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[Nora in IA]

Knew if I was gone she would    Good girl Savanna.

[STLbf]

Good for Savanna!  She's right on schedule.
To see the actual laying, see the gif from Shep.

[Phyl]

Many thaks Shep, Nora and STLbf for all your great snaps and info.
Newman/Savvy are looking great. Excited to see the hatchlings in this box.
Relying on y'all this season---
as after a couple of years of inactivity our beloved Bluebirds are back using our nesting boxes for
The 2023 Season!

I have a thread at https://raptorresource.org/raptorresource/forum/index.php?topic=2741.0
Called 'Bluebirds of Cane Ridge, Tennessee.
Since 2002 Jim and I have been providing nesting boxes for the Eastern Bluebirds of Tennessee.
When the season's finished and y'all are missing that 'something'---please visit my thread in
'Bird Cam Forum: Other Bird Cams and Information.

[STLbf]

Looks like a normal morning at GSB.  Good pic of eggs and Savanna showing her banding info.

[Nora in IA]

Glad things look good after yesterday's weather.  There was a lot of lightning in those. 

[shep]

EGG 4
April 6, 2023
A 4th egg may have been laid overnight - I cant see 4 ... waiting ...

This'd be a FIRST for Newman!
I hope he's learned how to feed new hatchs


EGG 1 - March 30
EGG 2 - April 1
EGG 3 - April 3, noon
EGG 4 - April 6, overnite

[Nora in IA]

Yep there's 4.......... 

[Phyl]

Thanks Nora, Shep and STLbf for all the snaps and info---egg count.
The 'box' looks good.

[STLbf]

Nora, that's a great pic of the 4 eggs  with Newman and Savanna.

On rewind about 7:00 this morning, Savanna arrived, Newman left and returned to attempt a copulation, then she took over egg duty.  Do peregrines lay 5 eggs sometimes??  It's difficult for this nest box to produce many successful fledges because of its location, accessibility to predators, black fly infestations, and on and on.  So they have their work cut out for them with 4 potential hatches in a few weeks.

[Nora in IA]

When I first found cams it was 2004 and it was Rochester New York's.  Mariah & Kaver usually had 5 and fledged 5.  I have heard of others with 5, but offhand can't remember just where over the years.

I think when Belinda took over the King plant from Mae she laid 5 one year, but seems to me at least one didn't hatch and one baby might not have lived long.

[shep]

When I first found cams it was 2004 and it was Rochester New York's.  Mariah & Kaver usually had 5 and fledged 5.  I have heard of others with 5, but offhand can't remember just where over the years.

I think when Belinda took over the King plant from Mae she laid 5 one year, but seems to me at least one didn't hatch and one baby might not have lived long.

Michele laid 5 but I think only 2 hatched. One pipped and I heard that chick peeping.  Eventually Michele carried it outta the box and away.  She was a GREAT mom.

[shep]

April 7 Good Friday
Cliff cam fixed

4 pm  Barge heads upriver.  AMERICA!  On the move!
A long freight train had just passed heading south

[shep]

April 8
7 am  Barge coming downriver, train headin north.
AMERICA!  On the move!

[Phyl]

Thak you Nora and Shep for the updates and info .
Nora, you've been watching nest cams a very long time. 

[STLbf]

Good deal that the cliff camera is back online.  Early morning, activities that the nest box cam wouldn't see.
Newman on the eggs and Savanna on the camera housing, looking around especially above.
Two raccoons were exploring near the "driftwood" logs that are toward the top of the bluff.  They might have a den there.
One of the peregrines repeatedly buzzed the coons, all caught on the video by our intrepid camera operators. 
My pic is just a blur of falcon dashing past, and that's in stop-action-mode.
A check on the eggs with the nest cam found them to be safe and OK at a changeover about 11:00 this morning.