Beautiful sunshine after the rain brought me to my first fledge watch yesterday.  I met Carol P, Dawn and Carrie at 4pm who pointed out where Beauty and Archer were.  Beauty was under the SE wing on what I call “the pedestal”, and Archer was over on  the OCSR I beam.      C and J were resting as they had just been fed a short time before and all was quiet.  Quiet until a turkey vulture flew by.  Archer streaked off the OCSR in an impressive show of defending his family, with Beauty right behind him.  Archer was fast!  Both returned to where they had been stationed.   Beauty appeared to be stationed like a sentry in front of the nest box while  C and J rested.   Lots going on in the city; people streaming past us for a high school graduation, free concert in the park; many asking us what we were looking at.  By that time we were joined by Jeanne, Carla, Joyce and later Carrie and Shaky.  A new “watcher” came by – hooked by the camera as I was.  More excitement as Jemison and Callidora went out exploring along the well wall and went out of sight for a short time around the north side of the building.   Beauty took off from her post — maybe to “wrangle”  her daredevil offspring.  It worked.  Both returned to the porch area. 
Ralph went to check Mercury and found a feather from dinner “prep”.  Sure enough, Beauty returned with dinner for the  girls  (or maybe girl and boy). Archer and Beauty did some good flying and stoops and are clearly trying to teach their young’uns.   I left around 9 pm with Joyce, Shaky and Carrie still on watch.  Callidora and Jemison were in the next box.  It’s just a matter of days and they will be joining their parents in the sky.  My first impression of watchin?  Nice people, awesome birds…a great reality show!

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