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 |  Subject: Iris Laid an Egg! (IRIS & RUSTY GHO) 2 Eggs  Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:26 pm | |
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Break out the cigars because Iris laid an egg! This is the first egg she has laid in captivity, and Rusty wanted to see the egg for himself. In this video clip Iris has just left the nest to take a break, and the top of the egg is just barely visible in the nest bowl. Rusty flies over to check out the egg, and looks for the world like he's going to sit on it himself.
Iris apparently doesn't think this is a good idea, so she flies immediately back to the nest and seems to politely talk Rusty into getting off the nest and letting her sit on the egg.
Interestingly, Alice really doesn't like it if I check out her egg while she's off her nest either.
Hopefully Iris will lay a second egg. She took a 24 minute break this morning to sit next to Rusty while he ate, then he fed her his leftovers, which she took and ate before returning to the nest.
If all goes well we should have little owlets during our International Festival of Owls!
Posted by Karla (Kinstler) Bloem at 8:40 AM
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