All the pics from today are great...I can't get much time on here but I read when I get a chance. Seems like a wet and wild day at the nest box. We have a Tornado warning...yeah ok. Dark here, rain on the way. Miss my own postings... I'll try and get back on later. BYE FOR NOW 

My how they've grown in a day!

[Carla, hope you have a great day.]

Carla, hope you have a great day.

Sorry I can't make a card from my daughter's PC...She has nothing for me to work with...just gaming stuff..pffft.

Wow, a lot of them didn't survive but the ones that did... Thanks Ei.

Hi Nancy and welcome. It sure is great to see them LIVE. 

[This just in..it's HOT in Florida!]

This just in..it's HOT in Florida!

What IS this world coming to?

Don't ask...long story...just needed to share...

  and I thought I was cuckoo.

I wish they could have just moved mama bear rather than shooting her.  Sheesh. 

http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/06/04/1512573/bear-lured-from-tree-with-doughnuts.html

Oh, I can't even go read it. I hate sad endings. 

she is going to get you guys I will be very surprised if she doesn't go ballistic protecting her babies she is a lady with an attitude. 

Your probably right BC...first time mom....very protective. Then again..Mariah never got used to it either. Should be interesting.

Beauty was on Main Cam but came down for her night watch.
On Main Cam

[HOW DO YOU NOT know a falcon is riding on your windshield???????????????????]

INDIANAPOLIS -- After a near miss earlier this week, another young peregrine falcon is missing from its downtown roost.

Volunteers said the banded bird was spotted on a car in a downtown alley below its home on the 31st floor of Market Tower on Thursday.

Images: Downtown Falcon Chicks Get Tagged

As people stopped to take pictures, they said a woman came out of a nearby building and drove off with the bird still on the windshield, according to an entry in the Falcon Blog.

"Patrol members have looked in the immediate area but no luck. No telling how far the bird hung on," wrote falcon watcher Laura James-Reim, who said volunteers searched Thursday night with no luck.

On Tuesday, another of the young birds, named Hatton, was returned to the tower after it was found on the ground outside a building at Ohio and Capitol. Volunteers said the bird likely had an unsuccessful flight or was the victim of Monday's storm.

The peregrine falcon is an endangered species in Indiana, which is why the birds are being closely watched. Four new chicks were welcomed in April.

Anyone who sees a banded bird is asked to call Richard at 317-697-9922 or James-Reim at 317-403-5503.

HOW DO YOU NOT know a falcon is riding on your windshield???????????????????

More food for the growing kids.
The exchange
Oh YUCK! 
Yummy to them

[I use Mozy online backup. It stores up to 2 GB for free. I haven't used 3/4 yet as of today. Had it for a year now. I learned my lesson a few yrs ago...when my Hard Drive crashed and I lost all my MK pics, family pics...and other important stuff. Losing MK was the worst.]

Donna's laptop reminded me that there was a sale at Best Buy (strongly dislike the store, but the price was right) on a Western Digital 2TB external hard drive for $119...it's backing up my 9,500 & change pictures as I type.  Half the price I spent on a 500GB drive a few years ago that filled up last year. And I remember getting excited at my first 1.2MB floppy drive...hard drive was still a pipe dream then.

No time like the present to back up your important stuff.  Never know when the blue screen of death will come to visit.

I use Mozy online backup. It stores up to 2 GB for free. I haven't used 3/4 yet as of today. Had it for a year now. I learned my lesson a few yrs ago...when my Hard Drive crashed and I lost all my MK pics, family pics...and other important stuff. Losing MK was the worst.  When I get my new Laptop, I just click restore and all my stuff is there and in the proper folders.  I hope!

That's it?  That's dinner!
Actually this is a good, name that prey.  I have no idea.

It's pretty whatever it is. 

Banding took place today and I had the pleasure of watching the live video feed from the banding room at the Jackson County Tower Building.  The nest is just outside a window on the 14th floor so the banding table was only a few feet away from it.  It was a simple process to bring them in through the window and back out again the same way.  The whole process only took 25 minutes!

Chayton and Big Red have one daughter & two sons:

Ella, Jackson & Ernie 

Ernie is named after Ernie Harwell, the famous Detroit Tigers broadcaster, who recently passed away.

All appear to be in good health.  We look forward to fledging in a couple of weeks.

Lynn

Congrats Lynn... Cute names too!

Thanks Jim.

Boo-Yah.....hope they have a video. Would  to watch it.

Thanks Donna! I haven't been quilting very long but have been sewing all my life. I hope you also checked out some of my posts from last summer. More bird and wildlife stuff there.

Cindy

It's a lot of reading and last Sunday, I read a bunch of pages...I'm still going...when my PC is running.