I have been following the progress of a family of Peregrine Falcons over the past couple of months (http://www.nature-photos.biz/peregrines/index.htm), but yesterday when I went to the site it seems that tragically all 4 chicks have perished in the recent bad weather. None were visible from any angle, and I can't really see anywhere they could have crawled into for shelter.
The female was nearby calling, and at one point landed on the nest ledge, looked around, and then left. I imagine if they were hiding somewhere she would have gone to them.
Is it possible that she could lay a second clutch of eggs and try again? They were about 2 weeks old and, as you can see from the last two photos, just starting to tear their own meat.
I expect that the answer is no, given the training time required for the chicks to learn to hunt, but it would be nice to hold out some hope for them as they also lost all their chicks last year.
The female was nearby calling, and at one point landed on the nest ledge, looked around, and then left. I imagine if they were hiding somewhere she would have gone to them.
Is it possible that she could lay a second clutch of eggs and try again? They were about 2 weeks old and, as you can see from the last two photos, just starting to tear their own meat.
I expect that the answer is no, given the training time required for the chicks to learn to hunt, but it would be nice to hold out some hope for them as they also lost all their chicks last year.