The eagle owl's eggs on the 15th floor of the rooftop of the apartment
Son: I heard there are two eggs, but only one's left
Touches
Mother eagle owl lost one egg
while keeping her eggs safe alone in the nest while her husband went missing
One day
Mother eagle owl leaves the nest
Ornithologist Cho Sam-rae: The females have no choice but to abandon their eggs when the males don't come back
If the males can't provide them with food, not only can't she feed on herself,
she won't think she's able to raise her chicks
Aren't there any ways to protect the egg..
The female might deem the pile of food as the one the male's brought for her
She's highly likely to eat it and sit on the egg again
Yet..
(Prey)
The mother eagle owl doesn't come back even after two days
Eventually, decide to hatch the egg artificially
The egg is cold
An expert places a chicken egg in the spot where the egg was
Ornithologist Cho Sam-rae: Seeing her egg again will spark the instinct of sitting on eggs
Though it's fake, we're going to place it in the nest
to give her a chance to get her real egg in the incubator
Wishing the return of the mother,
preserve the egg in a mother's-embrace-like environment
Resident who gave the nest: Since it's better mom to protect the egg,
I hope she comes back and embraces it
It's been 10 days since she left
Henlo
Henlo2
The eagle owl couple came back
A miracle happened
As she gets her real egg,
she sits on the egg with love and care
And
The husband stays next to her, fetching food just like before
All that's left is a safe birth of the chick
???? The eggs are two.?
Ornithologist Cho Sam-rae: The number of eggs produced at one laying
is called 'litter size'
The litter size of this eagle owl is two
I guess she laid one more egg to make up for the one
she failed to keep at her first laying
To make it up for the cracked egg,
The eagle owl laid another egg
Observation Day 36
A baby eagle owl is born
"Honey~~ You're amazing♥"
I'm a dad now!!
Mother feeds the baby with love and care
The baby owl became fluffy in a few days
Yet
The new one hasn't hatched yet
Perhaps something has gone wrong..?
Decide to check the egg when the mother's out
(The egg she laid to make up for the loss)
Examining in the egg tester
Ornithologist Cho Sam-rae: It's an unfertilized egg
Unfertilized eggs look transparent as the light passes through
Fertilized egg vs. Unfertilized egg
If left untreated, unfertilized eggs' temperature will go up
and with increased temperature, what's inside decays and fills with gas
Even with a tiny shock, it might explode instantly
For the sake of the eagle owl family's safety
Removed the unfertilized egg
With dedicated care of the mother
The baby's growing leaps and bounds
Ornithologist Cho Sam-rae: The biggest hurdle is left (to the eagle owl family)
The time of returning to nature has come near
Cutie-pie baby eagle owl's grand plan to move out To be continued in part 3