Nest #4 status and archive, 2017-2018

#5000. This banded male is 9 years old and has been seen in the colony before at this nest site and perhaps with this female. Their nest is in the Hilton breeding group and has plenty of neighbors to help protect from the Skuas. They were in our study in 2014-15.  You can see what happened to them HERE. In that season the first egg was sighted on Nov 18th, let’s see how this season unfolds. This pair has been named for the season by Susan Withnell's class at Linton Springs ES, Sykesville, MD. The are Cook and Penny.

Dec 23. The egg has been lost, it was overdue to hatch and then just as it began something happened and it is gone. We are sad.

 

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Banded Male #5000
Male #5000 arrives at his nest Nov 6, 2017. He is waiting for his mate to return.	The nest is in the Hilton Breeding group and next to a banded nest #2863

 

Nov 6	Nov 7	Nov 8	Nov 9
Cook is wating for his mate	Cook is wating for his mate	Cook is wating for his mate	Cook is wating for his mate
Nov 10	Nov 11	Nov 12	Nov 13
Penny has arrived.	Penny and Cook	Penny and Cook	Penny and Cook
Nov 14	Nov 15	Nov 16	Nov 17
	NO PICTURE TODAY	NO PICTURE TODAY
Penny and Cook	Huge snow storm	Huge snow storm	Cook and at least one egg
Nov 18	Nov 19	Nov 20	Nov 21
		No Picture Today Snow Storm
Cook and at least one egg	Cook and at least one egg		Cook and ONE egg
Nov 22	Nov 23	Nov 24	Nov 25
Cook and ONE egg	Cook and ONE egg	Cook and ONE egg	Cook and Penny, ONE egg
Nov 26	Nov 27	Nov 28	Nov 29
		No Picture Today
Penny and ONE egg	Penny and ONE egg		Penny and ONE egg
Nov 30	Dec 1	Dec 2	Dec 3
Penny and ONE egg	Penny and ONE egg	Penny and ONE egg	Penny and ONE egg
Dec 4	Dec 5	Dec 6	Dec 7
Cook and ONE egg	Cook and ONE egg	Cook and ONE egg, Cook hasn't moved since yesterday!	Cook and ONE egg
Dec 8	Dec 9	Dec 10	Dec 11
Cook and ONE egg	Cook and ONE egg	Cook and ONE egg	Penny and ONE egg
Dec 12	Dec 13	Dec 14	Dec 15
Penny and ONE egg	Penny and ONE egg	Penny and ONE egg	Penny and ONE egg
Dec 16	Dec 17	Dec 18	Dec 19
Penny and ONE egg	Penny and ONE egg	Penny and ONE egg	Penny and ONE egg
Dec 20	Dec 21	Dec 22	Dec 23
Penny and ONE egg	Penny and 1 egg. This egg needs to hatch soon.	Penny and the egg is finally hatching.	Penny and an empty nest. We do not know what happened, but this nest has failed.
Dec 24
The empty nest of Penny and Cook. We will look for them next year.