old then but did not build a nest. He was agfain seen last year and had a nest with one egg. Many of our nests failed last year and his was one of them. He is close to the place where his nest was last year and with a new mate. Lets watch and see what happens. This pair has been named Jack and Waddles by the students in Kristine Gutherie's 5th grade class at Mount Harmony Elementary School in Owings MD.
Female arrived on Nov 6th, 2017
First egg was seen on Nov 17th, probably laid on Nov 15th or 16th. Single chick hatched on Dec 17th.
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Jan 15, 2018. This nest produced one big, fat chick. I think he spent the whole season eating and sleeping. He will do well out on the ice his first year and we will look for him in about 4 years.
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| Jack in his nest waiting for the female | |||
| Nov 3 | Nov 6 | Nov 7 | Nov 8 |
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| Jack waiting for the female | Waddles has arrived | Jack and Waddles | Jack and Waddles |
| Nov 9 | Nov 10 | Nov 11 | Nov 12 |
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| Jack and Waddles | Jack and Waddles | Jack and Waddles | Jack and Waddles |
| Nov 13 | Nov 14 | Nov 15 | Nov 16 |
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No Picture Today | No Picture Today |
| Jack and Waddles | Jack and Waddles | 3 day storm | 3 day storm |
| Nov 17 | Nov 18 | Nov 19 | Nov 20 |
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No Picture Today |
| Waddles, one EGG | Waddles, at least one EGG | Jack, two EGGs | |
| Nov 21 | Nov 22 | Nov 23 | Nov 24 |
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| Jack, two EGGs | Jack, two EGGs | Jack, one EGG | Jack, one EGG |
| Nov 25 | Nov 26 | Nov 27 | Nov 28 |
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| Jack, one EGG | Jack, one EGG | Jack, one EGG | |
| Nov 29 | Nov 30 | Dec 1 | Dec 2 |
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| Jack, one EGG | Jack, one EGG | Jack, one EGG | Jack, one EGG |
| Dec 3 | Dec 4 | Dec 5 | Dec 6 |
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| Jack, one EGG | Waddles, one EGG (she was gone for 15 days) | Waddles, one EGG | Waddles, one EGG |
| Dec 7 | Dec 8 | Dec 9 | Dec 10 |
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| Waddles, one EGG | Waddles, one EGG | Waddles, one EGG | Waddles, one EGG |
| Dec 11 | Dec 12 | Dec 13 | Dec 14 |
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| Waddles, one EGG | Waddles, one EGG | Waddles, one EGG | Waddles, one EGG |
| Dec 15 | Dec 16 | Dec 17 | Dec 18 |
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| Waddles, one EGG | Jack, one egg starting to hatch. Look closely. | Jack, one newly hatched chick! | Jack, one very small chick! |
| Dec 19 | Dec 20 | Dec 21 | Dec 22 |
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| Waddles, one chick waking up. | Waddles, one chick sleeping | Waddles, one hungry chick. | Jack, one hungry chick. |
| Dec 23 | Dec 24 | Dec 25 | Dec 26 |
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| Jack, one chick growing fast. | Waddles, one chick | Jack, one chick | Jack, one chick |
| Dec 27 | Dec 28 | Dec 29 | Dec 30 |
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| Waddles, one chick | Waddles, one chick | Jack, one chick | Jack, one chick |
| Dec 31 | Jan 1, 2018 | Jan 2 | Jan 3 |
Happy New Year, no pictures today
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| Waddles, one chick | Waddles, one chick | ||
| Jan 4 | Jan 5 | Jan 6 | Jan 7 |
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| Jack, with Frost | Jack, with Frost who is exploring his environment | Jack and Waddles with Frost | Waddles with Frost |
| Jan 8 | Jan 9 | Jan 10 | Jan 11 |
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| Jack and Waddles with Frost | Jack, with Frost | Jack, with Frost | Waddles with Frost |
| Jan 12 | Jan 13 | Jan 14 | Jan 15 |
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| Waddles with Frost | Jack, with Frost | Jack, with Frost | Frost, still sleeping |
| This concludes the Nest Check pictures for the Adelie 2017-18 breeding season. Please come back in Nov 2018, for another year of penguin stories. | |||