Friday ~ May 4, 2012

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Chicks and parents survived all the hail, thunder, and lightning storms last night!!!!
6:57 AM

7:46 AM Mom wakes them up.


7:46 AM Hey, over here!


7:47 AM Mom drags food to them

7:48 AM first bite


8:07 AM still at it


8:11 AM full tummies

8:49 AM out cold


8:51 AM Busy place. Hopefully the platform above them where the nest was last year helped protect them from all that hail.


I can't believe it. The cam operator was panning the cam later and showed the upper part of the light pole where the old nest is on the platform. Current nest is under that platform.
9:17 AM

Mornin' Nanc! great coverage this early am! I'm here to relieve you now so you can tend to your GBH nest

7:47 Nanc's was feeding 1
8:40 BR was calling for EZ
8:43 EZ delivers squirrel, BR tells him to leave
9:19 BR returns to the nest
9:39 she was feeding them again for feeding 2. She had to convince them as they were all laying down
9:45 feed ends

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9:58 BR watches as chicks take turns preening

9:46 AM BR feeding squirrel


9:51 AM still feeding


9:57 AM BR looking around area. Check out the leg and talon on chick.



Good morning Lori!

Hey Nanc! you swiped my fast fact for todays summary I knew about the old nest above and that was it! you naughty girl you!!


10:17 BR still standing guard over her wiggly clan and buzzing flies



10:30 the same, BR snapping at flies chicks resting, we need more greenery to help with those pesky fies

10:44 come on she says, just one bite. She sure is persistant and he does take the very odd one



10:46 well there ya go now the baby has joined in so 2 are eating again, feeding 3

10:48 I'm pretty sure BR took a direct hit from the baby. He aimed right at her as she was reaching a bite to the other. This is half a feeding since it's half-hearted. They don't really want it and baby has already turned around while the third chick never even woke up

10:55 its a full on feeding now for #2 he's eating really well

10:57 #1 woke up and he's into it now

11:00 offers continue but takers are less and less, one has wing over the other



It's 67 degrees and looks overcast

http://youtu.be/jrQClTED-OM little hawlets all snuggled together