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[shep]

Yeah - I dont like to see live prey ....

[STLbf]

MSU eyases growing into a bigger pile of three, and at least one can shuffle on its heels.  Seemed like a feeding at about 7:30 this morning and not another feeding by 3:00 this afternoon.

[STLbf]

Rainy and cold at MSU this morning.  The female's rusty hue is more apparent when she's wet.

[STLbf]

Looks still wet and chilly at MSU this morning, but the parents are busy delivering meals for breakfast and brunch so far today.  All 3 eyases are able to sit up on their haunches, and more beginnings of dark feathers are visible.  GO! Little Spartans!

[STLbf]

Late afternoon, both parents are bringing food to the eyases.  And look how they all can sit up tall today!

[STLbf]

Parent brought a meal for lunch, fairly big bird, could it be a juvenile pigeon?  After, each of the eyases sits separately for a short time.

[STLbf]

Feeding continues, eyases are looking fat and  bigger every day, developing more dark feathers around the edges of tail and wing.

Last year, banding occurred when the eyases were a month old.

[STLbf]

Three food deliveries this morning.  The earliest is a bird with wide horizontal black and white stripes on tail feathers, what was that?

One of the eyases can stand up and stump around in the nest box.  Didn't get a pic of wings outstretched, but they are adult length now!

These babies are not fighting over food, maybe just because they are very well fed and don't need to compete. 

[STLbf]

MSU 5-29-25 Big eyases, banding time soon

[STLbf]

Some brown body feathers visible on the eyases.  Parent was resting on the nest box roof for a while this morning.

[shep]

Did they get banded yet?

[STLbf]

No Shep, not as of late this afternoon.  These youngsters are a few days older than the GSB peregrines who were banded this afternoon.  Not to worry, if there are funds for banding, I'm sure it will happen.  We'll keep watching.