Many viewers have wondered what happened to egg2 to cause it to pip prematurely and then fail to hatch. Purpleeagle, one of our SWFEC mods on chat today succinctly summarized by saying " It seemed to develop a small indentation that turned into a premature pip causing the chick to try to get out of the egg early. The membrane was too thick for it to break through and the whole thing just sort of collapsed."
In addition, Elfruler, a retired university professor & avid bird watcher, wrote an article on what she believed happened to egg2. It is an excellent article and a must read entitled: "THE EGG AT THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA NEST, DECEMBER 2023"
The link to her blog can be found here: www.elfruler.com/?page_id=64
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M15 is brooding E23 after his rabbit delivery and he decides this is the day to remove egg2 from underneath him. He gets up and pulls egg2 slightly away from him and aerates the nesting material around egg2. He returns to brooding but keeps getting up and each time he pulls egg2 a little further away from him. M15 gets up again and when he does - watch him tuck E23 back under him - a very smart move as he then does more digging in the nest and covers up egg2 with grasses. We have some closeups of M15 and egg2 further in front of him now - he has decided that he is no longer going to incubate this egg. Finally M15 gets up and picks up egg2 and carries it to the edge of the nest. He walks away and looks back at it - knowing that it was time to remove it from his nest cup. RIP little egg2 💔 Thank you for watching!
To see the highlights below, please click on the timestamps to advance to that portion of the video.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Opening M15 gets up from brooding & pulls egg2 away from under him
00:50 M15 aerates around egg2
03:07 M15 gets up & pulls egg2 further away from him
05:47 M gets up, tucks E23 underneath him (smart move) then aerates around egg2 and puts grass on it to cover up
08:06 M15 pulls Egg2 further away - E23 peeping
09:13 Closeups of M15 and Egg2
10:25 M gets up again - this time picks up egg2 & puts further on edge of nest
11:43 M15 standing - his job is done - then returns to brooding
Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk
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