On a very windy evening here in Rochester, NY, at approximately 11:11pm last night, a very small, wet and pink eyas (baby falcon) broke out of its shell under the watchful eyes of momma Nova.

She quickly tucked the eyas underneath her to join the two eggs that had not hatched yet. It’s important to keep the newly hatched eyas warm. Nova settled in to munch on half of the white egg that was directly in front of her.

Yes, the eyas in the white egg, the 2nd egg laid, hatched first!

During the overnight, NG arrived on the corner of the nest box platform. He settled in to keep guard over Nova and her young.

Just a little while ago, Nova left for a quick break, giving us a good look at the now fluffy, white eyas and the darker egg with its pip. She returned and tucked the eyas and two eggs under her.

Now we wait to see if NG will bring in food for the eyas’s first meal.

Thank you Linda and Lori for staying up to witness the first eyas hatching on our live stream last night and reporting it!

Here are some pictures from overnight and this morning. Click on a picture to enlarge it.

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