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• by HailyJo

  This is amazing I have never seen adults with chicks and eggs or an egg all at the same time!!!!

  Posted May 14, 2016 7:59 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  Nice!

  Posted May 14, 2016 8:02 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  We do see eggs and chicks at the same time, but not usually eggs being brooded while all other nests have good-sized chicks.

  Posted May 14, 2016 8:03 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  I think this rates a rare hashtag: #outofseason
  It could be a second try- we'll just have to watch for more information.

  Posted May 14, 2016 8:05 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  This is very interesting - what a find - thanks gardenmaeve. 😃

  Posted May 14, 2016 8:10 PM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  Thanks to @HailyJo who posted about the anomaly.

  Posted May 14, 2016 8:26 PM

• by SarahBlue

  really interesting, I wonder if this was one of the dead chicks seen later on as the parents didn't have enough time

  Posted May 15, 2016 12:53 AM

• by SarahBlue

  to wait for it to fledge before they headed out to sea again, or perhaps a non-viable egg? It does look clean and newly laid though...

  Posted May 15, 2016 12:54 AM

• by linda790

  The dead chicks we saw were from this year this is last year's colony?

  Posted May 15, 2016 2:17 AM

• by gardenmaeve moderator

  Those were 2016, yes. This image is the year before. We don't have enough information to draw any conclusions. Perhaps we'll learn more. 😃

  Posted May 15, 2016 4:59 AM