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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Long Lashes" data-source="post: 393442" data-attributes="member: 41">Oh I see <img src="https://smileyshack.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/smileyslaughing_lol_hehe_100-102.gif?w=145&h=150"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":giggle:" title="Giggle    :giggle:" data-shortname=":giggle:" /> it certainly does look like the eggs must be fertile after all that action.Ooo she makes me feel so sad.  I watch all the activity going on with Lipstick and Guy and  their three eaglets and then I go and check on  Duchess  ... and she is so alone, like a one parent family, having to find food for herself and doing all the incubating.  Here are her eggs .. <img src="https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_70,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_75,w_100,c_scale/v200/8b459644053874c73bf2ae9389cd3a9c" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 560px" />.. they've been left alone and in the cold so often I think they have little hope of hatching.  I wonder how long Duchess will continue to sit on them once the possibility of any chicks passes?she doesn't seem to want to give up bless her,  even in the rain she protects them .. .<img src="https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_70,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_71,w_100,c_scale/v200/a2b322200c31115ba0a6d5e9ddb5db91" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 560px" />meanwhile, Duke behaves like a single guy, coming and going as he pleases and showing little responsibility for Duchess or  his eggs ...<img src="https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_70,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_69,w_100,c_scale/v200/f26bf48811caad3f6182ec6d3dd8e15e" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 577px" />he doesn't seem to have a clue whats going on. .. ^^ Duchess flew off for a break and instead of staying on the nest he just followed her ^^------------------------------------------------------ Crikey!  they are literally growing right before my very eyes , you can see a differnce in them from day to day, its amazing to watch.   I like this name! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> .. its so hard to tell them apart when there are more than two, the three Amigos suits them Michelle <img src="http://yoursmiles.org/ksmile/babe/k0512.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":gotcha:" title="Gotcha    :gotcha:" data-shortname=":gotcha:" />I really enjoy seeing  the interactions between Lipstick and Guy, they are very in tune with each other, but this made me laugh ... <img src="https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_70,fl_lossy,dpr_3/v200/567e19ef6b9968d3377d94422309c066" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />^^ Guy was sitting on the eaglets and Lipstick wanted him to move so she could take over and she deliberately stands  on his tail to try and get him up <img src="http://yoursmiles.org/ssmile/fun/s0208.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="lol    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />Here they look like they are having a bit of a domestic .. <img src="https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_70,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_60,w_100,c_scale/v200/418e4b4bc67c119af52a03a26b19cdbc" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 684px" />Lol! .. the way they are looking at each other And finally heres a blob of eaglets ... <img src="https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_70,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_84,w_100,c_scale/v200/f1977152b3bad423fcc2cc02c7f22485" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 686px" />^^ with full tummies and tired eyes, they've melted into one big bundle  <img src="http://yoursmiles.org/ssmile/fun/s0208.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="lol    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />It never ceases to astonish me how fast they grow, every year I still get that 'wow' feeling as I see them grow.   I've noticed recently they are already starting to grow their first feathers, they change so quickly.</blockquote>

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