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[Nora in IA]

I think the one on the left is Thomas?  Sure took off, but was too quick for me and I couldn't catch it except for a wing tip on one shot.

[STLbf]

Nora, wonderful pics!  These little ones are sooooo entertaining to watch.  Napping on the roof is really special.  They are really smart, too, knowing to come back to the nest box for food.  I'm guessing that the two who haven't fledged yet will on Sunday.

Is it correct that Thomas [B59] is really flying, and that Kami [P-59] is hopping and flapping short distances?

A few more pics from today.

[Nora in IA]

Yes Thomas is flying.  There is a picture further up of him coming in for a landing at the nest box with his "landing gear" down.   Unless someone else has seen Kami fly, I personally have just seen her flapping/hopping about.  To get in the nest box this afternoon she sort of went down over the front of the roof while hanging on and flapped in.  At least she made it, didn't go to the perch at all.

Sometimes when Kami isn't in view on the nest box cam she's on the pole going out to the cam.

[Nora in IA]

Ok here was a "trip" to the nest box.  Hard to see, but hung on and sort of fell off the left front corner of the roof and plopped onto the perch and flapped into the nest box.  Almost looked like Thomas, but not sure.

[Nora in IA]

9:39 PM three in the nest box, not sure where #4 is.  No one was on the cam arm.  Newman was keeping watch.

[STLbf]

Yesterday, Thomas B59, was the main flyer.  This morning, it's both of the 59s, Thomas and Kami.  The other two have not left the nest box yet, although they perch on the edges more.  I have not seen a feeding, but there was a tussle over an old carcass, and about 5:45 AM, Kami picked up a feathery leftover.  Several pics from this morning.

[Phyl]

Many thanks STL and Nora for the snapshots.
Surely the other two will soon yield to 'the calling'.

[STLbf]

Thanks, Phyl.  The hatch took from May 8 through the 11th, and the fledge range is 35 to 42 days.  So I'm thinking the non-fledgers will go today or tomorrow.   Then they may all hang around learning how to find their own food.  Or not.  It's such a privilege to watch this happening "live."

[Nora in IA]

Wow Kami is up on some branches sticking out from the bluff.  She sort of flapped crawled on it.

[Nora in IA]

So that must be Thomas down on the dead snag.  There was a little rain shower and Newman brought him part of a bird to take and eat while there.

[Nora in IA]

Continued.....Newman watched over him.

[Nora in IA]

Well Kami got back over to the bluff wall and worked her way over to a spot to hang on.  What she was sitting on is near center on the picture and she is below that on the wall.

[STLbf]

Kami reminds me of a rock climber!  Great pics, Nora.

[Nora in IA]

I was real proud of Thomas taking that bird from his dad and eating on the branch.  Glad Newman was watching him.

[Nora in IA]

Yes!  Kami is back on the nest box however she did it.  This was around 7 PM