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[Phyl]

STL your news is neither comforting or  concerning, for me anyway. 
Newman bless his falcon heart. Faithful father.   Thank you for your snaps and info.
Prayers for the GSB 'youngsters' continue.

[Nora in IA]

3:14 Saturday -- No sign of anyone all day except Newman on his favorite perch.

[STLbf]

Nora, I didn't find anyone except Newman either.  Cam ops do a good job on wildflower closeups when the birds are absent.   

[STLbf]

Early dawn on the rewind, discover how some of those small stones get on top of the nest box.  While Newman was perching on a favorite dead branch, a raccoon was hunting at the top of the bluff!  In the process of moving around it knocked off several stones; hear them hit the nest box top.   Newman made several great dive bombing runs to scare off the raccoon, then returned to his branch.  No sighting of any of the younglings so far today.

[Nora in IA]

Great catch of Newman after the raccoon!  I hope the juvies are ok being the cam ops are to good at finding them.  This is just MY opinion, but the way Newman sits looking around on his favorite perch and chased the racoon makes me think the juvies are somewhere around there even if we can't see them.  I hope so anyway.

[Phyl]

I hope so too.

[Nora in IA]

Newman launching off his perch this morning........

[STLbf]

Barge traffic has picked up, Shep, are you watching?

No peregrines in sight so far today, but calling can be heard on the rewind.

Find the blooming sumac early AM and watch for chickadees feeding.  They were too fast for my screen cap to make a pic.

[Phyl]

Great snapshots you two!
Thanks.
Hope the Kid-Os are well.

[Nora in IA]

I don't know if Shep is watching.  She's not on the member list here anymore.  I remember at one of the nests she made a comment on the YouTube chat deal, but otherwise haven't seen her.

[Phyl]

Thanks. 

[STLbf]

Newman is celebrating Independence Day, as are we, but in different ways! 
Us = fireworks and hot dogs and beer and parades.
Newman had al fresco breakfast on his favorite branch, then he spent most of the morning on the same branch. 
About 11AM, he visited the nest box roof, then the cliff face above the box, then the nest box briefly.
No sign of any youngsters, but there's a very colorful freight train passing by the bluff at noon.

[Nora in IA]

Sigh..........wish at least one of them would get seen.  Good to see Newman doing good.  That's a rather patriotic colored train.

[Phyl]

Nora whole heartedly agree with you about the kids.

Stl thanks for the update and snaps

[Nora in IA]

King's are flying and High Bridge are starting to and going out on the roof of the building..........if you need kids to watch.