The overnight was relatively mild. Temps came up after daybreak and it even got a little hot in the midafternoon. Light rain showers helped to cool things off. Astrid again spent the night in the vicinity of the nest. There were no overnight feedings. At 4:55 Astrid was out on the long perch waiting for Ares to bring something when she noticed there was prey already on the floor. Most likely Ares brought something earlier and a chick stole it from him. Astrid picked it up and did a feeding. Ares screeched over to do a chick-check at 5:57. He was on the long perch for a while after that. At 6:30 AM Astrid was on her steeple perch. She had a large crop and had obviously just eaten. She was on the west veranda ten minutes later. At 6:47 both parents were assuming their guard positions – her on the box roof and him on the east veranda. They were still there at 8:30. At 9:21 Astrid came to the box and got the nestlings squealing. She was back on the box roof giving cackle calls at 11:10.
At 12:54 PM both parents were at the nestbox and the nestlings were very animated – calling and writhing. They hadn’t been fed since early morning and they were famished. At 1:30 Astrid came to the box with a Pigeon. A long feeding session followed. At 2:12 Ares brought more prey to the nest. He hopped in, fed one chick for a little while and then was out again. It had been lightly raining for while by this point. Astrid was on the box roof again at 3:25. Even though there was no one in the office where the box is located, she kept a super vigilant watch in case someone showed up. At 6:00 what appeared to be a Pigeon fluttered up towards the box. Both parents were there at the time. Astrid chased after it, but we don’t think she caught it. She was on a steeple perch a few minutes later. At 7:09 the parents came to the box at the same time for a chick-check. The babies when bonkers. She moved to the box roof, and he went to his pillar perch. At 7:42 Astrid came to the box with a large hunk of prey – probably a Pigeon. Ares hadn’t left his pillar, so we know he hadn’t brought it. She proceeded to feed it out to the nestlings. At 8:14 Astrid was to her night position on the east veranda. Goodnight falcons.