On April 2, at around 6:30am, Lizzie laid her fifth egg. She laid the third (3/28) and fourth (3/31) and still not incubating full time. Five eggs is not uncommon with peregrine falcons. Now they will be devoted to incubating 24/7. The female will do most of the incubation and get some breaks to stretch her wings and feed away from the nest. These incubation exchanges happen several times a day. They will roll and shift the eggs during incubation so they develop properly.
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