Hundreds flock to falcon YouTube channel for glimpse of hatching peregrines – Global News

A falcon mama and her new partner in Montreal have gripped the attention of bird lovers and other curious onlookers. Eve and M., as the birds are known, made headlines in April after Eve laid four eggs. The first egg appeared on April 16, and there were four a week later on April 23.This is the first brood for the expectant parents, with M. having replaced a bird called Miro as Eve’s partner.The pair live in a nesting box perched atop a tower at the Université de Montréal, in front of the- Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery.The birds even have their own YouTube channel at FauconsUdeM, with a 24-7 livestream chronicling the peregrine falcons’ daily comings and goings.“Right now, they’re just incubating the eggs,” said Eve Belisle, a research professional in the chemical engineering department at Polytechnique, during an interview on Wednesday. The names are not a coincidence – peregrine mama Eve was named in honour of Belisle. Story continues below advertisement Belisle said while the birds take turns incubating, generally the female will take the overnight shift.“Typically in the morning the male will come around, you know, five or six in the morning with a gift– with breakfast. And then he takes
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